Engineer - Transmission Line Operations & Maintenance
Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA)
Application
Details
Posted: 01-Aug-24
Location: Austin, Texas
Type: Full Time
Years of Experience:
2 - 4
Required Education:
4 Year Degree
Internal Number: Job No: 497886
Transmission line and telecommunications engineers with experience in lattice tower and foundations design and who possess a Texas PE are encouraged to apply.
This is an exciting time to join LCRA as we continue to grow and enhance our transmission system. We have an opportunity for a Civil Engineer with a Texas PE to be part of our Transmission Line Operations and Maintenance Engineering (TL O&M) team. In this role, you'll apply your structural knowledge of concrete and steel in the analysis and design of repairs to lattice steel structures and steel/concrete poles. Ideally, you'd be familiar with overhead transmission line design and use PLS-CADD to review existing and proposed encroachments on LCRA's transmission rights-of-way.
As an integral member of the TL O&M team, you'll have the chance to use your experience to tackle engineering problems, work closely with field personnel, identify process improvements, and learn new skills. You'll mentor others in your areas of expertise while having the opportunity to learn from others within the LCRA organization.
You will be trusted to:
- Provide engineering support to LCRA TSC's Line Operations & Maintenance crews, Real Estate Services and other functional teams across LCRA.
- Leverage asset data and other means to identify and address shortcomings in the transmission system to improve resiliency.
- Perform analysis and design of repairs to transmission assets such as concrete foundations, lattice towers, and concrete and steel poles.
- Review and analyze external requests to use LCRA TSC land or easements.
- Conduct research projects with the objective of identifying systemic improvements to transmission facilities.
- Perform transmission facilities fault event and failure forensics from which to develop recommendations for improvement.
- Continuously seek opportunities for improvement in processes and procedures to gain efficiencies, reduce errors and improve safety.
- Develop and conduct presentations to management and others.
You qualify with:
- Licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Texas
- Driver's license
You are a great fit with:
- Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering.
- Transmission (or telecommunications) lattice tower and foundations design experience.
- Knowledge of overhead transmission line design.
- Experience using PLS-CADD and/or PLS-Tower.
- Familiarity with interpreting and applying requisite industry design codes such as NESC, IEEE, ASCE and ACI
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office.
- Well organized with an attention to detail.
- Collaborative. Enjoys working both independently and as part of a team.
- An inquisitive mind with a keen interest in performing forensics and root cause analysis.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
You would be a strong candidate with several of the following qualifications:
- Advanced degree in Structural Engineering.
- Strong experience of overhead transmission line design.
- Strong experience using PLS-CADD and PLS-Tower.
- Expertise in the design and specification of concrete repairs.
- Understanding and experience in steel detailing.
- Experience reading and interpreting civil/site plans.
- Prior experience participating in industry research groups such as IEEE, EPRI or NATF.
he Lower Colorado River Authority exists to serve the people of Texas. It’s been that way since the state Legislature created us in 1934. We continue that legacy today by providing a multitude of vital services to our customers and communities.Our mission To enhance the quality of life of the Texans we serve through water stewardship, energy and community service.What we doWe produce and deliver electric power, manage the lower Colorado River and provide a reliable water supply, manage a public parks system and support community development.LCRA is funded by revenue we generate, the vast majority of which comes from generating and transmitting electricity. A very small portion of our revenue comes from selling water. We do not receive state appropriations or have the ability to levy taxes.Our historyLCRA has deep roots in Texas, dating as far back as the Great Depression of the 1930s. We built the chain of dams that tamed the Colorado River and brought power to rural Central Texas for the first time.