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Staff Overhead Transmission Line Structural Engineer

Date:
Nov 28, 2025

Location:

Overland Park, KS;
Tualatin, OR;
Phoenix, AZ;
Dallas, TX;
Houston, TX

Company:
Black & Veatch Family of Companies

Black and Veatch allows you to lend your talent and perspective to humanity’s biggest challenges in a flexible environment where you are empowered to grow and explore new possibilities. We offer competitive compensation and benefits that start day one.

As a Staff Structural – Transmission Line Engineer you will have the opportunity to:

• Support design engineering and analysis on transmission scopes.
• Support large, extensive 345kV+ rebuild and greenfield projects, including trending technologies like HVDC and 765kV.
• Collect and assimilate data for engineering work. Perform research and prepare calculations in accordance with Black & Veatch and industry standards.
• Develop recommendations for equipment and materials. Understand and work successfully within budget, project schedule, and quality requirements.
• May assist with providing guidance to engineering team members.
• Maintain positive client relations understanding client interests and drivers through effective communication with the project team.
• May assist with business development activities.
• Function as a technical specialist.
• With minimal supervision, apply advanced engineering techniques and analyses for problems and methods.
• Expand knowledge and skill set in area of discipline.

• Engineering Standards
  :
  Continues to learn, remains current and applies independent knowledge and interpretation about departmental design guides, standards, systems, applicable engineering codes and Black & Veatch policies and procedures relative to assigned tasks.
• Quality / Continuous Improvement
  :
  Consistently and independently applies knowledge and complies with Black & Veatch quality program relative to assigned tasks; may be responsible for ensuring compliance with Black & Veatch quality program; provides guidance and direction to others from the same project and discipline; supports continuous improvement and change management efforts.
• Engineering Production
  :
  Prepares a variety of complex engineering deliverables; performs complex research and develops recommendations for equipment and/or materials selection; prepares complex engineering calculations following standard methods and principles; manages assigned budget, schedule, and quality requirements; plans and conducts independent evaluation, selection and adaptation of engineering techniques; reviews lower level engineering work or assignments; is responsible for overseeing collection, assimilation, and management of data for engineering work, leading smaller production teams, and serving as the responsible charge for a project.
• Project Coordination
  :
  Actively coordinates with all other internal/external team members on moderately complex projects.
• Client Focus
  :
  Responsible for assisting with identification of key client interests and drivers on less complex projects; communicates client interests and drivers to project team members and develops approaches to accommodate these concerns in the performance of the work on less complex projects; may provide support to business development or pursuit activities.
• Knowledge Sharing, Innovation and Technology
  :
  Recognized as a technical specialist; designs a complete project of moderately complex scope within an assigned practice area(s).
• People Management
  :
  Typically assists with performance management process, mentoring, recognition, and any corrective actions required; may be accountable for administrative responsibilities such as ensuring policies, procedures, and processes are effectively implemented and communicated for work groups; ensuring adherence to corporate and division programs; approving timesheets and expense reports.

• Strong PLS CADD experience and proficiency.
• Written Communications, Drive For Results, Priority Setting, Planning, Delegation, Directing Others, Conflict Management, Informing, Listening, Dealing with Ambiguity, and Building Effective Teams.
• Advanced knowledge of engineering design…