Manager - Transmission Engineering

Who We Are

Atwell, LLC is a bold leader in the consulting, engineering, and construction services industry, delivering a broad range of creative solutions to clients in the real estate & land development, and energy markets. We have a strong national presence and a diverse, award-winning project portfolio. Atwell is a privately owned company, with 2,000+ passionate team members across 75+ locations and growing!

Atwell, LLC is a proud recipient of the following 2025 awards:

• Ten consecutive years in a row as a “Best Place to Work” by Zweig Group (#11)
• Recognized as #70 in the ENR Top 500 Design Firms, ranked in every region
• Recognized in Crain's “Fast 50” as one of the fastest-growing companies (#14)
• Recognized as the 2025 ENR Design Firm of the year for the Southeastern US
  

About the Position

The Manager - Transmission leads teams of engineers, designers, drafters, technicians, and other technical professionals responsible for the accurate, timely, and quality completion of overhead transmission and related transmission line engineering scopes. This role combines people leadership, technical oversight, workload and resource planning, operational management, and project-delivery support to ensure appropriate project coverage and consistent achievement of scope, schedule, budget, quality, safety, and client objectives. In this role, an employee will be expected to demonstrate proficiency in regard to the essential functions of the job below.

Essential Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, mentor, and develop engineers, designers, drafters, technicians, and other technical professionals supporting transmission projects.
• Maintain accountability for the accurate, timely, and quality completion of transmission engineering and design scopes assigned to the team.
• Establish clear expectations and support employee development through coaching, feedback, training, performance management, individualized development planning, and succession planning.
• Assess team strengths, development needs, and technical capabilities and coordinate appropriate training, mentoring, and work assignments.
• Foster a collaborative, accountable, inclusive, and high-performing team environment focused on quality, safety, professional growth, and continuous improvement.
• Lead workload forecasting, resource planning, staffing decisions, team scheduling, and project-performance monitoring to maintain appropriate project coverage.
• Maintain visibility into active projects, milestone dates, resource assignments, estimate-to-complete information, and workload constraints.
• Coordinate project assignments and team priorities with Project Managers, technical leaders, operations, and organizational leadership.
• Monitor team level project budgets, estimate-to-complete information, and financial performance in coordination with Project Managers and organizational leadership.
• Identify and address workload, resource, schedule, quality, safety, and project delivery risks before they affect project continuity or client commitments.
• Drive improvements in standards, workflows, tools, and team practices that enhance quality, consistency, efficiency, predictability, and project performance.
• Oversee the planning, coordination, and detailed engineering and design of overhead transmission and related distribution-line projects from small to large scale.
• Oversee development and review of design packages, including plan and profile drawings, pole-assembly details, pole grounding and guying details, steel framing details, structure loading diagrams, structure design and fabrication details, foundation design, construction details, and supporting calculation packages.
• Provide or coordinate technical and QA/QC reviews of engineering calculations, models, drawings, specifications, reports, and construction deliverables to support quality, accuracy, constructability, and compliance.
• Ensure work reflects applicable utility and client requirements, engineering standards, structural-design principles, material requirements, and construction practices.
• Provide technical guidance and training to engineers and technical staff and coordinate work across engineering, design, field, project-management, client, and contractor stakeholders.
• Identify, address, and escalate technical, constructability, quality, coordination, and project-delivery concerns to support timely resolution and project continuity.
• Support project planning and execution to help ensure assigned work is delivered within established scope, schedule, budget, technical, safety, and quality requirements.
• Prepare or support technical documents and reports, including cost estimates, budget reports, proposals, studies, schedules, assumptions, and project-change documentation.
• Partner with Project Managers and technical leaders to coordinate multidisciplinary work and maintain appropriate coverage across project scopes.
• Support proposal development, marketing activities, client pursuits, and business development through technical input and resource-planning support.
• Support client relationships and communications by helping resolve technical and delivery concerns and promoting consistent, responsive service.
• Perform other job-related responsibilities as assigned.

