Principal Engineer - OHL

The Principal Engineer - OHL is responsible for overseeing the design, construction, and maintenance of overhead line electrification systems. This role involves ensuring compliance with safety standards, managing project timelines, and coordinating with various stakeholders to deliver efficient and reliable OHL infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have strong technical expertise, project management skills, and the ability to solve complex engineering problems.

As an Overhead Line Engineer, you will design a range of overhead line circuits at voltages ranging from 11kV to 400kV.

Responsibilities:

• Preparing, reviewing, and approving transmission line tower and foundation design, including associated documents and accessories
• Preparing engineering documents related to transmission tower and foundation design
• Designing as per relevant codes and standards
• Optimizing the overall weight of the tower and foundation with respect to tender quantity
• Performing sag tension calculation and providing the approximate weight of the tower at the tender stage
• Designing transmission towers using PLS Tower software for transmission line design
• Create all associated engineering design calculations and documentation
• Support the creation of all necessary material bill of quantity schedules
• Attend site meetings (virtual) and provide ongoing design drawing changes and support as required during project build
• Reviewing designs produced by suppliers and clients to ensure designs are technically compliant and in line with current legislation and policies
• Responsible for assisting with identification of key client interests and drivers on moderately complex projects and may determine the key clients in some instances
• Communicates client interests and drivers to project team members and develops approaches to accommodate these concerns in the performance of the work on moderately complex projects