Civil Underground Utility Design Engineer

Engineering Review and Quality Assurance

• Perform technical reviews of civil utility design packages and engineering deliverables.
• Verify compliance with client standards, utility owner requirements, agency criteria, and industry best practices.
• Review depth of cover, utility separations, crossings, access spacing, corridor configurations, constructability, and maintainability.
• Identify design risks, utility conflicts, constructability issues, and deficiencies, and provide clear recommendations for resolution.
• Support quality management reviews and continuous improvement of design delivery standards.

Utility Coordination and Permitting

• Coordinate with utility owners, municipalities, transportation agencies, permitting authorities, and project stakeholders.
• Support utility conflict resolution, utility relocation planning, and agency coordination throughout design and construction.
• Assist with permit applications, design exhibits, agency comments, and regulatory review responses.
• Participate in design review meetings, utility coordination meetings, and constructability workshops.

Construction and Implementation Support

• Provide engineering support during construction and implementation activities.
• Review contractor RFIs, submittals, field modifications, and change requests.
• Evaluate field conditions and recommend practical civil engineering solutions.
• Support as-built documentation, redline review, and project closeout activities.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering, Engineering Technology, or a related discipline plus 2 years of relevant experience.
• Experience with Autodesk Civil 3D.
• Experience developing civil engineering plans or underground utility designs.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred; Engineer-in-Training (EIT) certification is desirable.
• Experience designing underground utility pathways, utility corridors, duct banks, utility crossings, utility relocations, or buried infrastructure systems.
• Background in civil infrastructure, electric distribution, water/wastewater utilities, municipal utilities, transportation utilities, telecommunications, or other utility design environments.
• Strong working knowledge of Autodesk Civil 3D, AutoCAD, ArcGIS, Bluebeam Revu, Bentley OpenRoads, or similar engineering platforms.
• Experience interpreting engineering drawings, specifications, survey data, utility records, and construction documents.
• Working knowledge of utility coordination, right-of-way requirements, permitting processes, and agency review procedures.
• Experience performing utility conflict analysis, subsurface utility coordination, constructability reviews, quantity takeoffs, and cost estimating.
• Familiarity with DOT requirements, utility accommodation policies, municipal design standards, and common underground utility design practices.
• Experience supporting transportation, municipal, utility, industrial, energy, data center, broadband, or large infrastructure projects.
• Telecommunications or fiber optic OSP design experience is helpful but not required.

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