Senior Engineer II - Design Trans/Civil at NV Energy in Reno, Nevada

Job Description:

NV Energy


Position Title: Senior Engineer II - Design Trans/Civil

Job ID: 107291

Location: Reno, NV

Posting Close Date: 12/05/2024

Facility: Sierra Plaza

Department: Trans/Civil Engineering

Full/Part Time: Full-Time

Regular/Temporary: Regular

Travel Percentage: 5 - 10%

Description:

Responsibilities

Basic Purpose

Provides comprehensive civil engineering design services for transmission and substation facilities and ensures facilities are constructed on schedule and within committed resource allocations. Provides leadership, training, and direction to fellow staff members.

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. Completes calculations and prepares designs for substation steel structures, foundations, and control enclosures.
  • Provides civil engineering 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.
  • Evaluates, benchmarks, and makes recommendations for the creation and improvements of substation and transmission standards and specifications.
• Develops economical, technically feasible, reliable transmission and substation civil/structural designs with minimal supervision and guidance. Selects and 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 staff members, and provides technical design and project peer reviews.
• Provides accurate cost estimates and schedules input for use in company budgeting procedures such that cash flow requirements are identified.
• Coordinates and interacts professionally with internal and external customers and stakeholders to ensure a successful project.
• Performs studies, prepares, and provides written and oral reports to management and internal and external customers.

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 related duties as assigned.

Requirements

Essential Education, Skills, and Environment

Education and Work Experience
Bachelor’s degree from an accredited school in engineering and 8 years industry experience as a practicing engineer. Must be a licensed PE. If no PE license, then must have 10 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 345kV.
• Transmission line design experience including overhead line design up to 345kV or underground line design up to 345kV.

Demonstrated skills such as:

• Analytical, interpersonal and communication.
• Managing multiple tasks and meeting deadlines.
• Establishing positive internal and external customer relations.

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 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: $108,300 (Min) to $127,400 (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 Senior Engineer- Design Trans/Civil, Engineer II- Design Trans/Civil or Engineer I- Design Trans/Civil.

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