Transmission Line Engineer

Stantec

Transmission Line Engineer supporting high voltage transmission projects at Stantec. Involves engineering design, client coordination, and project management responsibilities.

Posted 6/6/2026full-timeRemote • Utah • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Assembly

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

You will assist the preparation of specifications, calculations, drawings and scope documents for construction tenders and contracts.
Coordinating and directing design engineers and technical staff to ensure that projects that you lead are executed successfully and in a timely manner.
Writing and editing technical reports and engineering studies.
You will also be a liaison with clients and contractors, coordinating with various disciplines and permitting agencies and exercising project management skills.
You will enjoy the opportunity to work on a variety of projects with the liberty to advance your career down a number of paths within the Power Delivery sector.
You will contribute to a diverse company, bridging the gaps between the various sectors of infrastructure engineering Stantec operates within.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Be a self-motivated individual, possessing strong interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, along with the ability to prioritize multiple tasks.
Ability to work effectively in a team environment, to manage others, their workload, and client expectations.
Complete skillsets in modeling transmission lines in the PLS suite, preparing route alignments, preparing plan and profiles, performing structural analysis, detailed knowledge of hardware assemblies and conductors, structure detail drawings and BOMs.
Experience developing assembly, framing, loading and design drawings for wood, concrete, steel, FRP, and lattice transmission structures.
Familiarity and sufficient knowledge in related electrical studies, such as EMF, fault current, grounding, contaminants study and clearance analysis for transmission line design.
Experience with lattice towers is a plus.
Experience with geotechnical data interpretation for foundation design and embedment calculations for a variety of transmission structure types and geotechnical requirements.
Ability to communicate with survey and GIS personnel, interpret survey data, and incorporate it into PLS-CADD models.
Proficient with PLS-CADD, PLS-Pole, PLS-Tower, L-Pile, MFAD, the Microsoft Office Suite.
Ability to become proficient with a variety of client specific systems.
Understanding of project management systems (engineering, quality, construction, HSE, etc.) and field construction support as well as an eagerness to develop these skills further.
Strong communication skills, including the ability to develop thorough and concise explanations of difficult engineering solutions to clients and internal team members.
Familiar with industry standards regarding transmission lines including ASCE, ACI, IEEE, NESC, RUS Bulletins and GO-95.
PE preferred or ability to attain after one year.
Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Structural, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering from an ABET accredited college or university.
5 plus years of experience in the design of overhead and underground high voltage and extra high voltage transmission lines including route selection, line and structure spotting, structure design and analysis, and development of construction bid packages (underground transmission design experience is a plus).

Benefits

Comp & perks

Join us for a chance to grow professionally at one of the world’s top design firms while building our clean energy future.

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Hard Skills & Tools

modeling transmission linesPLS suiteroute alignmentsstructural analysishardware assembliesconductorsstructure detail drawingsBOMsgeotechnical data interpretationfoundation design

Soft Skills

interpersonal skillscommunication skillsteamworkproject managementself-motivatedability to prioritize tasksclient managementleadershipproblem-solvingtime management

Certifications

PE (Professional Engineer)Bachelor’s degree in Civil EngineeringBachelor’s degree in Structural EngineeringBachelor’s degree in Mechanical EngineeringBachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering