Senior Engineer - Transmission Line

Power your future with Qualus as a Senior Trasmission Line Engineer in our Program Management department. The Senior Transmission Line Engineer is responsible for overseeing the quality assurance and quality control processes of electric utility transmission projects, ensuring that engineering designs adhere to client specifications, industry standards, and regulatory requirements. This role involves performing in-depth design reviews, identifying, and addressing discrepancies, and collaborating closely with design teams, construction personnel, and client representatives to maintain high-quality deliverables across overhead transmission systems.

• →Perform comprehensive QA/QC reviews of utility transmission design packages to ensure compliance with client specifications, industry codes (NESC, NEC), and engineering standards.
• →Validate design accuracy, completeness, and constructability, including reviewing design checklists, redlines, field data, and structural calculations.
• →Identify design inconsistencies, omissions, and potential constructability issues; provide clear corrective feedback to design teams.
• →Collaborate with project managers, design engineers, drafters, and field personnel to resolve design discrepancies and ensure timely corrections.
• →Develop and maintain QA/QC procedures, workflows, and best practices to improve design quality and reduce rework.
• →Track QA/QC metrics and maintain documentation of review findings, trends, and corrective actions.
• →Assist in training and mentoring junior engineers and designers on quality standards and client requirements.
• →Support pre-construction coordination by addressing QA/QC concerns that may impact field execution.
• →Provide technical recommendations to management for continuous improvement of QA/QC processes and standards.
• →Ensure adherence to project schedules by maintaining efficient QA/QC turnaround times without compromising quality.
• →Participate in client meetings, audits, and internal reviews related to quality control and engineering standards compliance.
• →Assist in the implementation of digital QA/QC tools and systems to streamline review workflows and reporting.

• BS Degree or 4 years of formal post-high school specialized trade from an ABET-accredited school preferred.
• PE License strongly preferred. 
• 5+ years of transmission engineering experience.
• 5+ years of experience reviewing PLS-CADD models.
• Knowledge of NESC and other applicable codes and standards.
• Strong computer and communication skills.
• Willingness to learn and operate client-provided programs, systems, and software.
• Proven history of successfully attaining results in a production environment.
• Ability to travel up to 5 - 25% of the time to client sites (expected to travel at least one time per quarter) for project and/or performance meetings.

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Qualus is a leading pure-play power solutions firm and innovator at the forefront of power infrastructure transformation, with differentiated capabilities across grid modernization, resiliency, security, and sustainability. The firm partners with utilities, commercial, industrial, data center, and government clients, and renewable and energy storage developers, offering comprehensive solutions through boutique and integrated advisory, planning, engineering, digital solutions, program management, and specialized field services. Qualus also provides software and technology enabled services and develops breakthrough solutions for critical power industry challenges such as distributed and variable resource integration, emergency management, and secure data exchange. The firm has over 1,800 professionals, with offices throughout the U.S. and Canada.

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