The Transmission Engineer position holds the responsibility for the safe, reliable, and economic round-the-clock operation of the electric transmission system. Duties include engineering responsibilities for the design, construction, maintenance, and operation activities of our electric transmission lines, producing design packages for electric transmission capital projects required to ultimately provide service and increased reliability to our customers. ConsultNet is seeking a Transmission engineer in San Antonio, Texas.
Responsibilities:
Plans, designs, and oversees construction of electric transmission lines.
Analyzes existing transmission lines for conductor upgrades and communications cable additions.
Research and studies new technologies, methods, and equipment.
Drafts, finalizes, approves, accumulates, and issues drawings, material lists, manuals and schedules for construction and revises transmission records to reflect as built conditions.
Coordinates, schedules, and plans transmission project activities and provides technical support.
Specifies, requisitions, and approves material for transmission projects.
Develops, approves, and maintains material specifications and construction standards Develops design processes and procedures.
Provides transmission project budget estimates and monthly spending projections.
Writes construction contracts and manages contractors on projects.
Estimates quantities and cost of materials, equipment, or labor to determine project feasibility.
Uses SAP to determine project costs, order material and monitor project progress.
Participates in routing & siting projects.
Supports COSA Civic Projects where transmission towers and/or lines are in conflict.
Reviews encroachment requests for customers and developers
Performs other duties as assigned.
Required Skills:
Professional Engineer (PE) in the State of Texas
Bachelor of Science degree in an engineering field from an ABET accredited four-year college or university.
Demonstrated mastery of engineering discipline skills Ability to lead cross-functional business initiatives and teams.
Project Management
Demonstrated ability to effectively handle a broad range of engineering assignments with minimum supervision.
Ability to lead cross-functional teams on internal projects.
Demonstrated ability to manage project costs, timeline, scope, and risks.
Ability to effectively check work product for adequacy, quality, and accuracy.
Additional required skills:
Ability to work on-call duty and occasional unscheduled work in the evenings, weekends, or holidays after experience level permits.
Ability to travel occasionally, to off-site work, to seminars, manufacturing plant inspections, etc.
Proficient in Microsoft Office Package, including word processing, spreadsheets, database, presentation software, electronic mail, and scheduling.
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