AECOM Enterprise Capabilities is seeking for a Principal Overhead Line (OHL) Engineer to join our team in Bogota/Colombia.The Principal Overhead Line (OHL) Engineer provides senior technical leadership and delivery capability across a broad range of transmission line projects from 132kV to 765kV. This includes greenfield projects, asset upgrades, reconductoring, thermal uprating, foundation and structure strengthening, line cut-ins, and asset renewal schemes. The role involves hands-on design, technical review, and interdisciplinary collaboration across project stages from concept to construction. Key responsibilities and activities include:<ul><li>Planning, scheduling, and execution of HV transmission line projects including:</li><li>Prepare cost estimates, project budgets, and resource allocation plans.</li><li>Coordinate with project managers, clients and other stakeholders to ensure project requirements are met.</li><li>Coordination and technical leadership in the delivery of HV transmission line engineering and design projects/packages. </li><li>Developing transmission line alignments, profiles, and structure spotting using PLS-CADD.</li><li>Performing sag-tension analysis and validating clearances in accordance with relevant standards (e.g. EN 50341, NG TS 2.04).</li><li>Preparing and reviewing design deliverables including plan/profile drawings, stringing charts, structure schedules, and loading reports.</li><li>Assessing tower and pole structure loading and coordinating foundation designs with geotechnical inputs.</li></ul>Leading and/or contributing to the following project types:<ul><li>New transmission line designs (greenfield)</li><li>Reconductoring and sag-tension recalculations</li><li>Uprating and clearance improvement studies</li><li>Structure/pole strength assessments and retrofits</li><li>Foundation strengthening (e.g., pile extensions, grillage upgrades)</li><li>Line cut-ins, tee-offs, and route deviations</li><li>Tower/pole replacements and asset renewal</li><li>OPGW or earthwire replacement and shielding reviews</li><li>Participating in design reviews, QA/verification processes, and constructability assessments.</li><li>Supporting delivery of construction-ready drawings and material schedules.</li><li>Coordinating with drafting, structural, civil, electrical, and geotechnical teams for integrated design outputs.</li><li>Providing guidance and mentoring to junior engineers and contributing to continuous improvement through lessons learned and design innovation.</li></ul>Discipline-Specific ResponsibilitiesCivil / Structural / Mechanical Focus: Applicable to applicants with a civil, structural, or mechanical engineering background involved in OHL projects.<ul><li>Model towers or poles using PLS-TOWER or PLS-POLE, including strength, stability, and member capacity checks.</li><li>Support or lead foundation assessments and designs (pad, pile, raft, grillage) in collaboration with geotechnical engineers.</li><li>Prepare or review general arrangement drawings, connection details, fabrication drawings, and part lists.</li><li>Assess the structural adequacy of towers/poles for reconductoring, uprating, or retrofit purposes.</li><li>Contribute to constructability assessments including cranage, access, erection sequencing, and outage constraints.</li></ul>Electrical Focus (Applicable Only to Candidates with an Electrical Engineering Background): For applicants with an electrical engineering background who possess experience in OHL design:<ul><li>Select appropriate conductor types, earthwires, and OPGW based on system requirements and environmental factors.</li><li>Perform insulation coordination studies, including BIL ratings, insulator string design, and strike/arcing distance assessments.</li><li>Review electrical clearances and evaluate thermal ratings of line sections under different loading scenarios.</li><li>Conduct shielding angle analysis, critical span evaluations, and lightning protection adequacy assessments.</li><li>Contribute to EMF, induction, and line loss analysis using applicable software, coordinate termination and bonding interfaces with substation teams.</li></ul>

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Electrical Engineering V - Transmission & Distribution (OHL)

AECOM Enterprise Capabilities is seeking for a Principal Overhead Line (OHL) Engineer to join our team in Bogota/Colombia.The Principal Overhead Line (OHL) Engineer provides senior technical leadership and delivery capability across a broad range of transmission line projects from 132kV to 765kV. This includes greenfield projects, asset upgrades, reconductoring, thermal uprating, foundation and structure strengthening, line cut-ins, and asset renewal schemes. The role involves hands-on design, technical review, and interdisciplinary collaboration across project stages from concept to construction. Key responsibilities and activities include:<ul><li>Planning, scheduling, and execution of HV transmission line projects including:</li><li>Prepare cost estimates, project budgets, and resource allocation plans.</li><li>Coordinate with project managers, clients and other stakeholders to ensure project requirements are met.</li><li>Coordination and technical leadership in the delivery of HV transmission line engineering and design projects/packages.&nbsp;</li><li>Developing transmission line alignments, profiles, and structure spotting using PLS-CADD.</li><li>Performing sag-tension analysis and validating clearances in accordance with relevant standards (e.g. EN 50341, NG TS 2.04).</li><li>Preparing and reviewing design deliverables including plan/profile drawings, stringing charts, structure schedules, and loading reports.</li><li>Assessing tower and pole structure loading and coordinating foundation designs with geotechnical inputs.</li></ul>Leading and/or contributing to the following project types:<ul><li>New transmission line designs (greenfield)</li><li>Reconductoring and sag-tension recalculations</li><li>Uprating and clearance improvement studies</li><li>Structure/pole strength assessments and retrofits</li><li>Foundation strengthening (e.g., pile extensions, grillage upgrades)</li><li>Line cut-ins, tee-offs, and route deviations</li><li>Tower/pole replacements and asset renewal</li><li>OPGW or earthwire replacement and shielding reviews</li><li>Participating in design reviews, QA/verification processes, and constructability assessments.</li><li>Supporting delivery of construction-ready drawings and material schedules.</li><li>Coordinating with drafting, structural, civil, electrical, and geotechnical teams for integrated design outputs.</li><li>Providing guidance and mentoring to junior engineers and contributing to continuous improvement through lessons learned and design innovation.</li></ul>Discipline-Specific ResponsibilitiesCivil / Structural / Mechanical Focus: Applicable to applicants with a civil, structural, or mechanical engineering background involved in OHL projects.<ul><li>Model towers or poles using PLS-TOWER or PLS-POLE, including strength, stability, and member capacity checks.</li><li>Support or lead foundation assessments and designs (pad, pile, raft, grillage) in collaboration with geotechnical engineers.</li><li>Prepare or review general arrangement drawings, connection details, fabrication drawings, and part lists.</li><li>Assess the structural adequacy of towers/poles for reconductoring, uprating, or retrofit purposes.</li><li>Contribute to constructability assessments including cranage, access, erection sequencing, and outage constraints.</li></ul>Electrical Focus (Applicable Only to Candidates with an Electrical Engineering Background): For applicants with an electrical engineering background who possess experience in OHL design:<ul><li>Select appropriate conductor types, earthwires, and OPGW based on system requirements and environmental factors.</li><li>Perform insulation coordination studies, including BIL ratings, insulator string design, and strike/arcing distance assessments.</li><li>Review electrical clearances and evaluate thermal ratings of line sections under different loading scenarios.</li><li>Conduct shielding angle analysis, critical span evaluations, and lightning protection adequacy assessments.</li><li>Contribute to EMF, induction, and line loss analysis using applicable software, coordinate termination and bonding interfaces with substation teams.</li></ul>

Electrical Engineering V - Transmission & Distribution (OHL)

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