Civil Engineer 1 - First Tek, Inc.
Vancouver, WA 98666
About the Job
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES
Note: All official drafts, documents, and recommendations, as listed below, must be reviewed, finalized, and approved / accepted by appropriate BPA manager or other federal personnel with the authority to do so.
Plan, organize, and facilitate limited projects involved in engineering design and analysis, requiring the solution of both design and operations problems.
Identify and help define critical engineering design parameters, recommend design methods, monitor the technical approach, and review the final design.
Identify, evaluate, and recommend appropriate remote sensing solutions to resolve complex interrelated problems and issues.
Recommend solutions for both design and operations problems and produce new designs, as needed, when standards do not cover the project situations.
Maintain consistent communication with project team, stakeholders, and sponsor to keep team apprised of project status, potential issues or delays, to offer modification recommendations, and to foster understanding and buy-in of recommendations.
Provide technical services on remote sensing functions and practices. Perform design work for capital projects based on analysis of engineering and design requirements, project parameters, and technical information from multiple sources.
Adapt standard guides and designs to assigned projects.
Assist in the development, upgrade, and application of design templates, standards, and guidelines, as appropriate.
Perform a comprehensive review of finished work products and geospatial data records to validate completeness, accuracy, and conformance to project requirements, design practices, standards, and quality objectives.
Analyze factors leading to errors and make recommendations for corrective action.
Consult and coordinate with other organizations within BPA relative to specification matters.
Arrange and facilitate meetings with BPA personnel to effectively receive / dispense information, address conflicting opinions, press for solution, effect necessary compromises, and summarize conclusions, which are recorded in memoranda and workflow tracking systems.
Prepare and process specification change requests as per established procedures. Verify that specifications are in accordance with policy and regulations, and are technically correct. This work requires application of engineering knowledge in several technical disciplines. Specification writing involves integration, coordination, and review from a technical standpoint of concise detailed descriptions of work methods, procedures, and precautions for work to be performed.
Create, update, and revise design and engineering records and databases. Maintain data quality and prepare and verify data models.
Provide support to design engineers, project managers, and other technicians regarding remote sensing projects and related deliverables.
Develop, prepare, revise, and distribute design drawings and engineering technical documents and databases to support transmission line, fiber optic, and wireless projects or other assigned work on various computer platforms including MicroStation CADD and PLS-CADD. Work may include:
Update and maintain existing hard copy design drawings in the files of Transmission Engineering.
Convert existing hard copy drawings to electronic versions on the MicroStation CADD and PLS-CADD systems.
Obtain drawing and/or design files as needed to complete assigned work.
Enter data into computer and/or CADD files that can be used for the design of facilities. Verify data for completeness and accuracy.
Review and check work of contract service providers for accuracy and adequacy; provide results and recommendations to PM or BPA manager.
Mark documents and maintain filing system(s), files, emails, and records in accordance with compliance requirements. Share and disperse documents only to appropriate personnel (those with a Lawful Government Purpose (LGP) to know). Mark and maintain all official records in accordance with the Information Security (INFOSEC) and Information Governance & Lifecycle Management (IGLM) standards and procedures. Validate official records are accurately maintained for auditing purposes.
On assigned projects, represent the group at project meetings. Report status, scheduling, and other project issues or delays. Coordinate work effort with project managers and other organizations.
Analyze topographic aerial (LiDAR) survey data sets for completeness and accuracy.
Archive and maintain LiDAR, Imagery, and PLS-CADD data files.
Produce PLS-CADD models of existing or proposed transmission lines.
Analyze transmission lines for possible impairments caused by trees, high brush, and other field condition attributes.
Produce safe tree height reports.
Manipulate LiDAR data and PLS-CADD files for multiple engineering applications.
REQUIREMENTS
Education & Corresponding Experience (required on matrix)
Bachelor's degree in civil engineering (from an ABET accredited school) or a closely related field is required.
1 years of Civil Engineering experience is required.
Experience must include knowledge of engineering concepts, principles, and practices applicable to components and facilities found on a regional transmission system.
Required Technical Skills & Experience (required on matrix)
Knowledge of and skill in the following areas:
Geometry and coordinate systems.
PC operating systems.
Preferred Skills & Experience (optional on matrix)
LiDAR point cloud software and other computer methods and applications for analysis, design, and design document production and reporting.
Experience working with GIS and Remote Sensing/LiDAR.
Knowledge of and skill in the following areas:
ESRI ArcGIS software
Working knowledge of surveying principles and image processing.
Experience working with of PLS-CADD and MicroStation/CADD software platforms.
Familiarity with SharePoint functionality.
Additional Requirements (not required on matrix)
Valid U.S. Driver's License is required.
