Project Specialist (Estimator) - Central Engineering, Project Development & Delivery

Project Specialist

The Project Specialist will provide estimating support for Transmission Engineering. The Project Specialist will provide expertise to develop multi-discipline estimates which include electrical, mechanical and civil disciplines while incorporating system outages, schedules, construction/trade sequencing and means/methods. He/She will be responsible for properly applying escalation and contingency to cost estimates based on established company guidelines and industry best practices. The Project Specialist will ensure the proper application of company overheads including current rates. He/She will provide expertise to develop complex, multidiscipline conceptual cost estimates based on preliminary work scopes, drawings, and sketches, while relying on personal experience and historical data to fill in missing information. The Project Specialist will apply utility economics to prepare authorization, and appropriation estimates for capital projects. He/She will contribute to the development of project work scopes during the estimate preparation to ensure project constructability and lower costs. The Project Specialist will meet with working groups including engineering disciplines, construction, and the user organizations to ensure all aspects of the project have been incorporated in the estimate and to evaluate alternative designs while contributing to the optimum design selection. He/She will also be required to reference company historical cost data / project CWEs, research industry unit costs, perform cost comparison analysis and provide recommendations for continuous improvement. The Project Specialist will utilize company estimating computer applications and train company/contractor personnel.