Transmission Line Design Engineer Jobs in New York
Transmission Line Design Engineer jobs in New York represent one of the most active markets in the country, concentrated in grid modernization, utility infrastructure, and renewable energy integration across investor-owned utilities and large engineering consultancies, with openings from early-career designers through principal engineers. The heaviest hiring is in and around New York City, Albany, and Syracuse, where employers such as Con Edison, National Grid, and POWER Engineers maintain significant engineering operations. High-voltage transmission design, substation interconnection, and NERC reliability compliance are the most consistently sought specializations. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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This Opportunity
WSP is seeking a Intermediate Transmission Line Design Engineer to support major utility and energy clients. You will lead transmission line design efforts and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality, constructible solutions. This role is fully in-office at the client site in Rochester, NY, Buffalo, NY or Binghamton, NY. Candidates must be able to work on-site daily.
Your Impact
The successful candidate will have the following responsibilities:
Review/Design transmission line plan and profile drawings using PLSCADD to ensure compliance with Client Standards and NESC/other standards
- Structure recommendations
- Insulation, A/C interference, static wire, grounding studies
- Line Design: Plans and Profiles, Cross section details
- Assist in leading overall transmission line design for all capital projects
- Drive the project plan for transmission line routing and strategy, specifically:
- Decide whether to rebuild existing lines or obtain additional right of way based on area congestion and local politics/permitting issues
- Determine required structure designs based on design constraints
- Determine routing in and around into congested stations to optimize design/reliability and minimize the number of crossings
- Serves as an overhead transmission line design technical specialist and has knowledge and skillset to provide consultation and guidance to project teams.
- Develop technical specifications, specifications, QA/QC procedures, deliverable templates, and other means of increasing efficiency in our day-to-day operations.
- Review design documents for construction, including plan & profiles, structure load tree drawings, structure framing, bill of materials and foundations design drawings.
- Understand and interpret geotechnical reports and extrapolate information needed for foundation design software including L-PILE and MFAD.
- Timely and on-budget delivery of the design packages
- Responsible for the quality of all design packages
- Ability to work on multiple projects at the same time
- Coordinates the interfaces with other engineering disciplines
- Support the Project Engineer to achieve the overall project goals
- Represents the project and corresponding discipline in front of the client, in coordination with the Project Engineer
- Supports the development of the quality management system
- Reporting and project management activities required by the Company or the client
- Support the management to achieve organization goals
- Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.
Who You Are
- A Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Civil, Structural or Mechanical Engineering or closely related degree from a recognized institution
- A minimum of 1+ years post education experience, preferably in Transmission Line Design with voltages up to 115 kV HVAC.
- Knowledge of codes and standards such as NESC, AISC, IEEE and ANSI.
- Experience with the use of Finite Element modeling within PLS-CADD, POLE, & TOWER. Experience with MFAD, HFAD, LPILE, AutoCAD, and MicroStation. Modeling experience with PSCAD is a plus.
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing ideas effectively and professionally to an engineering and non-engineering audience.
- Well-developed critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to demonstrate effectiveness at coordinating and assertively directing subcontractors and others to consistently complete tasks safely and efficiently.
- Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
- Ability to work schedules conducive to project-specific requirements that may extend beyond the typical workweek.
- This role is subject to a client-mandated drug/alcohol testing policy. As such, employee may be subject to random drug/alcohol tests. A copy of this policy will be provided during employee onboarding and is available upon applicant request.
- This position is subject to and contingent upon client approval of candidates put forth for consideration by WSP.
Ability to work full-time on-site at the client office in Rochester or Binghamton, NY
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s Degree in Engineering.
- Essential Professional Licensure/Certification
WSP Benefits:
WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.
Compensation:
Expected Salary (all locations): $65,400 - $107,910
WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
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WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.
www.wsp.com
WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.
At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.
This Opportunity
WSP is seeking a Intermediate Transmission Line Design Engineer to support major utility and energy clients. You will lead transmission line design efforts and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality, constructible solutions. This role is fully in-office at the client site in Rochester, NY, Buffalo, NY or Binghamton, NY. Candidates must be able to work on-site daily.
Your Impact
The successful candidate will have the following responsibilities:
Review/Design transmission line plan and profile drawings using PLSCADD to ensure compliance with Client Standards and NESC/other standards
- Structure recommendations
- Insulation, A/C interference, static wire, grounding studies
- Line Design: Plans and Profiles, Cross section details
- Assist in leading overall transmission line design for all capital projects
- Drive the project plan for transmission line routing and strategy, specifically:
- Decide whether to rebuild existing lines or obtain additional right of way based on area congestion and local politics/permitting issues
- Determine required structure designs based on design constraints
- Determine routing in and around into congested stations to optimize design/reliability and minimize the number of crossings
- Serves as an overhead transmission line design technical specialist and has knowledge and skillset to provide consultation and guidance to project teams.
- Develop technical specifications, specifications, QA/QC procedures, deliverable templates, and other means of increasing efficiency in our day-to-day operations.
