# Senior Transmission Line Project Engineer

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: Boise, ID
**Work arrangement**: remote
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $115,000 - $205,000
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

WSP is seeking a Senior Transmission Line Project Engineer to provide technical leadership for high-voltage overhead transmission line projects. The successful candidate will lead and execute the engineering of transmission projects up to 765kV, support project development, and ensure technical excellence.

**Responsibilities:**

- Lead and execute the engineering of transmission projects up to 765kV

- Lead and/or support the initial project execution layout to ensure an efficient and effective project plan

- Create and maintain a project schedule

- Conduct weekly or bi-weekly project meetings

- Coordinate with clients on project status and support project meetings

- Maintain project workflow and communication across multi-disciplinary projects

- Forecast upcoming project requirements

- Facilitate and adhere to WSP's QA/QC procedures

- Participate in industry conferences

- Demonstrate transmission line design expertise

- Lead project teams of varying sizes

- Travel to client offices/field/vendor facilities as needed

**Project Manager (PM) Support:**

- Support the Project Manager with project status reports

- Work with PMs to develop scope, schedule, and budget for new projects

- Identify out-of-scope items and support work scope variances

- Provide weekly or bi-weekly project updates and project forecasting

- Lead and/or support the PM with meetings with clients

- Develop client relationships

**Department Support:**

- Support resource forecasting

- Support recruitment efforts

- Provide business improvement methodologies and procedures

- Support staff performance and technical development

- Contribute to business planning efforts

- Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making

**Requirements:**

- Bachelor's degree in engineering or closely related discipline

- 10+ years of relevant post-education experience in transmission engineering

- Engineer license required (multi-state preferred)

- Professional Engineering (PE) licensure

- Understanding of NESC, RUS, and/or GO-95

- Strong understanding of transmission line fundamentals and PLS-CADD operation

- Strong command of English language

- Experience using Microsoft Office software suite

- Proven track record of upholding workplace safety

**Preferred Qualifications:**

- Field program planning, management, and execution

- Subcontractor management

- Cost estimating and scheduling

- Field experience

- MBA degree

- Involvement in technical societies

- Experience using ArcGIS, AutoCAD/MicroStation, Foundation Design Software

- POLE and TOWER experience

**Benefits:**

- Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance

- Retirement savings

- Paid sick leave

- Paid vacation

- Paid parental leave

- Paid time off for bereavement, voting, and naturalization proceedings

**Compensation:**

- Expected Salary: $115,000 - $205,000

## Skills

### Required
- PLS-CADD
- Microsoft Office
- English language
- Transmission line design
- Project management

### Nice to have
- ArcGIS
- AutoCAD
- MicroStation
- Foundation Design Software
- POLE
- TOWER

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