Utility Engineer
About The Position
As a Utility Engineer, you’ll play a critical role in keeping major transportation projects moving forward. You’ll dive into construction and improvement plans to uncover potential utility conflicts, then work closely with utility owners to develop smart, practical relocation solutions that balance cost and schedule impacts. Acting as the central liaison between design teams, contractors, and utility providers, you’ll drive efficient, cost-effective utility coordination on large-scale infrastructure projects. From proactively mitigating utility conflicts to managing relocations that keep timelines on track, you’ll collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver innovative, community-shaping civil engineering projects that make a real impact.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science in Construction Management, Civil, Environmental or a related engineering discipline.
- Professional Engineer (PE) license
- Working experience or at least exposure to Utility Coordination.
- Ability to read and interpret construction plans and specifications.
- Proficiency in MicroStation or ORD software.
- A valid driver's license with a good driving record.
Responsibilities
- Create and maintain comprehensive utility conflict matrices to proactively manage and sequence project activities.
- Partner closely with design engineers to identify and minimize utility conflicts, including supporting revisions to transportation improvement plans.
- Draft, coordinate, and manage utility agreements between utility owners and client partners to ensure alignment and compliance.
- Maintain detailed utility correspondence logs for active projects, tracking due dates, document downloads, and responses to major requests ahead of schedule.
- Monitor and update project tracking charts to keep utility relocations on schedule and ensure all dependent utility stakeholders are informed.
- Support project teams by proactively identifying potential utility risks and recommending mitigation strategies to protect project schedules and budgets.
Benefits
- Tuition reimbursement program
- Paid professional training
- Major license achievement bonus
- Extensive on-demand learning center
- Paid professional memberships
- Industry-competitive PTO
- Seven paid holidays and two floating holidays
- Flexible work schedules
- Paid parental leave
- Eligibility for hybrid and remote work options for some employees based on role responsibilities
- Medical, dental and vision insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Fitness and wellness reimbursement
- HSA and FSA options
- Employer-paid STD and LTD
- Employer-paid term life insurance
- Retirement 401(k) with company match
- Quarterly social events
- Paid group volunteering events
- Employee networks and groups
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Number of Employees
11-50 employees
