Senior Engineer - Structures

Responsibilities

• Develop lattice tower Design Criteria, inclusive of clearances, structural loading, maintenance, and unique weather studies.
• Develop structure framing configurations, design, and detailing.
• Recommend construction alternatives and assess overall tower constructability.
• Develop construction specifications inclusive of all required U.S. codes and standards.
• Perform transmission line optimization studies, considering optimal lattice tower family development, span length, and conductor selection.
• Work closely with Client Standards team to optimize the lattice tower designs, materials, constructability, and maintenance.
• Delivery of accurate and thorough designs that will meet industry standards and specifications, and meet good engineering practice
• Review of internal and external designs for code compliance, good design practice and constructability.
• Resolving site queries during the construction phase of projects.
• Making and maintaining appropriate commitments to project teams and coordinating design activities with multi-disciplined project team
• Maintaining good working relationships with internal groups that support projects.
• Maintaining good working relationships with material suppliers, contractors, and any others that affect the quality, schedule and cost of projects.
• Mentoring and providing guidance to developing engineers within the department.
• Manage a team of WSP engineers including direct reports and internal peers to support delivery of tasks identified above.
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil or Structural Engineering.
• 7-10 years of relevant post-education experience in transmission line design and lattice tower design, fabrication, and testing.
• Experience with steel transmission lattice tower design at minimum of 345 kV HVAC voltage-level.
• Expert working experience with the following U.S. Codes: ASCE 10, ASCE Manual 74, NESC.
• Highly proficient with engineering principles, practices, process, design/build, and the application to project work-related issues.
• Highly proficient with making technical computations and calculations involving the application of engineering principles, understanding plans and specifications, and making factual comparisons to the appropriate regulations.
• Mandatory skills are; structural engineering, steel, STAAD Pro, ETABS, RCC, Concrete, Steel Structures, Structural Design, Foundation, AutoCAD