Leidos is a company dedicated to delivering innovative solutions and empowering teams. They are seeking an Engineering Technician to manage the staking process, conduct field inspections, and design infrastructure types for electric utilities, ensuring reliability and safety in the grid.
Responsibilities
- Own the staking process — survey and precisely mark new utility poles, proposed underground power lines, equipment, and joint-use assets to support safe, efficient field construction
- Perform Pole Loading Analysis to ensure structural integrity and NESC/client clearance requirements are met for existing or proposed poles
- Conduct field inspections and gather high-quality electrical design site data that become the foundation of design packages
- Translate field conditions into engineering design work and calculations using client standards and utility best practices
- Design a variety of infrastructure types, including overhead distribution and underground power line systems for new neighborhoods, commercial developments, and system improvements
- Partner daily with permitting agencies, right-of-way experts, system owners, field crews, forestry teams, and joint-pole partners
- Support construction through to completion — including post-construction QA checks to ensure design standards and safety requirements were met
- Investigate outage causes and propose engineering-based remediation to improve future reliability
- Manage an exciting mix of work environments — around 20% of your time will be in the field with regional travel, while design and documentation duties are completed in the office
Skills
- Associate degree in Engineering Technology. GIS systems or related field required
- Demonstrated experience with staking and field data collection (marking utility pole locations, proposed underground power line design, equipment placement, joint-use considerations, pole loading, etc.)
- Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate across multiple disciplines
- Confidence using MS Office tools to support documentation and reporting
- Valid U.S. driver's license and flexibility to travel locally and regionally
- Power utility background is preferred
Company Overview
Leidos is a Fortune 500® innovation company rapidly addressing the world’s most vexing challenges in national security and health. It was founded in 1969, and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.leidos.com/.Company H1B Sponsorship
Leidos has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 65 in 2025, 58 in 2024, 77 in 2023, 65 in 2022, 56 in 2021, 89 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.
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