Summary
Design, lead, and oversee engineering responsibilities related to transmission line design projects. Includes engineering, cost estimate creation, project execution, and material procurement.
Key Roles & Responsibilities
Other duties may be assigned. Directly or through others, the incumbent:
- Produce engineering designs, drawings, specifications, and bills of material for transmission line construction projects 69,000 - 345,000 Volts in accordance with Company practices while meeting appropriate performance standards. This will require the use of engineering disciplines and practices.
- PLS-CADD modeling, structure analysis and loading trees, developing design criteria, sag-tension calculations, wire blowout, swing angle, damper recommendations, structure spotting, clearance reports, wire selection, etc.
- Job includes 80' - 180' steel, concrete or lattice tower design; foundation designs using pier, modified pier, slab and spread footing; determining proper sag, tension, swing calculation and thermal characteristics of bare, overhead conductors. The projects average 1 to 50 miles of line with costs of $50k to $50M.
- Prepare budgetary cost estimates and Work Authorizations to obtain financial approval for assigned projects.
- Communicate, coordinate, and interface with other areas of the Company and with others external to the Company to assure that line designs and construction practices are appropriate.
- Provide design solutions and engineering designs as requested to resolve line performance problems.
- Provide technical assistance to Transmission operations and maintenance organizations
- Develop expertise in electrical subject matter associated with designing transmission lines
Education, Experience, & Skill Requirements
Associate Engineer
Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering.
Capable of being licensed as a Professional Engineer in the State of Texas.
Ability to work independently and on a team.
Must be flexible, have organizational skills, and multi-task skills to handle diverse types of work.
Must effectively work across disciplines and functions to achieve common goals and company business purposes.
Capable of working with people of divergent backgrounds.
Excellent communication and team-building skills for effective relationships with internal and external customers.
Ability to effectively communicate complex subject matter and company issues to vendor and Oncor Electric Delivery employees.
Basic knowledge of MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook).
Engineer
- Capable of being licensed as a Professional Engineer in the State of Texas.
- Must have a general understanding of processes associated with transmission line design.
- PLS-CADD modelling experience required
- Ability to work independently and on a team.
- Must be flexible, have organizational skills, and multi-task skills to handle diverse types of work.
- Must effectively work across disciplines and functions to achieve common goals and company business purposes.
- Capable of working with people of divergent backgrounds.
- Excellent communication and team-building skills for effective relationships with internal and external customers.
- Ability to effectively communicate complex subject matter and company issues to vendor and Oncor Electric Delivery employees.
- Basic knowledge of MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook).
Education, Experience, & Skills
- Education - Four year Engineering degree.
- Experience - Minimum 1 year of related experience with design of high voltage transmission lines and PLS system based programs
- Skill - Ability to apply analysis to identify the best solution to a technical problem, and to effectively communicate and commit to a course of action that is consistent with all legal, regulatory, code, standard, or other requirements as well as corporate policies and procedures.
Measures of Success
- Participates in the training of other engineers.
- Consistent and active participation in standards committees and industry organizations.
- Demonstrates technical aptitude and willingness to learn.
- Demonstrates ability to interface with external and internal business partners in a professional manner.
- Demonstrates skills in prioritization, multi-tasking and success in adapting to change.
- Demonstrates growth in knowledge of subject matter covered in Transmission and Substation Standards.
Qualifications
Education
Required
Bachelors or better in Civil Engineering or related field.
Preferred
Bachelors or better in Electrical Engineering or related field.
Bachelors or better in Mechanical Engineer or related field.
Oncor Electric Delivery
1616 Woodall Rogers Freeway
Dallas
Texas United States
www.oncor.com
