Senior Utility Manager

About the role

Cordoba Corporation is a leading California-based engineering and program/construction management firm. We are seeking a Senior Utility Manager to lead utility coordination and technical delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead all utility coordination, design review, relocation strategy, and construction support for electric distribution, underground electrical systems, duct banks, vaults, conduits, cutovers, and utility relocations.
• Review utility plans, specifications, design packages, composite utility plans, and relocation plans for constructability, sequencing, and compliance with project requirements.
• Prepare utility conflict analysis, cost estimates, schedules, prior rights determinations, and agreements for relocation.
• Cook with utility owners, public agencies, rail/transit operators, designers, contractors, and third-party stakeholders to resolve utility conflicts and support timely decisions.
• Aids in preparing and packaging utility construction permits for submission to municipal and state agencies, including Notice to Owners (NTO) and Utility Agreements (UA), as appropriate.
• Provide technical support for utility RFIs, submittals, design changes, field issues, change orders, shutdowns, cutovers, and service continuity planning.
• Lead the preparation and organization of field walks, utility investigations, potholing coordination, as-built reviews, duct bank reviews, constructability reviews and construction readiness reviews.
• Lead or facilitate meetings involving utility-specific activities.
• Provide subject matter expertise for electric distribution and dry utility infrastructure, including underground distribution systems, medium and low voltage systems, duct banks, vaults, transformers, switchgear, grounding and utility service coordination.
• Coordinate with electric utilities and municipal utility departments on design standards, service applications, relocation procedures, outage requirements, inspections and acceptance requirements.
• Review electric distribution and dry utility designs for compliance with applicable codes, utility standards, agency requirements, project specifications and sound engineering practice.
• Provide technical recommendations to resolve field conflicts involving electric, communications, gas, fiber and other dry utility infrastructure.
• Support construction management teams during utility-related preconstruction, construction, testing, commissioning and closeout.
• Monitor utility construction activities for compliance with contract documents, approved submittals, permits, utility owner requirements, safety, quality and project procedures.
• Resolve field utility conflicts, constructability issues, sequencing constraints, unforeseen conditions and contractor questions.
• Lead utility work planning, scope development, coordination, risk identification and issue resolution.
• Provide clear updates to project leadership, clients, agencies, contractors and utility owners.
• Prepare technical memoranda, meeting materials, issue summaries and decision-support documents.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Construction Management, or a related technical discipline.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license.
• 10+ years of utility coordination/management experience.
• Prefer candidates with emphasis on dry utilities (gas/power/communications).
• Experience coordinating with utilities, municipal communications providers, public works departments, transportation agencies, and rail/transit operators.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to quickly assess problems, identify solutions, and implement solutions.
• High accountability, strong follow-through, and ability to drive issues to closure.
• Ability to work with and collaborate with a diverse staff, including senior leadership, technical staff, and project staff.

Pay

Salary Range: $135,000 to $200,000 yearly

Schedule

Onsite

Benefits

Multiple medical and dental insurance plans, as well as vision insurance. Plans are subsidized for both employees and dependents with coverage effective the first month after hire. Additionally, Cordoba provides employees with paid AD&D and life insurance, a 401k with an industry leading employer match, generous vacation and sick leave accruals, 9 paid holidays, and other forms of paid time off. We also offer flexible spending accounts (FSA’s) including medical care reimbursement, dependent care reimbursement, and commuter benefit plans. Employees are also eligible for our employee assistance program and well-being benefits that include stress management, nutrition, and financial well-being.