Estimating & Design Representative Junior - Local 792 - OH Engineering Services - Lindsey Service Center

FirstEnergy at a Glance

We are a forward-thinking electric utility powered by a diverse team of employees committed to making customers’ lives brighter, the environment better and our communities stronger.

FirstEnergy (NYSE: FE) is dedicated to integrity, safety, reliability and operational excellence. Headquartered in Akron, Ohio, FirstEnergy includes one of the nation's largest investor-owned electric systems, more than 24,000 miles of transmission lines that connect the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions, and a regulated generating fleet with a total capacity of more than 3,500 megawatts.

About the Opportunity

This is an open position with Toledo Edison Co., a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. [TE]

Location: Lindsey, OH

A.   Duties

Under general directive supervision is responsible and accountable for representing the Company in meetings and communications with customers, customer representatives and governmental representatives, initiating contacts, making field surveys, applying standards and policies, preparing cost estimates, construction drawings and bills of material for installing and removing materials for less complex construction projects such as services to residential, small commercial and industrial customers, street and area lighting projects involving the extension, upgrading or relocating of Company overhead and underground distribution facilities, minor system upgrades and voltage regulation and overloads; performs other related duties such as:

1. Meeting in person and corresponding by phone and mail, including drafting letters and preparing transmittals, with customers, customer representatives, electricians, builders, developers and governmental representatives to determine customer needs and to identify and communicate applicable Company policies, processes and requirements for the installation of underground and overhead services and facilities, including determining the point of service location;
2. Obtaining necessary customer information, customer account information and Company records; calculating various customer load information required for service design such as, but not limited to, connected KW, KW demand, KWH per month, estimated annual revenue, welder and motor start requirements;
3. Determining Company and customer work responsibilities and preparing or directing the preparation of work division sheets;
4. Securing contracts and payments of customer premium charges, temporary service charges, line construction deposits, etc. necessary for the release of construction work orders;
5. Coordinating the installation of services, service upgrades and outages with the various elements within the Company including prioritizing jobs and inspecting customers’ work for readiness;
6. Identifying and communicating to Sales potential sales opportunities for installation of electrical equipment;
7. Preparing detailed working drawings from field notes and rough sketches, for the guidance of construction crews and coordination of work with the customer, describing the work to be done and showing such information as existing facilities, foreign utility contacts and equipment, customers’ premises, properties affected, location of and facilities to be installed and removed, right-of-way, easement and permit requirements, tree conditions, unusual or adverse land conditions, indicating special instructions and proper fusing and phasing based on established parameters and procedures, as required;
8. Preparing estimates, based on established unit cost standards and standard construction practices, of the type and amount of material to be used or reused in construction, retired or restocked, the man-hours necessary and the estimated cost of the work, including overheads and applicable accounting areas;
9. Obtaining required information relating to minor public improvement projects from governmental offices, utilities and others such as: right-of-way and easement requirements, construction requirements, location of proposed and existing public facilities and equipment, affects on Company facilities and equipment locations and determining necessary relocation plans;
10. Procuring, preparing and processing necessary easement forms covering descriptions of right-of-way to be acquired; securing necessary description and ownership data from public or available Company records and negotiating with property owners by mail, telephone and personal interview for signature to easement agreement; drafting letters, tendering payment, arranging for witnesses to signatures and notarization, and similar details, as required; analyzing expense items incident to each easement acquisition; following Law of Contracts and Agencies as interpreted under the Ohio Revised Code, as applicable to public utility easements;
11. Coordinating and detailing security light