OverviewThe Senior Civil Engineer/Utility Coordinator is responsible for coordinating the relocation of existing utilities or clearing any potential conflicts for the delivery of infrastructure projects for various clients on transit, municipal, highway, and airport projects. This opportunity entails working with project design teams to coordinate the relocation of existing utilities in advance of construction projects.
The Sr. Civil Engineer/Utility Coordinator should be well-versed in relocation strategies and the laws and regulations of the relevant jurisdictions. Furthermore, the Sr. Civil Engineer/Utility Coordinator must understand the technical aspects of projects and have a hands-on approach.
The Senior Civil Engineer/Utility Coordinator’s job is to ensure any important information is properly communicated to each party, whether through utility conflict matrices, reports of investigation, right-of-way data sheets, schedule updates, as-builts, maps, or design plans.
Responsibilities
- Coordinates with the internal project team, client, and utility companies.
- Lead or facilitate meetings involving utility-specific activities
- Assists in the implementation of utility coordination for projects including, but not limited to, desktop investigation, subsurface utility investigation, resolution of utility conflicts, the management of documentation as required by the client, and utility clearance that is in conformance with agency/state/federal regulations and industry standards.
- Coordinate and track utility submittals and responses
- Review Design plans and prepare utility conflict analysis
- Prepare and review cost estimates, schedules, prior rights determinations, and agreements for relocation
- Identifies conceptual relocations and permanent and temporary easements for relocation, as applicable.
- Assists with preparing and packaging utility construction permits for submission to municipal and state agencies, including Notice to Owners (NTO) and Utility Agreements (UA), as appropriate.
- Perform technical discipline tasks, including research, design reviews, and specification preparation.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- 20+ years’ experience performing Civil Engineering, Utility Coordination, and related activities
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
- CA Licensed P.E.
- Knowledge of relocation strategies and the laws and regulations of the relevant utility companies and local jurisdictions.
- Ability to understand the technical aspects of projects
- Wet and dry utility relocation, design, and/or construction experience
- Knowledge of right-of-way
- Proficient using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)
- Interpersonal and client-facing responsibilities include excellent, clear, and concise oral and written communication skills and a demonstrated ability to coordinate meetings and resources
- Ability to collaborate on multi-discipline projects/teams
Preferred Qualifications
- Ability to plot existing utilities in 2D and 3D in MicroStation, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, and similar platforms; or provide direction doing so.
- Strong relationships with local wet and dry utility agencies are a plus
Salary Range: $180,000 - $225,000
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Work Environment: Onsite
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