ATC named one of the best medium-sized companies in the U.S.

American Transmission Co. has been named one of the best medium workplaces on the 2014 Great
Place to Work® Best Small & Medium Workplaces list, published in FORTUNE magazine.

We competed against hundreds of companies across the country to receive this honor to rank in the 25 top medium-sized workplaces. This is the first time we have applied for and received this honor in our 13-year history.

 

The rigorous selection process included a written application, but the bulk of the weight of the application came from an employee survey about benefits programs and company practices. Seventy-one percent of ATC employees participated in the survey and their responses placed ATC in the 95 percentile for positive marks in the five dimensions of a great workplace: credibility, respect, fairness, pride and camaraderie.

“Every day, we strive to be a company where engaged and productive employees enjoy working. The best way to measure how we are doing is to ask employees for feedback,” said ATC President and CEO John Procario. “We are honored to be named among the best places to work in the country, most importantly because it is our employees’ assessment that put us there.”

Here are a few things that employees had to say which helped get ATC in the top 25:

• "ATC puts a high emphasis on safety and is a steward of the environment."

• "I really enjoy the autonomy of my job. I am given all the resources, the time and the encouragement to function at a very high level. I feel I align well with ATC's decisions and values, and that the company wants me to excel. Everybody is respected here."

• "The corporate culture is exceptionally supportive. People go out of their way to help one another. People are also polite and considerate. There are no organizational barriers to cooperation, so people easily work in informal teams across functional areas to get things done."

• "Ensuring electricity is reliable and affordable plays a huge part in our jobs and everyone in our service territory's lives."

Check out the 2014 Great Place to Work® Best Small & Medium Workplaces list, as published in FORTUNE magazine here.

Learn more about why ATC made the list in the Great Place to Work® Great Rated! Review.

Interested in working at ATC? Visit our careers page here.

ABOUT GREAT PLACE TO WORK: Great Place to Work® is the global authority on high-trust, high-performance workplace cultures. Through proprietary assessment tools, advisory services, and employer branding programs, including Best Companies lists and workplace reviews, Great Place to Work® provides the benchmarks, framework, and expertise needed to create, sustain, and recognize outstanding workplace cultures.
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ATC team takes on Briggs & Al’s Run & Walk for the kids

ATC’s All for The Children team lined up for Briggs & Al’s Run & Walk for Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014, to help kids receive care and services they need to improve their lives. Employees and family members had fun and raised almost $3,000 in addition to ATC’s bib sponsorship.

  It was chilly as ATC’s team warmed up for the event.



  Family members sporting their team T-shirts.

There was something for everyone, including an 8K run and a 5-mile or 3-mile walk through downtown Milwaukee. Live performers pumped up the crowd with a Radio Disney sing-a-long at the starting line on the Marquette University campus. Various musicians, cheerleaders and local residents were there to encourage the runners and walkers along the way. Afterwards, participants enjoyed music from Mat Kearney and other activities on the Summerfest grounds.



  Walkers take a moment to huddle up and smile.

ATC is proud to support Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin and has been a sponsor of this event since 2011. The organization provides many services throughout Wisconsin, including health care, counseling, family resource centers and treatment foster care. Click here to see a map of communities in Wisconsin with CHW services. 

A bird’s eye view of construction on the Zoo Interchange, Western Milwaukee County Electric Reliability projects

We’re continuing to make progress on the Zoo Interchange Project, a project to relocate seven overhead 138-kilovolt transmission lines to accommodate expansion and realignment of the interchange. Lattice structures are being replaced with 50 single pole structures, many of which have already been swapped out. The transmission lines west of the interchange were completed and placed into service in May.

Crews were hard at work in late August installing conductor (wires) on the transmission structures on the southern portion of the project. Construction on the lines south of the Zoo Interchange will continue through this fall and winter and will be placed into service this winter.

On the Western Milwaukee County Electric Reliability Project, crews are using wooden construction mats to protect the ground and wetlands from damage by heavy machinery as they work to install transmission foundations and structures along the portion of the line that runs along Underwood Creek Parkway.

Duct instillation work for the underground portion of the line should be completed in September. Foundation work and pole setting for the overhead portion of the project will continue this fall, with wire stringing occurring in late fall. The project is on track to be placed into service in spring 2015.