GAI Consultants Inc

Transmission Senior Project Engineer 2

GAI Consultants Inc$108K — $130K *
Energy & Utilities
15+ years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 18+ years of experience in engineering and project management
  • B.S. or M.S. Engineering, Master's degree or equivalent experience preferred
  • Professional Engineer (P.E.) License with reciprocity in multiple states
  • Strong skills in electric utility transmission line engineering and design
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication abilities.

Responsibilities

  • Lead technical delivery of transmission line designs ensuring adherence to scope, schedule, and budget.
  • Develop specification packages and structural/fabrication drawings for projects.
  • Perform design and analysis of transmission lines and foundations using relevant software.
  • Conduct electrical clearance checks and ensure code compliance for structures.
  • Manage projects of varying complexity, directly overseeing tasks and team performance.
  • Provide guidance and training in quality assurance and control for projects.
  • Integrate engineering economics and risk analysis in project solutions.

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment fostering innovation and teamwork
  • Opportunities for professional development and continued learning
  • Involvement in high-impact projects within the power delivery sector
  • Support for maintaining certification and licensure
  • Flexible working arrangements promoting work-life balance
Full Job Description
GAI is seeking a Transmission Senior Project Engineer 2 to join our Power Delivery team. Required skills include transmission line design experience, critical thinking, problem solving, organization, team-focus, and eagerness to apply learned engineering principles to solve real life problems.

The Transmission Senior Project Engineer 2 is responsible for technical leadership and the successful delivery of transmission line designs while maintaining the scope, schedule, budget, and quality of projects within GAI's Transmission & Distribution Division. This individual should be technically focused and a strong leader with developed technical, communication, and computer skills.

Competency
  • Knowledge of electric utility transmission line engineering and design.

Job Responsibilities:
  • Complete day-to-day project tasks as required for successful project delivery. Tasks may include:
    • Preparation of Specification Packages
    • Preparation of Structural and Fabrication Drawings
    • Design and Analysis of Transmission Lines using PLS-CADD, PLS-POLE, and PLS-Tower is a bonus
    • Design and Analysis of foundations.
    • Analysis of existing and proposed structures with regard to Client and Other required codes, standards, and specifications.
    • Performance of Electrical Clearance checks and calculations.
  • Apply engineering principles to assist in the design of Power Delivery Projects.
  • Must demonstrate attention to detail.
  • Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Perform complex tasks typically following established processes.
  • Implements effective engineering methods, provides technical guidance, and acts as a resource for engineers and designers.
  • Directly manages projects with no limit to the number or value of individual projects managed.
  • Assist in quality control and quality assurance of active projects, providing peer and final reviews and training of engineers and designers in quality control processes.

General Characteristics
  • Uses creativity, foresight, and mature judgment to anticipate and solve new problems.
  • Sets priorities and reconciles directions from competing interests.
  • Leads projects with complex features with work performed directly, or by others.
  • Integrates engineering economics and risk analysis into the solutions of complex engineering problems.
  • Integrates solutions to complex problems across specialty areas.
  • Demonstrates leadership

Minimum Years of Experience
  • 18+ Years of Experience

Education
  • B.S. or M.S. Engineering, Master's Degree or Equivalent Experience Preferred

Certification/Licensure
  • Professional Engineer (P.E.) License, reciprocity in multiple states.
  • Driver's License

Technical Responsibilities
  • Predominantly develops standards and guidelines.
  • Leads a project in the practice in their area of specialization.
  • Predominantly develops appropriate design alternatives for complex engineering projects that consider realistic requirements, constraints, community input, permitting, and other regulatory constraints.
  • Integrates advanced concepts to solve complex problems.

Project and Task Management
  • Oversees large or multidiscipline project teams.
  • Recommends personnel and funds required to carry out projects.
  • Oversees technical, legal, and financial issues of an entire project.
  • Integrates these components into a complete project management plan for a complex engineering project.
  • Determines project objectives and requirements.

Management Responsibility
  • Receives administrative supervision with assignments given in terms of broad general objectives and limits.
  • Implements staff development plans within their organizational segment, including technical, management, and leadership skills.

Communication Skills
  • Possesses exceptional oral and written communication skills, including negotiation of critical issues and effective persuasive communication.
  • Demonstrates financial acumen and familiarity with legal issues related to engineering practice.
  • Initiates and maintains extensive contacts with key engineers and officials, or other organizations and companies.

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About GAI Consultants Inc

GAI Consultants, Inc. is a multi-discipline engineering and environmental consulting firm headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with over 1,000 employees in offices throughout the eastern United States. GAI provides local expertise to worldwide clients in the energy, transportation, development, government, and industrial markets.
Learn more about GAI Consultants Inc
Size
1,000 employees
Industry
Net Income
$10 million
5 Year Trend
+5%
Revenue
$150 million

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