Technical Advisor - Transmission & Distribution Engineering, Power & Energy

As a Technical Advisor in Power, you will serve as a subject matter expert responsible for providing technical leadership, consultation, and quality oversight within an assigned engineering discipline, technical specialty, or market. This role supports Atwell's most complex, atypical, or high-risk projects by providing advanced technical guidance, performing high-level quality reviews, resolving complex engineering challenges, and supporting consistent project execution. Atwell, LLC is a consulting, engineering, and construction services firm serving real estate & land development and energy markets, with 2,000+ team members across 75+ locations.

Responsibilities

Serve as a subject matter expert within an assigned engineering discipline, technical specialty, or market and provide technical guidance on complex, atypical, or high-risk projects; Partner with technical leaders, project managers, and project teams to establish technical approaches and resolve engineering challenges; Independently complete or direct complex engineering analyses, calculations, studies, models, specifications, designs, reports, and technical deliverables; Perform high-level technical and QA/QC reviews to identify critical errors, coordination concerns, constructability issues, compliance risks, and potential project impacts; Provide project teams with clear, actionable technical feedback, coaching, and recommendations; Develop creative, constructable, and economically appropriate solutions to complex technical challenges; Support the development and continuous improvement of technical standards, engineering practices, QA/QC procedures, tools, processes, templates, and training resources; Identify and implement improvements to technical processes, tools, workflows, and technologies; Coach others on project strategy, technical decision-making, quality, efficiency, schedule, and budget management; Mentor Engineers, Designers, and other Senior Technical professionals; Lead or support department-level technical initiatives and build stakeholder alignment; Serve as a trusted technical consultant to clients, evaluating technical alternatives and communicating engineering decisions and impacts; Support proposals, scope development, cost estimates, technical write-ups, interviews, client meetings, and business development activities; Maintain advanced knowledge of engineering principles, codes, standards, regulatory requirements, and industry practices; Contribute to technical knowledge sharing and industry involvement through training, presentations, conferences, committees, publications, and white papers; Provide field engineering, construction support, troubleshooting, inspection, testing, commissioning, or technical consultation as applicable; Perform other job-related responsibilities as assigned

Requirements

Recognized expertise in an assigned engineering discipline, technical specialty, or Power & Energy market; Ability to independently complete complex or atypical engineering assignments and provide technical direction on large, complex, strategic, or high-risk projects; Demonstrates advanced engineering judgment and can defend technical decisions; Ability to perform high-level reviews of engineering calculations, analyses, studies, models, specifications, drawings, reports, vendor documentation, and other technical deliverables; Ability to identify and resolve complex technical, constructability, compliance, coordination, quality, and project-execution challenges; Advanced knowledge of applicable codes, standards, regulations, technologies, manufacturer offerings, and client requirements; Ability to establish and continuously improve technical standards, quality practices, methodologies, tools, processes, and workflows; Ability to lead department-level technical initiatives and gain stakeholder support; Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers, designers, Project Phase Managers, and other technical professionals; Ability to coach others on technical decision-making, quality expectations, work planning, efficiency, schedule, and budget performance; Strong client consultation skills; Strong written, verbal, presentation, consulting, and interpersonal communication skills; Ability to support technical proposals, scope development, cost estimating, client presentations, and business development activities; Proficiency with engineering, analysis, design, modeling, documentation, and business productivity tools; Demonstrates commitment to quality, safety, ethical conduct, continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and professional development; Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related engineering discipline from an accredited institution required; Professional Engineer (PE) required; EOR or stamping responsibility may apply by discipline and assignment; Additional technical certifications, registrations, or licenses may be required; 8-14 years of progressively responsible engineering, technical consulting, design, analysis, field, or related experience; Demonstrated experience serving as a technical resource on complex or atypical projects; Experience performing high-level technical and QA/QC reviews; Experience developing or implementing engineering standards, methods, tools, processes, or quality practices; Experience mentoring technical professionals; Experience interacting with clients and communicating technical recommendations; Relevant field, construction, testing, commissioning, compliance, or operational experience may be required; Must be legally authorized to work in the USA

Nice to have

Experience supporting proposals, scope development, cost estimating, business development, or seller-doer activities preferred

Benefits

Generous Paid Time Off; Paid Parental Leave; Flexible work schedules available for some positions; Tenure Awards with Travel Vouchers; 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; Dependent Care Match; 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)