Utility Coordinator
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San Francisco, CA - USA
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Job Summary
About the Position
Were seeking a Utility Coordinator to support a large complex heavy-civil rail infrastructure program. This role will be responsible for identifying utility conflicts within the project corridor and coordinating with public and private utility owners to resolve them before they affect design or construction keeping utility clearance aligned with the programs overall schedule.
This is a long-term full-time onsite position located in the greater San Francisco Bay Area CA.
Responsibilities may include but are not limited to the following:
- Identify existing utilities and coordinate new installations developing strategies to resolve conflicts before they affect design or construction.
- Coordinate with public and private utility owners to confirm ownership records and relocation requirements and negotiate utility agreements cost responsibility and reimbursement terms with project leadership and legal counsel.
- Maintain the utility conflict matrix driving each conflict to a documented clearance decision and track relocation schedules against committed dates escalating slippage before it reaches the critical path.
- Prepare utility permit applications and confirm that utility coordination and design conform to accommodation policies right of way requirements and environmental regulations.
- Review design plans construction documents and record drawings to identify conflicts and route them for resolution and support construction teams during field investigations and relocations.
- Coordinate subsurface utility engineering work and utility activities in dense urban corridors including closure and outage windows.
- Maintain detailed coordination records correspondence and approvals to support payment audit and claim review.
Attributes
- Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent multi-tasking and organizational skills.
- Collaborative mindset that fosters teamwork trust and positive relationships.
- Natural curiosity problem-solving abilities and a commitment to continuous improvement.
- Communicate verbally and formally the status of coordination activities to keep the project delivery team and external stakeholders informed regarding utilities.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in civil engineering construction management or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 6 years of experience in utility coordination preferably on transportation infrastructure projects including coordinating with public and private utility owners to resolve conflicts and tracking them through documented clearance.
- Knowledge of utility systems (water sewer gas electric and telecommunications) utility accommodation policies right of way requirements easements property rights and environmental regulations as they apply to utility coordination and design.
- Ability to read and interpret plans profiles construction documents and utility record drawings well enough to identify conflicts and route them for resolution.
- Proficiency with utility mapping and plan review tools (e.g. Esri ArcGIS Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D Bluebeam Revu).
- Proficiency with industry standard project/construction management software (e.g. Primavera P6 MS Project Unifier Kahua).
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite/Office 365 (e.g. Outlook Teams Word PowerPoint etc.).
Preferred Qualifications
- Masters degree in civil engineering or construction management.
- Active professional certifications such as Certified Utility Coordination Professional (CUCP) and/or Project Management Professional (PMP).
- 8 years of experience in utility coordination on transportation infrastructure projects.
- Experience with large (>$500M) complex heavy-civil infrastructure projects that include highways roads bridges transit (including rail and bus) and/or airport projects.
- Experience coordinating utility relocations in a dense urban corridor with overlapping municipal transit and private utility ownership.
- Experience negotiating utility agreements betterment splits and reimbursement schedules directly with investor-owned utilities and municipal utility departments.
- Experience coordinating utility work on design-build CM/GC progressive design-build or other alternative delivery programs exceeding $100M in construction value.
- Familiarity with owners representative program management or construction management utility coordination practices.
- Working knowledge of subsurface utility engineering quality levels under ASCE 38 and how to scope a subsurface utility engineering investigation.
- Experience with industry standard utility conflict tracking and program management software (e.g. Kahua Unifier Primavera P6 etc.).
- Proficiency with Microsoft Power BI Oracle Cloud Analytics or other dashboard KPI reporting software.
Compensation Details
Expected Salary: $115k-$165k/year ($55-$79/hour). Luster provides the salary range that the company in good faith believes it might offer for this position based on the successful candidates level of experience knowledge skills abilities education certifications licenses geographic location etc. Luster reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range depending on circumstances not related to any status protected by local state and/or federal law.
Just LOOK at the Benefits We Offer!
- Unlimited flexible time off
- Paid holidays
- Paid parental leave
- Health dental and vision insurance
- Flexible spending accounts (healthcare and dependent or elder care)
- Long-term disability insurance
- Short-term disability insurance
- Life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment
- 401(k) plan with guaranteed employer contribution
- Formal career planning and development program
- $2500 annually toward professional development
- Wellness program with monthly wellness stipend
- Company cell phone or cell phone plan reimbursement
- Free personalized meal planning and nutrition support with a registered dietitian
- Free personal financial planning services
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discounts
- Employee referral bonus
Specific plan details and coverage for each benefit noted above will be provided upon offer. #IN-LNJS
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