Senior Site Civil Engineer, Power Delivery
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Senior civil engineer leading site design for AECOM’s transmission and substation infrastructure projects. Managing grading, drainage, construction support, and technical delivery across U.S. energy projects.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage all civil work at substation and transmission line sites
- Ensure compliance with approved drawings, specifications, and construction schedules
- Create and supervise earthwork, grading, drainage systems, access roads, cable trenches, and foundations
- Review, interpret, and create civil design drawings and technical documents
- Report discrepancies and provide practical solutions
- Manage geotechnical and ground/LIDAR site surveys for transmission routes and substation layouts
- Review and approve civil construction methodologies, work plans, and contractor method statements
- Identify and mitigate geotechnical, access, environmental, and constructability issues
- Coordinate with electrical, protection, commissioning, planning, and project management teams
- Interact daily with customers’ internal engineers and technical experts
- Develop and maintain professional client relationships
- Provide technical leadership to site civil engineers and inspectors
- Assign tasks, review work, and mentor team members
- Check and review calculation sequences, content, methods, specifications, approvals, revisions, retention, and storage
- Assist with task and effort estimates for proposal support
- Support project commissioning and handover by ensuring site civil work is completed safely and to specification
- Assist with planning and scheduling engineering tasks within the site civil discipline
- Maintain positive working relationships with peers
- Travel occasionally to other AECOM locations and client sites
- Participate in field walks and perform field measurements as necessary
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering and 6 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education
- Proven experience with site grading, drainage, roads, earthworks, substation layout development, and transmission access/alignment
- Proficiency in AutoCAD or MicroStation for civil design and detailing
- Understanding of substation site planning, transmission/substation access requirements, and integration with electrical layouts
- Professional Engineering license (P.E.) preferred
- 10+ years of relevant site civil experience preferred, including at least three years as project technical lead and/or engineer of record
- Strong knowledge of international civil and design standards (IEC, BS, IEEE, ANSI, etc.) preferred
- Experience with construction supervision, site inspection, and commissioning support preferred
- Knowledge of hydrological analysis tools, stormwater modeling, or Civil 3D/BIM software preferred
- Experience in GIS or AIS substation developments preferred
- Familiarity with major utility or transmission operator standards preferred
- Self-motivated
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Success in working with remote teams
- Experience on full EPC, Design/Build projects from start to finish preferred
- Owner’s Engineering experience preferred
- Experience with retrofit or brownfield projects preferred
- Exposure to supporting renewable generation projects preferred
- Sponsorship for US Employment Authorization is not available for this position
- Ability to participate in field walks, create field sketches, take dimensions, and climb ladders as necessary
Benefits:
- Freedom and flexibility to work remotely and/or be located at a variety of Energy offices across the United States
- Medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, and disability benefits
- Paid time off
- Leaves of absences
- Voluntary benefits and perks
- Flexible work options
- Well-being resources
- Employee assistance program
- Business travel insurance
- Service recognition awards
- Retirement savings plan
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Comprehensive benefits
- Award-winning training and development programs
- Resources to expand technical expertise and leadership skills
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