Senior Utility Coordinator (SUE Constructon)

JOB SUMMARY:

AECOM is seeking a Senior Utility Coordinator in Massachusetts.  This position will require travel to project sites. 

JOB SUMMARY:

The Senior Utility Coordinator will coordinate utility work between various clients (DOT/County/Private), contractors and third-party utilities.  Develops, builds, and maintains a positive and productive relationship with third-party utilities. Works with the client to establish priorities, monitor progress and ensure compliance with the client’s goals and requirements. Participate in utility and roadway meetings to promote issue resolution, prepare status reports, develop and maintain project tracking systems for issues and resolutions, and address utility or roadway needs in a timely manner.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsibilities will include administration of all aspects of the utility coordination process including:
• Providing utility coordination services for multiple projects with tight design and or construction schedules throughout the state.
• Acting as liaison between engineers, contractors, governmental agencies, utility agencies/owners and the public to resolve utility conflicts.
• Oversee and provide guidance to utility coordinators and design consultants for utility, roadway, and railroad coordination efforts.
• Coordinate with MassDOT roadway design, right-of-way, survey, construction, and maintenance departments.
• Conducting utility coordination meetings, documenting meeting minutes, and maintaining files of all activities for each utility agency.
• Scheduling and attend office, field, and Teams meetings with utility agency owners.
• Performing follow-up of meeting action items to assure effective coordination results.
• Communicating the status of coordination activities via emails, letters, and telephone to keep project team informed.
• Clearly and effectively communicate both verbally and in writing.
• Leading and assisting with preparation of contingency plans for unplanned utility events.
• Providing schedule oversight for utility work integrated with the construction schedule.
• Review MassDOT utility permit applications and plans.
• Negotiate design consultant scope and staff hours.

Minimum:

• BA/BS plus 6 years of utility coordination or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education
• Knowledge of utility and roadway construction for the installation or relocation of underground and overhead utilities.

Preferred:

• 10 years experience performing utility coordination in accordance with MassDOT, FHWA, and AASHTO standards, policies, and procedures.
• Experience and knowledge of utility and roadway construction for the installation or relocation of underground and overhead utilities.
• Experience and knowledge of reviewing and understanding Utility Agency/Owner (UAO) design documents, utility specifications, and utility work schedules.
• Experience and proficiency in reading MassDOT Roadway Plans, MassDOT Utility Adjustment Plans, and UAO Construction Plans for water, sewer, gas, communications, and power.
• Experience and knowledge of MassDOT right-of-way and easement requirements related to railroads and utilities.
• Experience and knowledge of the MassDOT plans production process and utility coordination process.
• Design-Build experience
• Experience with Microsoft Office program applications
• Experience with AutoCAD Civil 3D, MicroStation ORD/SS10, Bluebeam, Adobe Acrobat

• Visa sponsorship is not available for this position 
• Relocation is not available for this position

About AECOM

AECOM is proud to offer comprehensive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absences, voluntary benefits, perks, well-being resources, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.

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You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

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