Utilities Coordinator

Tasks

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the management and assurance of the project’s Avoidance of Underground and Overhead Services procedure, ensuring site teams understand and comply with the required process before works commence.
• Act as the project focal point for utility survey risk, utility records, underground service information and overhead service constraints.
• Train, develop and appoint competent persons on sites to ensure resilience for all defined roles under the Avoidance of Underground and Overhead Services procedure.
• Ensure works around underground services are planned, controlled and delivered in line with HSG47 principles.
• Ensure works near overhead services are planned and controlled in line with procedures and industry guidance.
• Develop and manage the utility survey strategy for the project, ensuring that survey requirements are identified early, scoped correctly and delivered to the required standard.
• Ensure utility surveys are specified, delivered, reviewed and recorded in line with PAS 128 requirements for underground utility detection, verification and location.
• Coordinate desktop utility records searches, statutory undertaker information, PAS 128 surveys, EML/GPR surveys, trial holes, verification works and site walkovers.
• Review survey outputs, utility drawings, asset owner records and site information.
• Ensure all utility information is captured, controlled and maintained within the live utility register, GIS, BIM models, drawings, permits and construction work packs as required.
• Support site teams in the preparation and review of RAMS, permits to dig, excavation plans, temporary works proposals and task briefings.