Senior Substation and Transmission Estimator

Welty Energy, an affiliate of Welty, is a professional services company specializing in program and project management, transmission line engineering, substation engineering and construction oversight on transmission, substation and distribution projects ranging in voltages from 4kV to 765kV.

Headquartered in Akron, OH, and working nationally, Welty Energy currently manages approximately $500 million in construction projects for electric utilities in the Midwest and Northeast regions of the U.S.

Welty Energy is looking to add a

, to our growing electric utility team! As an Senior Estimator, you will create utility project estimates, act as an extension of our client’s team and provide best-in-class service. As the Senior, you will be involved with consulting on select projects where your expertise and guidance is requested as well as providing assistance to the Welty Project Management Team and mentor Estimator levels I and II. You will be an integral support to the Estimating leadership team as a Senior Estimator.

This position can be remote in the united states.

- Create and review thorough scope/design documentation for potential projects including but not limited to a scope document, KMZ files (Google Earth), Transmission Asset Mapping Interface files and FileNet (engineering drawing database).

- Create and review substation and transmission line estimates at a project level.

- Review supplemental support estimates (Support estimates include Access Roads, Forestry, SCADA/IT Network, Testing and Commissioning, Real Estate, Project Management, Environmental and Revenue Metering.)

- Coordinate with other members of the scoping and estimating team, accounting, engineering, sponsors, regional contacts and personnel from the supplemental support estimate staff.

- Interpret and review actuals in comparison to estimates.

- Assist in the feedback loop from project execution to ensure accuracy is improving.

- Attend regional meetings with sponsors, protection, maintenance, and other stakeholders to review the status of all open estimates.

- Review/approve/reject estimate requests in OPPM.

- Build project schedule timelines for substation, transmission line and support estimates with correct logic.

Required Skills, Experience And Background

- Solid understanding of engineering design / drawing packages.

- Solid understanding of substation construction tasks involved with Project Execution.

- Solid financial acumen.

- High school or GED required

- BS degree in engineering or similar technical BS degree is advantageous

- 8 -15 years of estimating experience within the electric utility industry is required specifically related to Substation and Transmission estimating or T&S engineering.

- This is a good opportunity for Substation and Transmission Engineers who are looking to pivot and apply their technical skills in a estimating role.

- Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings is highly preferred.

- Microsoft Office with strong excel skills (required)

Other Preferred Software Experience

- Sage Estimating software (highly advantageous)

- Navigator

- OPPM

- Google Earth

- SAP

Other Preferred Technical Experience

- Experience with substation design, construction, and/or testing (aligned with estimating experience)

- Experience with Transmission line design, construction, and/or testing.

- Ability to mine and analyze data.

See our Culture video here to learn more about what makes Welty Energy such a great place to work for!

Welty Energy, an affiliate of Welty Building Company, LLC., is an at-will employer.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.