HBK Engineering is a seeking a Licensed Professional Civil Engineer with project management experience.

HBK is transforming essential infrastructure to achieve a sustainable future and empower the communities where we live and work.  

Since first opening our doors in 1998, HBK Engineering has quickly emerged as a leader in the utility infrastructure space through our experience on smart grid, modernization, resiliency, communications, fiber to the home (FTTH), and microgrid projects. Today, we’re a Quanta Services Company—a team of 43,000 dedicated individuals offering end-to-end solutions for the utility, energy, and construction industries.  

Team members at HBK Engineering are committed to designing the future we want to live in, and safety is at the center of everything we do. HBK Engineering offers a professional environment where you’ll work alongside some of the best talent in the industry. We offer excellent benefits, competitive salary, employee resource groups, and a community-focused environment where our staff members believe in giving back. At HBK Engineering, you’ll discover a culture where the values of diversity, equity, and inclusion are exemplified by all. Better outcomes are achieved when we bring our authentic selves to work daily.  

Our sights are set on the future, and we invite you to rise to the challenge.  

The responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to:  

• Lead a project team Lead a project team consisting of engineers, designers, and field personnel involved in the concept design, modification, analysis and construction of public and private infrastructure.

• The ability to have direct, positive client interaction on all phases of projects

• Assisting with developing proposals, work plans, budgets, and schedules as well as assisting with managing each element

• Work on challenging assignments that include investigating, trouble-shooting, and solving a wide variety of engineering and construction related issues.

• Act as a team lead in the coordination of detailed design phases for all aspects of utility infrastructure projects including municipal and private work.

• Prepare, review and/or approve proposals, contracts or cost estimates.

• Negotiate revisions, changes and additions to contractual agreements with sub-consultants, and clients.

• Develop work packages for OH, UG, URD, Make Ready and Street Light projects, using customer GIS and WMS systems such as GE Smallworld, Bentley Expert Designer and Maximo.

• Experience and comfort in both a field and office settings

• Ability to understand and learn customer driven engineering and construction standards.

• Experience with the structural analysis, guying calcs, cable pulling calcs, coordination of protective devices, calculations of electric demand and fault currents.

• The ability to apply engineering calculations to various project challenges to develop the most complete and competent design

• The ability to review and sign/seal engineering packages and reports

• Minimum Qualifications  

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree

• 5-10 years of prior relevant experience in either working directly with an electric utility or an electric utility consulting company, performing design engineering (EIT/FE credentials or PE license is preferred). Equivalent additional experience can be used in place of a degree.

• Demonstrated 3 or more years of experience in leading an engineering design team through all phases of project designs.

  Essential Skills

• Experience in the design of electrical engineering systems in a project team environment for electrical distribution systems including the selection of equipment (transformers, metal clad switchgear), materials, and the preparation and assembling of calculations and specifications.

• Three or more years of experience in leading an engineering design team through all phases of a project design.

• Technically knowledgeable of available equipment and proven pre-engineered systems to execute systems design.

• Overhead and underground electrical utility distribution infrastructure design (primary or secondary)

• Experience working within and utilizing existing utility standard designs

• Experience with creating construction work package designs, scheduling, unit estimating systems, outage analysis and joint use work.

• Experience with cable and joint replacement as well as line and facility upgrade projects

• Experience with serving as firm/client liaison in a support or lead engineering role.

• Experience in reviewing design drawings created by others.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite required.

• Strong written and verbal communication abilities.

  Preferred Qualifications  

• PMP Certification.

• Construction and start-up experience a plus.

• Commissioning experience a plus.

• Experience providing estimated costs, development of a BOM, calculating the CIA

• Experience with design tools such as Pole Foreman, SOCKET, Spida-Calc

• Experience  using MicroStation--performing Electrical Distribution design 

Location: Suwanee, GA

Background Check and Drug Testing Information

Offers contingent upon satisfactory results from our standard background check and receipt of results of a satisfactory drug screening test from a location specified by HBK.

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