Must-Have Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to lead, coach, develop, and hold accountable multidisciplinary transmission engineering and design teams.
• Advanced knowledge of overhead transmission and related distribution-line engineering, design, project delivery, applicable utility standards, and construction practices.
• Advanced knowledge of plan and profile design, structure spotting, pole assemblies, grounding and guying, structure loading, steel framing, foundations, structural analysis, and construction documentation.
• Ability to maintain accountability for team deliverable quality, schedule performance, work efficiency, and adherence to established processes.
• Strong workload-planning and resource-forecasting skills, including team assignments, project coverage, milestone dates, and estimate-to-complete information.
• Working knowledge of project budgets, financial performance, engineering estimates, project controls, and operational performance measures.
• Strong technical-review and QA/QC capabilities with the ability to identify engineering, constructability, compliance, coordination, quality, and execution concerns.
• Ability to investigate and resolve technical, workload, resource, safety, and project-delivery concerns and escalate issues appropriately.
• Ability to support technical scopes, estimates, schedules, assumptions, proposals, studies, and project-change documentation.
• Strong written, verbal, interpersonal, coaching, conflict-resolution, and stakeholder-communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with Project Managers, Technical Advisors, organizational leaders, clients, utilities, contractors, field personnel, and multidisciplinary teams.
• Advanced proficiency with PLS-CADD and proficiency with AutoCAD; knowledge of structure-spotting and transmission-line design applications applicable to assigned work.
• Proficiency with engineering, design-review, project-delivery, workload-planning, and business-productivity tools applicable to transmission engineering.
• Demonstrates commitment to Atwell quality and safety standards, employee development, ethical conduct, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering, Civil Engineering Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Structural Engineering, or a related engineering or technical discipline from an accredited institution.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license required.
• 6-10 years of experience in overhead transmission-line, distribution-line, structural, civil, mechanical, engineering, design, field, or related technical field.
• Experience managing team workload, resource assignments, schedules, project coverage, and technical deliverables across multiple projects.
• Experience producing or reviewing transmission-line design packages, structure-loading or foundation work, engineering calculations, and construction documentation.
• Experience supporting QA/QC, engineering estimates, project budgets, forecasting, risk management, proposals, client relationships, and operational improvement.

Additional Position Details

• Work is performed in a professional work environment, with work location and reporting expectations determined by business needs and position requirements. Some field work may be required.
• Must be able to remain in a stationary position for extended periods and operate a computer and other office productivity equipment.
• Frequently communicates and collaborates with clients, engineers, designers, contractors, vendors, and project stakeholders.
• Must be able to move around project sites and work in indoor or outdoor environments as required.
• Travel may be required based on client and project needs.

Cultural Fit

• Independent yet Collaborative
• Dependable
• Creative Problem Solver
• Natural Communicator
• Flexible
• Results Oriented
• Client Focused
• Enthusiastic

Fair Labor Standards Act

• Exempt | Overtime pay is not required.

Disclaimer

• The information contained herein is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job, nor an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to perform the job.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the USA.
• If current job responsibilities differ from assigned duties, please contact Human Resources.

Atwell Benefits: To attract and retain the best professionals in the industry, we aim to provide an excellent working environment and a progressive benefits program designed to support your personal and professional needs.

Work/Life:

• Generous Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Flexible work schedules are available for some positions
• Tenure Awards — Travel Vouchers to see the world based on your travel preferences

Compensation:

• Competitive Compensation packages 
• Annual bonuses, spot bonuses and peer recognition awards
• 401K match - 1:1 up to 4% of compensation 
• Tuition Assistance
• Student Loan Repayment 
• Paid Licensing / Certification Fees and Renewals
• Financial Rewards for Obtaining Licensure
• Employee Referrals 
• Annual Wellness Reimbursement for anything wellness related (Gym memberships, fitness tracker, home gym equipment, etc.)
• Dependent Care Match

‘Atwell’ness:

• Medical (BC/BS), Dental (Delta), and Vision (VSP)
• Family Planning & IVF Benefits
• Pet Insurance
• Health Savings Account & Flex Spending Account options
• Employer paid LTD, STD, and life insurance
• Metlife Supplemental Benefits covering accident, hospitalization, and critical illness
• Member Assistance Program (MAP) with complimentary counseling sessions, legal benefits, financial consultations, and work/life referral services