Senior Civil Engineering Technician - Transmission lines (Hybrid)

Senior Civil Engineering Technician – Transmission lines (Hybrid)
Our client, a leading Pacific Northwest utility provider committed to public service and environmental preservation, is looking for a Senior Civil Engineering Technician for their Vancouver, Washington location. In this role you will provide experienced, technical, organizational and design support to the Transmission Project Engineering Group within the organization. Work associated with this position will be directly related to scope and design projects for transmission lines, fiber-optic cable, and wireless installations. Work also includes providing support for the system of naming and design documents and records associated with those facilities.

This Hybrid position is a one-year renewable contract that includes employee benefits! If you feel this position aligns with your professional experience, we want to hear from you!

Key Responsibilities for Senior Civil Engineering Technician:

• Perform design, drafting, and revision work for complex capital transmission projects and fiber-optic systems (including but not limited to structure lists, phasing diagrams, one-line diagrams, site data sheets, site specific drawings, fiber-optic cable splice diagrams) using MicroStation CAD, adapting standard designs or producing custom layouts as needed.
• Complete and produce comprehensive final design packages including detailed design drawings and supporting documents.
• Review material, equipment, and customer-submitted drawings (from internal engineering, A&E contractors, and utility customers) to ensure alignment with company and industry technical specifications.
• As a team member of the Naming Committee, assist in the drafting of official design and line naming memos for transmission facilities.
• Maintain contracted design submittals, support the development of submittal processes, and draft approved line-naming memos to ensure strict compliance with official Facilities Naming Policies.
• Create proposals for, modify, and maintain departmental drafting standards while providing specialized technical expertise to support division-wide drafting standardization efforts.
• Receive, process, and attribute incoming transmission and fiber optic design files.
• Maintain electronic and paper repositories (such as ProjectWise and SharePoint) to store, track, and index diagrams to facilitate federal archiving.
• Convert legacy paper design drawings into digital formats using MicroStation CAD, gather, tabulate, and archive legacy system data into ProjectWise for verification and permanent archiving.
• Process as-built data to post-construction drawing revisions, submitting them for review and approval before finalization.
• Provide day-to-day technical support to design staff, contractors, and technicians.
• Create and deliver training materials (including presentations, reports, Power Points and manuals) to teach new hires and field personnel how to navigate systems and retrieve design data.

Requirements/Qualification for Senior Civil Engineering Technician:

• U.S. Citizenship and valid U.S. Driver’s License required.
• A degree in engineering, mathematics, computer science, or a closely related field is preferred.
• With a Bachelor’s degree in an applicable field, 6 years of experience is required.
• With an Associate’s degree in an applicable field, 8 years of experience is required.
• Without an applicable degree, 10 years of experience is required.
• Experience must include specific engineering technician experience and demonstrate a wide range of project tasks, as well as exercising a comprehensive degree of creativity and latitude, with increased accountability for results and level of difficulty of tasks.
• 5 years’ experience in MicroStation CAD platform or similar program and associated add-on products.
• 5 years’ experience maintaining ProjectWise or similar document management software.

**We are unable to accommodate corp. to corp. candidates**

About Motus Recruiting and Staffing, Inc:
Founded in 2006, Motus is an award-winning recruiting and staffing firm in the Pacific Northwest, specializing in professional services and technology solutions. We are a group of people who not only recognize the importance of representation, but actively fight for diversity, equity, and inclusion in the recruitment process. Our goal is to educate organizations on the importance of DEI when hiring, promoting, and supporting diverse employees. We are calling organizations to demonstrate their commitment to DEI by being intentional about who they hire.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability or protected veteran status.

AG/BH14202

Job ID: 14202

Pay: $41.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person

Salary : $41