Project Specialist- Electric Distribution and Substation

Welty Energy; Wheeling (WV); Remote; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Welty Energy is seeking a Project Specialist to join the Distribution (Dx) Project Management team. You will assist with planning and organizing activities across engineering, design, procurement, and construction of major capital projects and programs related to Distribution Lines.

The role is remote with required travel to client sites in PA/VA/WV/MD (10-20%). You will collaborate with stakeholders to maintain clear communication throughout the project life cycle and help ensure safety,

Qualifications

• 2+ years of project coordination experience.
• Experience in electric utility industry preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, or relevant experience in the electric utility industry.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate and coordinate planning for engineering, design, procurement, and construction of major capital projects.
• Support scheduling, status meetings, and communication across stakeholders throughout the project life cycle.
• Provide schedule updates and assist in coordinating construction package reviews and site visits.
• Assist in ensuring outages, permits, and approvals are identified and communicated to avoid schedule conflicts.
• Prepare weekly status reports and serve as a single point of contact for construction submittals and coordination.
• Ensure safety, health, and environmental programs are implemented on projects.

Skills

Project coordination

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering / construction management

Job description

Are you a Electric Utilities or Gas utilities Project Specialist looking to make your next move? We may have the roles for you! Similar industry? We'd love to hear from you!

Welty Energy & Infrastructure (WE&I) is looking for a Project Specialist to join our growing Distribution (Dx) Project Management team. As a Project Specialist, 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 Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia or Maryland due to required travel to client sites (10-20%).

Who are we?

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.

So Day To Day Consider This

• 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.
• 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.

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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.