- Review design documents for construction, including plan & profiles, structure load tree drawings, structure framing, bill of materials and foundations design drawings.
- Understand and interpret geotechnical reports and extrapolate information needed for foundation design software including L-PILE and MFAD.
- Timely and on-budget delivery of the design packages
- Responsible for the quality of all design packages
- Ability to work on multiple projects at the same time
- Coordinates the interfaces with other engineering disciplines
- Support the Project Engineer to achieve the overall project goals
- Represents the project and corresponding discipline in front of the client, in coordination with the Project Engineer
- Supports the development of the quality management system
- Reporting and project management activities required by the Company or the client
- Support the management to achieve organization goals
- Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.
Who You Are
- A Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Civil, Structural or Mechanical Engineering or closely related degree from a recognized institution
- A minimum of 1+ years post education experience, preferably in Transmission Line Design with voltages up to 115 kV HVAC.
- Knowledge of codes and standards such as NESC, AISC, IEEE and ANSI.
- Experience with the use of Finite Element modeling within PLS-CADD, POLE, & TOWER. Experience with MFAD, HFAD, LPILE, AutoCAD, and MicroStation. Modeling experience with PSCAD is a plus.
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing ideas effectively and professionally to an engineering and non-engineering audience.
- Well-developed critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to demonstrate effectiveness at coordinating and assertively directing subcontractors and others to consistently complete tasks safely and efficiently.
- Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
- Ability to work schedules conducive to project-specific requirements that may extend beyond the typical workweek.
- This role is subject to a client-mandated drug/alcohol testing policy. As such, employee may be subject to random drug/alcohol tests. A copy of this policy will be provided during employee onboarding and is available upon applicant request.
- This position is subject to and contingent upon client approval of candidates put forth for consideration by WSP.
Ability to work full-time on-site at the client office in Rochester or Binghamton, NY
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s Degree in Engineering.
- Essential Professional Licensure/Certification
WSP Benefits:
WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.
Compensation:
Expected Salary (all locations): $65,400 - $107,910
WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
#LI-DC3
WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.
www.wsp.com
WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.
At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.
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What New York Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in transmission line design engineer jobs across New York.
- Active New York Professional Engineer license or Engineer-in-Training registration through NYSED
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or closely related engineering discipline required
- Proficiency with PLS-CADD or similar transmission line design and modeling software
- Experience with NESC and applicable IEEE standards for overhead and underground transmission systems
- Familiarity with NYISO interconnection processes and New York utility regulatory requirements
- Strong written communication skills for technical reports, permit packages, and client deliverables
Transmission Line Design Engineer Jobs in New York: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a transmission line design engineer in New York?
The standard path begins with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, followed by licensure through the New York State Education Department's Office of the Professions. Candidates first register as an Engineer-in-Training by passing the Fundamentals of Engineering exam, then qualify for the Professional Engineer license after gaining required work experience and passing the Principles and Practice exam. Most New York utilities and engineering consultancies require or strongly prefer the PE license for mid-level and senior design roles.
How much do transmission line design engineers make in New York?
Transmission line design engineers in New York earn a median of about $119,010 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $74,870 for the lowest 10% to over $168,820 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire transmission line design engineers in New York?
Employers hiring transmission line design engineers in New York right now include WSP in the U.S., WSP, and HDR, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. New York's large investor-owned utilities, independent power producers, and engineering consultancies supporting grid expansion projects across the state sustain consistent demand for this role year-round.
Which New York cities have the most transmission line design engineer jobs?
Rochester, Syracuse, and Buffalo have the most transmission line design engineer openings in New York. New York City and its metro area anchor hiring through Con Edison's extensive underground and overhead network, while Albany draws engineers close to state regulatory bodies and the NYISO, and Syracuse sits at the center of National Grid's upstate transmission operations and several regional infrastructure consultancies.
Are there remote transmission line design engineer jobs in New York?
Yes, but they are limited. The role involves fieldwork, site surveys, and close coordination with construction crews, which keeps most positions tied to a physical location. About 25% of transmission line design engineer openings tied to New York are remote or hybrid as of August 2026, with the remote-eligible work concentrated in CAD modeling, load flow analysis, and technical report preparation rather than field-facing duties.
How can I get hired as a transmission line design engineer in New York with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is through a structured new-graduate program at one of New York's large utilities or engineering consultancies, where employers such as Con Edison and National Grid hire entry-level engineers into rotational or project-based roles that include transmission design exposure. Candidates who have passed the Fundamentals of Engineering exam and completed a relevant internship have a clear edge. Adjacent roles in substation design, distribution engineering, or civil infrastructure at a New York-based firm also provide a practical stepping stone into transmission-focused work.
Where can I find and apply to transmission line design engineer jobs in New York?
You can find and apply to transmission line design engineer jobs in New York on Migrate Mate, which lists current New York openings from utilities, engineering firms, and independent power producers active in the state. Find roles that fit your experience and location and apply directly to the employers posting them.
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