Power Line Engineer

At Mott Mac Donald, we trust our brilliant people to do brilliant things in engineering, management, and development services, supporting multisector project work in over 150 countries. As one of the largest employee‑owned companies in the world, we pride ourselves on our ability to deliver exceptional outcomes through our network of 20,000+ talented consultants. With sustainability and innovation at the heart of all our sectors in North America, including Buildings, Energy, Transportation, and Water.

We believe in empowering our people to excel, learn, and grow, offering diverse opportunities to contribute to career‑defining work. Join us and be part of a collaborative environment where your ambitions are united with ours, and you can truly shape your story.

The Power Line Engineer is the primary discipline design engineer responsible for creating the technical specifications, calculations, and drawings in support of a power‑line project or projects. The engineer must be technically capable of learning through self‑study and using specialty software programs to facilitate the design. The engineer will monitor discipline‑specific products to ensure they are completed on schedule and within budget in accordance with:

• Applicable federal, state, regional, and local laws and requirements, specifically state administrative codes, NESC, NES, and RUS
• Manual line‑design techniques
• Power Line Systems, PLS, suite of software, modeling processes, procedures, and standards
• Client standards and specifications
• Mott Mac Donald’s Project Procedures
• Working with engineering project engineers, project managers, and supervisors to design the specific project products; calculations, specifications, drawings, and reports
• Ensuring that the engineering work and engineering support of Mott Mac Donald are performed in a technically sound manner and completed in accordance with the Engineering Project Procedures and specific contract requirements
• Responsible for the quality and compliance of deliverables
• Reviewing deliverables to ensure they are consistent, sound, and compliant
• Engineering/technical skills in the identification, analysis, and resolution of problems
• Effective planning, organizing, estimating, scheduling, and monitoring of personal work activities
• Thorough and accurate technical reports, correspondence, documentation, calculations, and sketches
• Continuous improvement of job‑related, engineering, technical and professional knowledge, skills, and performance
• Accurate records and files
• Determining the scope of and level of effort required for the project design
• Verifying that the design reviews have been performed and that reviewer comments or issues raised are closed
• Background in power‑system design for electrical alternating current (AC) underground and overhead lines
• Power‑system design experience in high‑voltage and extra high‑voltage, direct current (DC) overhead and underground lines
• Renewables experience strongly desired
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Detailed design of underground and overhead distribution and transmission lines
• Owners‑engineer and development support for renewable and other infrastructure projects
• On‑shore and offshore wind projects, solar projects
• Power‑line studies and battery storage

• 3+ years of industry experience
• P.E. license not required but preferred; the candidate must be authorized and able to apply for and obtain a PE license within two years. Passing score on the EIT exam is preferred
• Desired college degree: BS Electrical Engineering preferred; other engineering disciplines considered
• Team lead potential: leading projects as discipline lead with the assistance of drafters and junior personnel
• Experience with technical applications such as CDEGS, PLS CAD;
  CymCAPP; ETAP;
  AutoCAD;
  Bentley; etc. Desired
• Excel, Word and Microsoft Office suite

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