Lead Transmission Line Engineer (Remote)
Location: Remote (U.S.)
Compensation: $145,000-$165,000 base, DOE
Reports To: Executive Leadership
This is a true build role. You will be
employee #1 of the transmission line department, working alongside established distribution and substation teams but starting the T-line practice from the ground up. You'll lead project delivery, serve as the primary client point of contact for transmission work, and shape the department that gets built around and beneath you as it grows. This is an ideal fit for a senior transmission engineer who wants ownership, autonomy, and a direct hand in building a practice rather than inheriting one.
What You'll Do
- Lead transmission line engineering projects from proposal through completion, overseeing design, analysis, and delivery
- Serve as the primary client-facing point of contact for transmission work, managing relationships and expectations directly
- Establish the technical standards, workflows, and design practices for the transmission department
- Perform and review structural, sag/tension, and loading analyses for transmission line design (typically 69kV-345kV+)
- Prepare and stamp/review construction drawings, plan-profile sheets, and structure spotting as needed
- Coordinate with civil, structural, and electrical engineering teams on integrated utility projects
- Provide technical mentorship and oversight as the department grows, eventually building and leading a team beneath you
- Support business development efforts, including scoping, proposals, and client presentations for transmission work
- Ensure all work complies with NESC, IEEE, and applicable state/utility design standards
What We're Looking For
- 8+ years of transmission line engineering experience, including project leadership
- Strong working knowledge of structural analysis software (PLS-CADD, PLS-POLE, or similar)
- Experience owning client relationships and serving as a technical POC
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and make sound engineering judgment calls with minimal oversight
- Professional Engineer (PE) license strongly preferred, not required
- Comfort operating in a startup-style environment - this is a build-it role, not a maintain-it role
- Excellent communication skills; you'll be the face of this department to clients
Why This Role
- Genuine ownership: you define how this department operates, not just execute someone else's playbook
- Direct line to leadership and real influence over hiring, process, and growth as the practice scales
- Remote flexibility
- Join a growing, diversified engineering firm at a pivotal stage of its transmission expansion
