Utilities Design Manager | NYC, NY

Position Summary

The Utility Design Manager leads utility coordination, relocation planning, and design efforts for major transportation infrastructure projects valued at $250M with utility relocation budgets exceeding $50M. This role oversees utility consultants, manages stakeholder coordination, and drives utility conflict resolution throughout design and construction.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage utility design consultants and deliverables.
• Coordinate with utility owners, contractors, and project teams to resolve utility-related issues.
• Support procurement and oversight of utility engineering services.
• Facilitate utility meetings and track agreements, design decisions, and action items.

• Develop and maintain utility inventories, stakeholder contact lists, and conflict matrices.
• Identify existing and potential utility conflicts and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Coordinate with roadway, bridge, drainage, and other design disciplines to minimize utility impacts.
• Manage additional SUE investigations as needed.

• Oversee development of preliminary utility relocation plans and concepts.
• Evaluate relocation alternatives for constructability, schedule, and cost effectiveness.
• Coordinate utility adjustments with overall project design and right-of-way constraints.

• Support easement and right-of-way coordination efforts.
• Develop and review utility relocation cost estimates and budgets.
• Prepare and maintain utility relocation schedules aligned with project milestones.
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, MEP Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience supporting highway or transportation design and construction projects.
• Minimum 5 years of utility coordination or utility management experience on Design-Build or P3 projects.
• Knowledge of utility relocation processes, conflict analysis, and utility stakeholder coordination.
• Proficiency with MicroStation and utility planning tools preferred.
  

Desired Skills and Experience

Position Summary

The Utility Design Manager leads utility coordination, relocation planning, and design efforts for major transportation infrastructure projects valued at $250M with utility relocation budgets exceeding $50M. This role oversees utility consultants, manages stakeholder coordination, and drives utility conflict resolution throughout design and construction.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and manage utility design consultants and deliverables.
Coordinate with utility owners, contractors, and project teams to resolve utility-related issues.
Support procurement and oversight of utility engineering services.
Facilitate utility meetings and track agreements, design decisions, and action items.

Develop and maintain utility inventories, stakeholder contact lists, and conflict matrices.
Identify existing and potential utility conflicts and recommend mitigation strategies.
Coordinate with roadway, bridge, drainage, and other design disciplines to minimize utility impacts.
Manage additional SUE investigations as needed.

Utility Relocation Design

Oversee development of preliminary utility relocation plans and concepts.
Evaluate relocation alternatives for constructability, schedule, and cost effectiveness.
Coordinate utility adjustments with overall project design and right-of-way constraints.

Support easement and right-of-way coordination efforts.
Develop and review utility relocation cost estimates and budgets.
Prepare and maintain utility relocation schedules aligned with project milestones.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, MEP Engineering, or a related field.
Experience supporting highway or transportation design and construction projects.
Minimum 5 years of utility coordination or utility management experience on Design-Build or P3 projects.
Knowledge of utility relocation processes, conflict analysis, and utility stakeholder coordination.
Proficiency with MicroStation and utility planning tools preferred.