Job Description

Pre-Bid Design Responsibilities

- Prepare comprehensive Technical Abstracts for tender submissions.
- Evaluate Technical Specifications provided by public utilities and critically interpret contractual clauses.
- Review vendor drawings for all transmission-related bought-out items and align with the requirements of the Technical specification .
- Draft and submit technical queries to clients/consultants for clarification.
- Perform SagTension Calculations using PLS-CADD / PLS-Lite in compliance with relevant codes and standards.
- Demonstrate robust hands-on experience in PLS-Tower software for executing tower design with Focus on Optimization
- Design transmission line foundations using Excel-based structural calculations, ensuring cost and material optimization, and develop detailed drawings for inclusion in tender documentation..

Contract Execution Responsibilities

- Perform SagTension Calculations using PLS-CADD / PLS-Lite as per codal provisions and Terms and Reference of the Contract.
- Utilize PLS-Tower software with Focus on Optimization , for detailed tower design and create final key line and clearance diagrams for transmission tower structures using AutoCAD.
- Prepare Foundation designs in Excel ensuring cost and material optimization and develop drawings in AutoCAD as per technical specifications.
- Able to interpret the soil investigation reports and select suitable Foundation design parameters after detailed study of the reports.




- Expertise in Modelling Piles / Open Foundations and simulate the soil structure interaction through finite element softwares is preferred.
- Review structural and fabrication drawings prepared by draftsmen for accuracy and compliance.
- Verify vendor drawings for all transmission bought-out items for compatibility with tower structures.
- Respond to client comments with strong technical justification and support references from scientific Papers / Technical books.
- Coordinate with site teams during project execution and commissioning, providing solutions to technical issues encountered.

Required Skills & Qualifications

- Education: Bachelors / Masters degree in Civil / Structural / Electrical Engineering (Masters preferred).

- Experience:
- Minimum 7 - 15 years in transmission line design and engineering.
- Proven track record in pre-bid engineering and contract execution for transmission projects.

- Technical Proficiency:

- PLS-CADD, PLS-Lite, and PLS-Tower for line and tower design.
- AutoCAD for structural / Line clearance drawings / Foundation drawings.
- MS Excel for foundation design and Experience of working with Solver and Macros would be an added advantage.
- All Pile and Prokon for Pile Designs.

- Standards & Codes Knowledge:

- Familiarity with IS codes, IEC standards, EN standards , ASCE standards and other relevant transmission line design codes.

📌 Transmission Line Design Engineer (Maharashtra)
🏢 KEC International
📍 Maharashtra