Senior Overhead Line Engineer (Energy)

A little bit more about your role:

• Providing technical evaluations and offering problem-solving solutions to different team members.
• Prepare written proposals outlining everything stakeholders should know about a project, including the timeline, allocating resources, budget, objectives, and goals.
• Offer technical guidance and input throughout the project implementation, statutory planning, and participation in Public Consultation events.
• Responsible for the engineering and design activities of the team related to the overhead line. This includes PLS-CADD modelling, line routing, structure analysis and loading trees, developing design criteria, sag-tension calculations, insulator/conductor blowout, swing angle, damper system recommendations, structure spotting, clearance reports, conductor, and insulator selection, etc.
• Conducting feasibility studies, performing conductor thermal ratings, and ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulations.
• Undertake studies to identify a technically preferred solution / layout to take forward to the Client.
• Actively taking part in Industry working groups such as CIGRE, IEEE.

What we will be looking for you to demonstrate:

• A bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent technical discipline, preferably Electrical or Power engineering.
• Experience in overhead line engineering up to 400kV.
• Experience on upgrading work projects such as utilisation of High Temperature Low Sag conductors.
• Desirable skills – PLS CADD / POLE / TOWER
• Knowledge of conducting galloping studies, EMF and Field Effects Calculation, Wake effect, AC Interference for Gas pipelines would be advantageous.
• The ability to travel as projects dictate.