
Senior Transmission Electrical Designer
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The Senior Transmission Electrical Designer provides transmission line design services to Worley and its customers as part of the Power Networks team. The role develops and checks design drawing packages, designs transmission lines and structures, and coordinates with engineers and other disciplines. It also leads assignments, guides design staff, and supports quality assurance and document management across project work.
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About us Worley is a global company of energy, chemicals and resources experts headquartered in Australia. We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value across the life of their assets. We specialize in consulting, engineering, procurement and construction across the project lifecycle, with services extending through to operations and decommissioning. Leveraging extensive experience and AI-enabled delivery, we support customers in navigating complexity as they meet today's needs and transition to more sustainable solutions. Purpose: You will provide transmission line design services to Worley and its Customers as an integral part of the Power Networks team. Responsibilities: 1. Prepare scaled physical drawings for transmission line projects with minimal amount of supervision and engineering input. 2. Develop a complete design drawing package for checking or check the design drawing packages prepared by others. 3. Design transmission lines from 34.5kV to 230kV range. 4. Design and perform structural analysis and design of pole, lattice, framed, and guyed structures. 5. Lead project assignments and guide other design staff in preparing design drawing packages. 6. Interface with other disciplines in the development of the drawing package. 7. Create and/or review bills of material, conduit, and cable schedules for transmission line projects. 8. Work closely with engineers and other disciplines to ensure coordinated design systems. 9. Works in a team environment, takes direction from the lead engineer and creates project drawings. 10. Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously. 11. Work at times with limited direction and have the ability to assist with conceptualizing layouts using go-by information. 12. Effective technical and practical electrical design and drafting skills ability to consistently deliver quality, accurate and timely work to Worley and its clients. 13. Abilit to travel to job sites to perform site walkdown. 14. Responsible for the quality assurance of the documents to the applicable drawing standards and responsible for the proper document management procedures are followed. 15. Ability to complete tasks in accordance with project procedures, applicable codes and/or standards, on schedule and within budget. What you will bring Technical/Industry Experience and Qualifications Requirements: 1. Extensive relevant design experience. 2. +5 year of experience. 3. Has a competent understanding of regulations, electrical codes, manufacturing standards and industry standard practices. 4. Proficient in AutoCAD and MicroStation. 5. Proficiency with the manipulation of scaled vector and raster drawing files in AutoCAD and/or MicroStation. 6. Proficiency with PLS-CADD, PLS-POLE. 7. Ability to understand and implement a wide range of client CAD standards. 8. Knowledge with design codes and standards such as NESC, IEC, CSA, IEEE, ANSI, IBC, ASCE-7, AISC, and ACI 318. 9. Familiarity with MS Office (Word, Excel and Access). 10. Candidate must be self-motivated, organized, and be able to work independently. 11. Ideal candidate should have strong interpersonal and written communication skills that permit working efficiently alongside senior substation engineers and designers in a team setting. Education - Qualifications, Accreditation, Training: Required: 1. Associate Degree or Diploma in Electrical Design / Drafting with discipline specific training or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience in electrical design and drafting. Preferred: 1. Transmission Line design and familiarity is required. Moving forward together We want our people to be energized and empowered to drive sustainable impact. So, our focus is on a values-inspired culture that unlocks brilliance through belonging, connection and innovation. We're building a diverse, inclusive and respect ul workplace. Creating a space where everyone feels they belong, can be themselves, and are heard. And we're not just talking about it; we're doing it. We're reskilling our people, leveraging transferable skills, and supporting the transition of our workforce to become experts in today's low carbon energy infrastructure and technology. Whatever your ambition, there's a path for you here. And there's no barrier to your potential career success. Join us to broaden your horizons, explore diverse opportunities, and be part of delivering sustainable change. Worley is an equal opportunity employer and we create a working culture that embraces diversity and promotes inclusion and flexibility.
How this job compares
Set against the 645 open Electrical Designer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$78–119K/yr248 salary ranges
- US median$33–46/hr104 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 27 open Electrical Designer jobs in Pennsylvania and 645 across the US. 6% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Pennsylvania
- Jacobs7 open
- Worley Parsons (this employer)4 open
- McKim & Creed, Inc.2 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Electrical Designer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (543 postings).
- Education
- 75 of the 645 open Electrical Designer jobs (12%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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