Senior Transmission Estimator — Remote, Leadership & Growth

Welty Energy; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Straight-time overtime pay

Travel opportunities (3% travel)

Flexible schedules

Leadership opportunities

Mentor and coaching support

Training resources

Job summary

Welty Energy is seeking a Senior Transmission Line Estimator to join its Energy team. This role can be remote within the mainland United States and will involve creating utility project estimates, mentoring junior estimators, and supporting the Welty Project Management Team.

The Senior Estimator will produce conceptual routes, develop schedules, and coordinate with internal design teams on transmission line and substation projects spanning 25kV to 765kV.

Qualifications

• High school or GED required.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or similar technical field is advantageous.
• 6+ years of experience in transmission line design or utility estimating, focused on substation and transmission work.
• Microsoft Office proficiency, especially Excel.

Responsibilities

• Produce conceptual transmission line routes on a Google Earth KMZ file with pole placements.
• Create preliminary project schedules considering lead times, crews, construction durations, siting, etc.
• Write Scope of Work for conceptual/pre-funding approval projects.
• Work with internal transmission line layout teams for preliminary designs.
• Create and review substation and transmission line estimates using Sage and Navigator.
• Work on 25kV-765kV utility equipment for line and substation.
• Review/aid supplemental estimates such as access roads, forestry, SCADA/IT networks, fiber, testing and commissioning.
• Coordinate with scoping and estimating teams, planning and protection engineering, sponsors, and staff.
• Attend regional meetings with planning and protection to review status of open estimates.
• Review/approve/reject estimate requests in OPPM.
• Build accurate project schedule timelines for transmission line and support estimates.

Skills

Workload management

Engineering drawing interpretation

Data mining

Strong communication

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical field (advantageous)

Tools

Excel

Job description

Welty Energy is seeking a Senior Transmission Line Estimator to join its Energy team. This role can be remote within the mainland United States and will involve creating utility project estimates, mentoring junior estimators, and supporting the Welty Project Management Team.

The Senior Estimator will produce conceptual routes, develop schedules, and coordinate with internal design teams on transmission line and substation projects spanning 25kV to 765kV.