Senior Project Engineer - Transmission Design
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Overland Park, KS, US
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Design
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Effective communication skills (verbal and written)
- Excellent listening and reading skills, including proofreading
- Effective problem solving and decision making skills
- Strong interpersonal skills to develop and maintain client and employee relationships
- Ability to lead, train, and mentor others
- Self-awareness: Knowing one’s strengths and limits with a strong sense of one’s self-worth and capabilities
- Self-regulation: Keeping emotions in check; trustworthy; taking responsibility for personal performance; flexibility; innovative
- Customer service orientation
- Collaborative
- Ability to negotiate
- Analytical and critical thinking skills
- Ability to achieve business results
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to maintain appropriate amount of detail
- Demonstrates a high degree of creativity, foresight, and mature judgment in planning, organizing and problem analysis and resolution
- Strong proficiency in MS Office Suite including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
- Strong proficiency in PLS Suite including CADD, CAISSON and POLE. PLS-Tower a plus.
- Strong proficiency in MFAD and/or LPile
- Ability to embrace new technology and processes including learning other software programs as needed (Adobe, Bluebeam, Deltek Vision accounting and project planning software, Client Relationship Manag
- Exhibits initiative, responsibility, flexibility, and leadership
- Good time management skills with ability to handle complex deadline driven workload
- Ability to work independently and within a team successfully
Full description
Overview
ABOUT BARTLETT & WEST: Bartlett & West is an engineering, technology and other professional services firm headquartered in Topeka, KS with 19 offices in seven states throughout the Midwest. As a completely employee-owned company, Bartlett & West has a “We Before Me” mentality. We prioritize service to our clients, communities and each other. We’re less concerned about titles and more concerned about how each person can be supported to make the greatest impact.
Position Summary:
This position will be designing transmission engineering projects including focus areas of line layouts, structure design and foundation design. This position is recognized as a technical specialist with an in-depth knowledge in focus area. This role will work under the direction of the Client and Project Manager in charge of the project, the position may identify and develop the scope of work, meet customer expectations, assist in pricing contracts, perform engineering services, oversee project quality, identify resources and manage them relative to a specific project, and meet project deadlines and profitability goals. Position may be expected to serve as the Engineer of Record on project plans and documents.
Responsibilities
Essential Functions & Responsibilities:
- Acts as a technical specialist in focus area.
- Provides internal technical advice to project managers throughout the company for the purpose of preparing proposals and developing client presentations.
- Collaborates with client’s designee with project planning and provides technical guidance on the development of the project scope, concepts and strategies to be used, task organization, estimates of effort, fee structure and amount, risk management, the identification of other required resources, and schedules necessary to complete the project. Collaborates with the development of cost and budget estimates for the project, as required.
- Directs, manages and participates in the production of the project deliverables, up to and including signing and sealing of work products as a Registered Professional Engineer. Performs or participates in some or all of the following:
- Preliminary studies, plans and cost estimates
- Plan, oversee, and develop final report for studies
- Definition of and oversight of design process
- Designs and plan production
- Conducting project status/review meetings
- Specification and contract document development and production
- Bidding and contract award
- Contract Administration oversight
- Monitors and maintains quality on all facets of the project deliverable