# Transmission Line Project Engineer

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: Lake Oswego, OR
**Work arrangement**: remote
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $110,000 - $150,000
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

WSP is seeking a Transmission Line Project Engineer for their Lake Oswego, OR office. This role involves providing technical leadership and guidance for the planning, design, and delivery of high-voltage overhead transmission line projects.

**This Opportunity**

The successful candidate will be involved in projects with the Transmissions Lines Team, ensuring technical excellence, clarity, and functional performance that meets or exceeds industry expectations.

**Your Impact**

The successful candidate will:

- 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**

The successful candidate will:

- 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**

The successful candidate will:

- Support resource forecasting

- Support recruitment efforts

- Provide business improvement methodologies and procedures

- Support staff performance and technical development

- Contribute to the business planning efforts

- Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making

**Who You Are**

**Required Qualifications**

- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

- 5-7 years of post education experience

- 3+ years’ experience in the transmission field

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

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

- Strong command of the English language

- Experience using the Microsoft Office software suite

- Proven track record of upholding workplace safety

**Preferred Qualifications**

- Professional Engineering (PE) licensure

- 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

**WSP Benefits**

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life coverage, retirement savings, paid sick leave, paid vacation, and paid parental leave.

**Compensation**

Expected Salary: $110,000 - $150,000

## Skills

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

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

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