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Working closely with the Project Manager and multidisciplinary teams, you will provide technical leadership, coordinate engineering activities and deliverables, monitor scope, schedule, budget, and project risks, and ensure compliance with applicable codes, utility requirements, client standards, and KCI quality procedures for successful project execution. Projects may include new transmission facilities, line rebuilds, capacity upgrades, and infrastructure modernization required to accommodate load growth, generation interconnections, aging assets, and evolving reliability and resiliency needs.\nJoin us as we Rise to the Challenge\nAt KCI, we’re building an enduring community that provides unparalleled value to our employee-owners. We make our mark designing and delivering our world-class solutions, so we invest deeply in supporting and developing our team. We reward integrity and commitment, and when we do well, you do well. Our employees have the freedom to innovate, unlimited growth, a voice that matters, a lifestyle that works, and skin in the game. Achievements are shared and celebrated. As a team, we are motivated to better ourselves, each other, and the world around us.\nTHE COMPANY\nKCI Technologies, Inc. is a 100% employee-owned engineering, consulting and construction firm serving clients throughout the United States. KCI is recognized as an industry leader, employing cutting-edge technologies, management practices and strategic growth initiatives. Employee ownership fosters an entrepreneurial spirit, encourages technical expertise, and shapes strategic planning.\nKCI is currently ranked #50 on Engineering News-Record’s list of the Top 500 design firms in the nation.\nKCI BENEFITS INFORMATION\nWe offer a competitive compensation package, family friendly benefits, a collaborative working environment, and the training, mentoring and resources you need to advance in your career.\nWe understand that you have choices, and we know that together we will make a great team!\nKCI is committed to building a diverse and inclusive staff, and we encourage women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, and individuals with disabilities to apply.\nKCI Technologies, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.\nDuties, Responsibilities & Other\nKey Technical Skills Required:\nUnderstanding of the transmission-system drivers that influence project development, including accelerated load growth, large-load and data-center development, new and retiring generation, transmission congestion, transfer-capacity limitations, aging infrastructure, and regional reliability and resiliency requirements.\nAbility to translate transmission-planning requirements into practical engineering solutions for new lines, rebuilds, uprating, reconductoring, and other capacity or reliability improvements, including consideration of advanced conductors, grid-enhancing technologies, constructability, permitting constraints, phasing, and lifecycle cost.\nWorking knowledge of overhead and underground electric transmission-line 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reports.\nAbility to evaluate transmission routing alternatives, constructability, access requirements, environmental constraints, outage considerations, and lifecycle costs.\nKnowledge of transmission-line materials and equipment, including conductors, shield wires or OPGW, insulators, hardware, poles, towers, foundations, and grounding systems.\nAbility to develop engineering quantities, cost estimates, design schedules, technical scopes, and assumptions appropriate to the project phase.\nStrong technical review and quality-control skills, including identifying design conflicts, managing interdisciplinary interfaces, resolving technical comments, and documenting engineering decisions\nProject Management and Leadership:\nPlan, develop, coordinate and direct projects or engineering programs.\nDesign and prepare deliverables for multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring successful completion within defined timelines and budgets.\nSupervise subordinate supervisors or team leaders.\nConduct research in problem areas of scope and complexity.\nServe as a staff specialist, applying advanced theories and concepts.\nAssist in proposals, negotiations, and presentations. \nCollaborate with internal departments for client relationship development. \nManage work routines and assign job activities. \nAttend project team meetings. \nProvide task performance reports. \nCoordinate with other practices and sub-consultants.\nProvide technical oversight and guidance. \nServe as task manager of select projects.\nTraining, Development, and Compliance:\nMentor and train staff.\nComply with all KCI policies and procedures.\nEnsure projects comply with ISO standards as outline in the Market Specific Quality Control Manual.\nConduct employee performance appraisals, when applicable. \nDevelop professional relationships through active participation in industry associations and community involvement.\nIdentify and assist in attracting talent to KCI. \nFinancial Management and Reporting:\nComplete all tasks on time and within budget while fully meeting project scope. \nOperate within specified (corporate or project) budget parameters.\nWork with the Project Manager to actively manage project budgets. \nAchieve or exceed budgets individual utilization targets. \nProject Execution and Technical Oversight:\nConduct site visits and gather data. \nPrepare design calculations, drawings, specifications, and cost estimates. \nReview and approve shop drawings. \nCompare field data to base plan. \nPrepare preliminary concept designs. \nRead and interpret technical documents. \n* Essential Duties and Responsibilities are the basic job functions that an employee must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation. \nQualifications\nEducation and/or Work Experience Required:\nBachelor’s Degree in related field (AEC Industry) \nMinimum of 5 years of relevant experience. \nProven experience in planning, organizing, estimating, scheduling and monitoring 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