# Distribution Engineer

**Company**: Leidos
**Location**: Framingham, MA
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $59,150.00 - $106,925.00
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

Leidos is seeking Distribution Engineers in Framingham, MA, who are passionate about electric utility design engineering. The role involves working directly with clients to ensure high-quality work and gaining expertise in various areas, including NESC, Structural Pole Modeling, Electrical Power Calculations, GIS design training, Field Data Collection, and Client Design Standards.

As a Distribution Engineer, you can expect to:

- Perform design engineering for Leidos electric utility customers

- Develop work packages for OH, UG, URD, and Make Ready, using customer GIS and WMS systems

- Manage scope, schedule, and budget of work assigned

- Perform functional tasks, planning, and customer follow-up

- Perform scope analysis of work assigned and maintain schedule adherence

- Initiate continuous improvement to workflow processes

- Gain experience in coordinating conflicting utilities and other field engineering design requirements

- Be comfortable in both a field and office setting

This position is hybrid in nature, where 3 days/week are spent working in our office, collaborating with internal teams, and 2 days/week can be spent working remotely.

**What Sets You Apart (Background Requirements):

- 2+ years of prior relevant experience is required

- Bachelor of Science in Engineering discipline (Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, or Industrial) from an ABET accredited institution

- Experience and demonstrated proficiency with the National Electric Safety Code (NESC)

- Some prior experience with structural analysis, guying calcs, cable pulling calcs, coordination of protective devices, and electric demand and fault currents calculations

- Ability to provide your own reliable transportation

- Ability to demonstrate strong written, verbal and interpersonal communications skills

**You Might Also Have Some previous experience with:

- Providing estimated costs, development of a BOM, calculating the CIAC

- Design tools such as Pole Foreman, Pull Planner, and Katapult

- Work management software and job estimating software

- CAD or MicroStation - performing Electrical Distribution design

**Professional Attributes that will help you succeed in this role:

- Collaborative attitude and inclusivity of individuals of diverse backgrounds and geographic locations

- Ability to work with limited supervision

- Positive attitude

- Professional dress and demeanor

As a valued team member, you can look forward to a fast-paced, diverse work environment and flexible work hours/work arrangements, as well as managers who will encourage career development and growth opportunities, including Professional Engineer License (PE), Project Management Professional (PMP), Leadership training, Formal Mentorship Programs, Management opportunities.

## Skills

### Required
- National Electric Safety Code (NESC)
- Structural Pole Modeling
- Electrical Power Calculations
- GIS design training
- Field Data Collection
- Client Design Standards
- structural analysis
- guys calcs
- cable pulling calcs
- coordination of protective devices
- electric demand and fault currents calculations

### Nice to have
- Pole Foreman
- Pull Planner
- Katapult
- Work management software
- job estimating software
- CAD
- MicroStation

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