Burns & McDonnell · 1 day ago
Transmission Engineer - Transmission (Fort Worth)
Fort Worth, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
3+ years expBurns & McDonnell is a company that offers a wide range of service specialties and is focused on helping employees succeed. They are looking for a Staff Overhead Transmission Line Engineer to lead and oversee engineering responsibilities related to overhead transmission line design, including modeling, line routing, and preparing specifications for construction.
ArchitectureConstructionConsultingHuman Resources
Responsibilities
Perform, lead, and oversee all engineering responsibilities related to overhead transmission line design. This includes PLS-CADD modeling, line routing, structure analysis and loading trees, developing design criteria, sag-tension calculations, wire blowout, swing angle, damper recommendations, structure spotting, clearance reports, wire selection, etc
Prepare specifications for construction, hardware, and material for high voltage overhead transmission line (HV OH T-Line); structure design and development; hardware design and selection; and field installation supervision
Prepare construction drawings and cost estimates for high voltage overhead transmission lines
Providing input and adhering to project schedules and budgets
Additional responsibilities include providing instruction and guidance to less experienced staff members
This position may develop into a leadership role at which point this individual will be expected to lead teams of engineers as well as be a primary interface between Burns & McDonnell Engineers and our clients
Experience as the technical lead on projects and performing quality reviews is a plus
Other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Civil or Electrical Engineering from accredited program is required
A professional certification, EIT, and/or a professional engineer licensure is strongly desired
Minimum 3 years of related experience with routing and design of high voltage overhead transmission line facilities (completion of master's degree in related field may be substituted for one year of experience)
Excellent written & verbal communication skills
Ability to work in a team environment and possess strong analytical and problem solving skills is required
Preferred
Experience in 69kV to 500kV line design and working knowledge and/or expertise in Power Line system based programs (i.e., PLS, PLS-CADD, PLS-POLE, etc.) preferred
Company
Burns & McDonnell
Burns & McDonnell is an engineering design firm and it provides engineering, architecture, construction, and consulting services.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
Burns & McDonnell has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your
reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Represents job field similar to this job
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (96)
2024 (105)
2023 (105)
2022 (118)
2021 (62)
2020 (49)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Leslie Duke
Chief Executive Officer
Alissa Schuessler
Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
Missouri Business Alert
2025-11-07
Company data provided by crunchbase