Senior Engineer - Design Transmission/Civil

Company: NV Energy
Location: Las Vegas
Posted on: November 15, 2024

Job Description:

NV Energy Position Title: Senior Engineer - Design Transmission/Civil Job ID: 106517 Location: Las Vegas, NV Facility: Pearson Building Department: Trans/Civil Engineering Full/Part Time: Full-Time Regular/Temporary: Regular Travel Percentage: None Description: Responsibilities Basic Purpose
Provides comprehensive civil/structural engineering design services for substation and/or transmission facilities, and to ensure that these facilities are constructed on schedule and within committed resource allocations. Essential Duties and Responsibilities
For substation and transmission projects: Provides civil engineering expertise to develop substation/civil plans for sitework including grading, off-site improvements, drainage facilities, fencing and block walls, and landscaping. In addition, completes calculations and prepares designs for substation steel structures, foundations, and control enclosures.
Provides civil engineering expertise to transmission line engineering analysis, route analysis and selection, calculations for line design (includes structure loading, foundation design and conductor sag), specifies materials and evaluates bid documents and technical submittals, and completes the construction package.
Acquires all necessary construction approvals and permits from the authority having jurisdiction. Develops economical, technically feasible, reliable transmission and substation civil/structural designs with minimal supervision and guidance. Selects and widely applies engineering principles, theories and concepts in the design of transmission, and substation civil projects.
Independently scopes, routes, and sites substation and transmission line projects and evaluates alternatives in order to find best value.
Provides, mentoring, leadership, training and direction to fellow staff members, and provides technical design and project peer review.
Provides accurate cost estimates and schedule input for use in company budgeting procedures such that cash flow requirements are identified.
Evaluates, benchmarks, and make recommendations for the creation and improvements of substation and transmission standards and specifications. Performs studies, prepares and provides written and oral reports to management and internal and external customers.
Coordinates and interacts professionally with internal and external customers and stakeholders to ensure a successful project.
Ensures all compliance aspects of position are known and followed; understands and complies with all policies, codes and regulations applicable to position and company. Performs all work independently with oversight at key junctions of the project. Performs related duties as assigned. Requirements Essential Education, Skills, and Environment
Education and Work Experience
Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an accredited school and 5 years industry experience as a practicing engineer, and must be a licensed PE. If no PE license then must have 8+ years as a practicing engineer. Specialized Knowledge and Skills
Demonstrated knowledge of:
Utility setting with specific experience in the areas of civil, structural and/or transmission engineering design. Civil experience of substation/switchyard site development or related design. Structural experience involving substation steel design or transmission pole design for projects up to 230kV. Transmission line design experience including overhead line design up to 230kV or underground line design up to 230kV. Skills such as:
Analytical, interpersonal and communication. Equipment and Applications
PCs, word processing, spreadsheet, database, and software for structural steel design, foundation design, transmission line design, hydrology and hydraulics. Work Environment and Physical Demands
General office environment. Travel may be required up to 25% of work hours and may consist of travel to remote parts of Nevada in order to scope substation sites or transmission alignments and support design and construction. Walking over rugged terrain at high elevation may be required.
Compensation Annual Salary: $98,200.00 (Min) to $115,500.00 (Mid); Up to 15% Short Term Incentive Plan target opportunity at the discretion of the company. This is a non-represented position.
Benefits We offer the following benefits for non-represented employees. For represented employees, we offer many similar benefits plans and programs with specific terms negotiated in the collective bargaining agreement.
Medical
Pharmacy
Dental
Vision
Life Insurance & AD&D
Wellness
Flexible Spending Accounts
401(k) fixed contribution - company contributes 4% regardless of employee's contribution
401(k) match - company matches 100% of the employee's first 6% contribution; immediate vesting
Adoption assistance
Tuition Assistance
Paid Time Off (PTO)
12 paid holidays
Parental leave
Military leave
Bereavement leave
Short-term and long-term disability
Identity Theft Protection - company paid
Visit our Corporate website for detailed information and other benefits offered
EOE/Veteran/Disability At NV Energy, we celebrate diversity, equity and inclusion. NV Energy is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or religious creed, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status (except as required by law), gender (including gender identity and expression), sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, familial or parental status, marital status or any other category protected by applicable local, state or U.S. federal law.
If you have a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act or similar law, and you wish to discuss potential accommodations related to applying for employment at our company, please contact Human Resources via email at HumanResources@nvenergy.com or call our HR Help Desk at (702) 402-5500 and select '0' or Fax your request at (702) 402-0031. TTY Sensory Impaired - 711
Note Depending on qualifications of applicants, this position may be filled at a lower level than that which is posted such as Engineer II- Design Trans/Civil or Engineer I- Design Trans/Civil.
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