Supervisor Transmission Line Engineering

Overview

Senior leadership role managing a transmission line engineering team on high voltage (34.5 kV to 765 kV) overhead and underground electric transmission design projects for utilities.

What you'll do

• Direct multiple design teams simultaneously executing various projects and programs for multiple clients.
• Develop a team of engineers by training, coaching, and nurturing Leidos' engineering talent.
• Supervise staff by approving timesheets and running the annual performance review process.
• Participate proactively as a member of the leadership team of the Transmission Line Section.
• Create responses to RFPs, RFIs, and RFQs from clients for new work, including proposal creation and definition of scope of work.
• Possess a growth mindset to foster creative problem solving for our clients' most complex issues.
• Promote continuous improvement to develop streamlined processes and tools that facilitate improvements to departmental technical resources via innovation and automation.
• Delegate tasks to staff, forecast and plan their future workload, and run recruiting activities to support aggressive growth goals.
• Drive the quality control process for the execution team to ensure the highest level of quality in all deliverables.
• Liaise with clients to maximize affinity, facilitate business development growth, and foster long-term relationship building.
• Manage portfolio health by leveraging Project Managers to independently drive and monitor scope, schedule, and budget.
• Accountability for schedule compliance requires high awareness and support from assigned Lead Engineers.
• Direct engineering analyses, PLS-CADD modeling, structure loading calculations, foundation design using MFAD and/or LPILE, structure framing and hardware assembly design, and drafting of plans, specifications, bills of materials, and procurement documents.
• Apply NESC, ASCE, ACI, NEC, and other applicable standards in the engineering and design of capital and maintenance projects.
• Apply AI, automation, and digital design platforms to streamline grid modernization and increase design efficiency.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in Civil, preferred, or Mechanical Engineering.
• Eight plus (8+) years of relevant experience in the design of high voltage electric utility transmission systems.
• Expertise in PLS-CADD and PLS-POLE.
• Engineer In Training (EIT) certification.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment and also work independently.
• Track record of outstanding communication to serve as primary point of contact for existing and prospective clients.
• Business acumen with a record of understanding and meeting key project performance metrics.
• Ability and passion to develop staff through mentoring.

Nice to have

• Two plus (2+) years of supervising staff.
• M.S. degree in Structural Engineering.
• Experience with TOWER.
• P.E. certification or the ability to achieve P.E. certification in 6 months.
• Experience with LPILE or FAD, Mathcad, AutoCAD or MicroStation, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS).

Details

• 100% remote position.
• Working onsite in a Leidos or client office is a possibility.
• Some periodic travel may be required.
• Flexible work hours and work arrangements.