Project Coordinator - Distribution

Welty Enterprises; Akron (OH); Remote; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Welty Energy & Infrastructure (WE&I) is seeking a Project Coordinator to join our Distribution Project Management team. The role supports planning, design, procurement, and construction of major capital projects across distribution lines.

Headquartered in Akron, OH, WE&I operates nationwide. This remote role requires travel to client sites in Western or Eastern Pennsylvania (10–20%), with opportunities to learn and coordinate with stakeholders throughout project life cycles.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, or related utility field.
• 2+ years of project coordination experience.
• Experience in electric distribution preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent organizational abilities.

Responsibilities

• Assist planning and organizing engineering, design, procurement, and construction activities.
• Coordinate project communications across stakeholders throughout the life cycle.
• Support scheduling, status meetings, and reporting to ensure schedule adherence.
• Coordinate construction package reviews, site visits, and pre-award activities.
• Assist in outages planning and permit coordination with applicable parties.

Skills

Project coordination experience

Strong written communication

Verbal communication skills

Excellent organizational skills

Stakeholder coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or construction management

Job description

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Full Time Professional US

30+ days ago Requisition ID: 1004

Welty Energy & Infrastructure (WE&I) is looking for a Project Coordinator to join our growing Distribution (Dx) Project Management team!

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 Project Coordinator, to our team! As a Project Coordinator, you will be an integral member of the Electric Distribution project management team responsible for assisting with planning and organizing all activities for the engineering, design, procurement, and construction of major capital projects and programs related to Distribution Lines. You will have the opportunity to learn and develop coordination tasks with all applicable stakeholders on your project to ensure that communication across the lines is established and maintained throughout the life cycle of the project(s).

While this role is remote, in that we do not have a physical office in this area, candidates are required to be in Western or Eastern Pennsylvania due to required travel to client sites (10-20%).

In addition to, you may:

• Facilitate the implementation of the company’s and client’s safety and health programs with your project team(s) and promote safe work practices.


• Facilitate the implementation of the company’s and client’s environmental programs with your project team(s) focusing on the protection of the environment in accordance with company policy and government regulations.


• Commit to the ideals of a client-centric culture to foster trust and confidence among clients and improve value for all our stakeholders.


• Assist the project management team in providing technical reviews of specifications, drawings, contracts, addenda, and other construction documents to ensure constructability with our client’s standards and specifications while utilizing the technical expertise of others as needed.


• Assist the project management team in scheduling and conducting project planning and status meetings to ensure schedule and financial adherence to projects are being maintained and significant issues are clearly disseminated to relevant participants.


• Assist the project management team with planning and scheduling project activities and deliverables.


• Provide schedule updates of the engineering, construction, and budget status of each project to PMs for their transmittal to the appropriate management teams (internal & external).


• Assist in overseeing and coordinating construction package reviews, pre-award meetings, field visits, and pre-award project site walk-downs.


• Assist the project management team with creating weekly status reports.


• Manage the be delegation from the Project Manager to be the single point of contact for construction on submittals, review, and coordination of required project information and documents.


• Assist the project management team in ensuring that necessary outages are identified and communicated in a timely manner to avoid schedule interruptions and conflicts with other projects in the area.


• Assist the project management team in ensuring that required permits are obtained for all fieldwork and required approvals are secured from applicable parties.


• Perform other related tasks and assignments as required.

Ideally you will possess the following:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, or relevant experience in the electric utility industry.


• Project coordination experience within the utility sector is preferred which includes electric or gas distribution.


• 2+ years of project coordination experience.


• Strong written and verbal communication skills.


• Effective organizational skills.

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

Important Notice to US Applicants:

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

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.