Note: All official drafts, documents, and recommendations, as listed below, must be reviewed, finalized, and approved / accepted by appropriate BPA manager or other federal personnel with the authority to do so.
Plan, organize, and facilitate limited projects involved in engineering design and analysis, requiring the solution of both design and operations problems.
Identify and help define critical engineering design parameters, recommend design methods, monitor the technical approach, and review the final design.
Identify, evaluate, and recommend appropriate remote sensing solutions to resolve complex interrelated problems and issues.
Recommend solutions for both design and operations problems and produce new designs, as needed, when standards do not cover the project situations.
Maintain consistent communication with project team, stakeholders, and sponsor to keep team apprised of project status, potential issues or delays, to offer modification recommendations, and to foster understanding and buy-in of recommendations.
Provide technical services on remote sensing functions and practices. Perform design work for capital projects based on analysis of engineering and design requirements, project parameters, and technical information from multiple sources.
Adapt standard guides and designs to assigned projects.
Assist in the development, upgrade, and application of design templates, standards, and guidelines, as appropriate.
Perform a comprehensive review of finished work products and geospatial data records to validate completeness, accuracy, and conformance to project requirements, design practices, standards, and quality objectives.
Analyze factors leading to errors and make recommendations for corrective action.
Consult and coordinate with other organizations within BPA relative to specification matters.
Arrange and facilitate meetings with BPA personnel to effectively receive / dispense information, address conflicting opinions, press for solution, effect necessary compromises, and summarize conclusions, which are recorded in memoranda and workflow tracking systems.
Prepare and process specification change requests as per established procedures. Verify that specifications are in accordance with policy and regulations, and are technically correct. This work requires application of engineering knowledge in several technical disciplines. Specification writing involves integration, coordination, and review from a technical standpoint of concise detailed descriptions of work methods, procedures, and precautions for work to be performed.
Create, update, and revise design and engineering records and databases. Maintain data quality and prepare and verify data models.
Provide support to design engineers, project managers, and other technicians regarding remote sensing projects and related deliverables.
Develop, prepare, revise, and distribute design drawings and engineering technical documents and databases to support transmission line, fiber optic, and wireless projects or other assigned work on various computer platforms including MicroStation CADD and PLS-CADD. Work may include:
Update and maintain existing hard copy design drawings in the files of Transmission Engineering.
Convert existing hard copy drawings to electronic versions on the MicroStation CADD and PLS-CADD systems.
Obtain drawing and/or design files as needed to complete assigned work.
Enter data into computer and/or CADD files that can be used for the design of facilities. Verify data for completeness and accuracy.
Review and check work of contract service providers for accuracy and adequacy; provide results and recommendations to PM or BPA manager.
Mark documents and maintain filing system(s), files, emails, and records in accordance with compliance requirements. Share and disperse documents only to appropriate personnel (those with a Lawful Government Purpose (LGP) to know). Mark and maintain all official records in accordance with the Information Security (INFOSEC) and Information Governance & Lifecycle Management (IGLM) standards and procedures. Validate official records are accurately maintained for auditing purposes.
On assigned projects, represent the group at project meetings. Report status, scheduling, and other project issues or delays. Coordinate work effort with project managers and other organizations.
Analyze topographic aerial (LiDAR) survey data sets for completeness and accuracy.
Archive and maintain LiDAR, Imagery, and PLS-CADD data files.
Produce PLS-CADD models of existing or proposed transmission lines.
Analyze transmission lines for possible impairments caused by trees, high brush, and other field condition attributes.
Produce safe tree height reports.
Manipulate LiDAR data and PLS-CADD files for multiple engineering applications.
REQUIREMENTS
Education & Corresponding Experience (required on matrix)
Bachelor's degree in civil engineering (from an ABET accredited school) or a closely related field is required.
1 years of Civil Engineering experience is required.
Experience must include knowledge of engineering concepts, principles, and practices applicable to components and facilities found on a regional transmission system.
Required Technical Skills & Experience (required on matrix)
Knowledge of and skill in the following areas:
Geometry and coordinate systems.
PC operating systems.
Preferred Skills & Experience (optional on matrix)
LiDAR point cloud software and other computer methods and applications for analysis, design, and design document production and reporting.
Experience working with GIS and Remote Sensing/LiDAR.
Knowledge of and skill in the following areas:
ESRI ArcGIS software
Working knowledge of surveying principles and image processing.
Experience working with of PLS-CADD and MicroStation/CADD software platforms.
Familiarity with SharePoint functionality.
Additional Requirements (not required on matrix)
Valid U.S. Driver's License is required.
Source : First Tek, Inc.