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What We Offer:
Our excellent salary and benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long-term disability coverage, education reimbursement, 401(k), performance bonuses, and an employee stock program. Employee Resource Groups and Programs offered include the Young Professionals Group, Women at Wade Trim, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Professional Development, Leadership Development, Rotation Program, Mentor Program, Sustainability Program, and Wellness Program.
Position Description:
We are looking for a Make Ready Engineer II to join our ICE team to improve infrastructure in our Michigan or Ohio offices. Candidates must have a High School diploma or equivalent and ten or more years of experience. A valid driver’s license is required and experience with Katapult, IKE GPS, O-Calc, Spida-Calc, or other similar programs is required. The Candidate must also be comfortable working in the field and must be self-motivated and able to work well with others.
Typical responsibilities include:
- Develop and train a Make Ready Team
- Ensure project team has the knowledge and tools to complete tasks
- Manage resources to successfully deliver project to client on time and under budget while meeting or exceeding client expectations
- Execute and/or lead execution of projects
- Attend client, staff and project meetings
- Travel to job sites for weeks at a time for project execution, training, or quality purposes.
- Proficient level ability to coordinate and design joint use pole attachments and make ready recommendations.
- Coordinate with Engineering Team Members regarding overall aerial processes ensuring accuracy, completeness and delivery of all work
- Coordinates with team to determine appropriate scope of pole installs including; NESC standards for cable attachments, spacing and midspans regulations, and utility pole owner regulations.
- Gathers appropriate information from field collection process to identify pole owners and complete the necessary application process.
- Ability to perform various field inspections, site walks, katapult pole collections, etc.
- Proficient level ability to Identify existing pole conditions which Include electrical equipment, pole configurations, and third party attachers.
- Proficient level ability to work within pole collection software such as Katapult, IKE, SPIDAcalc, Ocalc, and other similar applications.
- Proficient understanding to read and understand construction prints, documents, and make ready summaries.
- Ability to create 3-dimensional model of poles in O-Calc and Spida-Calc to provide results to ensure safe and proper attachment to power and telecommunication poles
- Review utility poles and field notes to determine most accurate make ready solution.
- Perform structural loading calculations using O-Calc or Spida-Calc in accordance with NESC and pole owner protocol through inventory and analysis of pole type and class, riser details, attached facility type including weight and diameters, span footages, drip loops etc.
- Responsible for reviewing proposed aerial projects and determining the overall cost analysis of the project; recommend the project to be conducted aerial or underground
- Provide solutions for poles that fail pole loading or are not good candidates for new attachments.
- Ability to create make ready summaries for various pole owner requirements.
- Maintain a safe working environment
Education:
- A High School diploma or equivalent is required
Skills/Experience:
- 10 or more years of experience with similar work is required
- 2 or more years of engineering administrative experience OR 5 or more years of field engineering experience is required
- 2 or more years of experience of Katapult, IKE GPS, O-Calc, Spida-Calc, or other similar programs is required
- 2 or more years of experience of outside plant or joint use permitting experience is required
- Knowledge of NESC standards for cable attachments, spacing and midspans regulations, and utility pole owner regulations is required
- A valid Driver’s License is required
About Wade Trim:
Wade Trim is committed to maximizing the value of infrastructure investments. We’ve been solving complex engineering challenges for nearly a century. We customize our work approach to fit each project using a collaborative, friendly style to deliver solutions our clients can stand behind.
Our supportive culture recognizes and strives to fulfill collective client, company, and individual needs. Mentoring and building skills of Wade Trim staff is a priority. Frequent interaction among staff is encouraged, company leadership is easily accessible, and opportunities are provided for staff to help shape the firm’s future through strategic planning.
To solve our clients’ toughest challenges, we’ve devoted ourselves to delivering innovative solutions. Our Office of Applied Technology (OAT) is dedicated to seeking new technologies or ways to apply existing technologies to enhance value to our clients and positively impact communities. All staff are encouraged to share ideas and suggestions for innovative technologies or processes to adopt. This open-minded approach enables us to advance technology, foster innovation, and stay ahead of our clients’ needs.
Wade Trim’s success is shared by the employees that make it happen. Since our beginning, our firm has been 100% employee owned. This cultivates an ownership mindset that benefits our work approach, collaborative culture, and ability to deliver client solutions. We believe employee ownership drives the sustainability and growth of our firm and provides all our employees with opportunities for financial success.
If you are looking for a challenging and rewarding career in a friendly environment, please submit your resume by visiting the Careers section of our website at .
Wade Trim is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.
