Principal Engineer - Delivery

NV Energy

Position Title: Principal Engineer - Delivery

Job :

Location: Reno, NV, United States

Basic Purpose
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Provides comprehensive civil/structural engineering design services for substation and/or transmission facilities, and to ensure that these facilities are constructed on schedule and within committed resource allocations.

• Provides civil engineering to develop substation/civil plans for sitework including grading, off‑site improvements, drainage facilities, fencing, block walls, and landscaping.
• Completes calculations and prepares designs for substation steel structures, foundations, and control enclosures.
• Conducts transmission line engineering analysis, route analysis and selection, calculations for line design (including structure loading, foundation design and conductor sag), specifies materials, evaluates bid documents and technical submittals, and completes the construction package.
• Acquires all necessary construction approvals and permits from the authority having jurisdiction.
• Develops economical, technically feasible, reliable transmission and substation civil/structural designs with minimal supervision and guidance.
• Provides mentoring, leadership, training and direction to fellow staff members, and provides technical design and project peer review.
• Independently scopes, routes, and sites substation and transmission line projects and evaluates alternatives to find best value.
• Coordinates and interacts professionally with internal and external customers and stakeholders to ensure a successful project.
• Performs studies, prepares and provides written and oral reports to executive management and customers, serves as subject matter expert, and acts as an expert witness in legal proceedings, if required.
• Provides accurate cost estimates and schedule input for budgeting procedures to identify cash flow requirements.
• Evaluates, benchmarks, and recommends improvements for substation and transmission standards and specifications.
• Ensures compliance with all relevant policies, codes, and regulations.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

Essential Education, Skills, and Environment Education and

Work Experience:

Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an accredited school and 15 years of industry experience, including highly technical work of specialized nature. Must be a licensed PE.

Specialized Knowledge and

Skills:

Demonstrated knowledge of utility setting with specific experience in civil, structural and/or transmission engineering design.

Working with:

• Civil experience with large 345kV or 500kV substation/switchyard site development or related design.
• Structural experience involving substation steel design or transmission pole design for projects up to 345kV or 500kV.
• Transmission line design experience including overhead line design up to 345kV or 500kV and/or underground line design up to 230kV.
• Topics including 345kV and 500kV extra high voltage design and construction, underground transmission design and construction, substation standard structural shape and tapered tubular design and construction.

Skills such as:

• Analytical
• Interpersonal
• Communication

Equipment and Applications: PCs, word processing, spreadsheet, database, and software for structural steel design, foundation design, transmission line design, hydrology and hydraulics.

Work Environment and Physical Demands: General office environment. Travel may be required up to 25% of work hours, possibly to remote parts of Nevada to scope substation sites or transmission alignments. Walking over rugged terrain at high elevation may be required.

NOTE: THE COMPANY MAY FILL THE POSITION(S) AT A LOWER LEVEL DEPENDING ON QUALIFICATIONS OF CANDIDATES

NV Energy is looking for qualified people to join us in one of the premier energy companies in the West. Located in the fastest growing state in the United States, NV Energy provides electricity to 1.3 million customers throughout Nevada as well as a state tourist population exceeding 40 million annually. Among the many communities we serve are Las Vegas, Reno‑Sparks, Henderson, Elko and South Lake Tahoe.

We also provide natural gas to more than 155,000 citizens in the…