Utility Design Engineer

ELEMENT Engineering Group is currently seeking a Utility Design Engineer. This individual will prepare designs for various utilities on roadway/transportation-related design through the preparation of reports, CADD production, and plans for transportation related projects. They will ensure completion, accuracy, and compliance to standard engineering criteria.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Identification of existing utilities and preliminary plans reading.
• Establishing contact with the utility agencies/owners (UAO).
• Development of plans, profiles, specifications, and estimates for various utility design projects on municipal and transportation projects.
• Situational problem-solving abilities with various utility engineering circumstances and with multiple stake holders.
• Prepare reports, calculations, estimates, and plans for transportation-related projects.
• Prepare engineering construction drawings of preliminary and final plan sets.
• Work with internal and external engineering teams in developing preliminary and final design plans and details.
• Effectively communicate and coordinate with other members of the design team and across disciplines.
• Capable of determining material types, descriptions, and quantities for the project
• Regularly interface with other departments, clients, project managers, and project engineers in order to support production of project deliverables and to resolve conflicting priorities.
• Develop Utility Work by Highway Contractor packages.
• Working with major Utility Owners with facilities of electric, gas, water, sanitary, CATV, and communications, along with local municipalities.

Requirements

• Professional Engineer (PE) registered in Florida, or an Engineering Intern (EI) prepared to take the PE Exam
• 5+ Years of relevant experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering
• Experience in preparing reports, plans, calculations, estimates, and designs for roadway and drainage projects
• Knowledge of transportation engineering standards, including the FDOT Design Manual, FDOT Standard Plans, and AASHTO Greenbook
• Excellent technical, written, and oral communication skills
• Strong working knowledge of MicroStation, experience with Open Roads is a plus
• Ability to work for any employer in the United States.

About ELEMENT

At ELEMENT, we serve the communities where we live, work and play. We are an award-winning consulting firm that has served the engineering needs of public-sector clients in the development of infrastructure since our founding in 2006. ELEMENT’s design services include roadway, drainage, traffic control, signing & pavement markings, signals, lighting, structures, utilities, and traffic studies. ELEMENT also provides survey, subsurface utility engineering (SUE), and utility coordination to round-out all aspects of transportation engineering. The streamlined ability to serve our clients as a full-service firm brings ELEMENT employees a unique opportunity to be exposed to all aspects of a project’s life.

ELEMENT offers a competitive benefits package including the potential for bonuses, ongoing continuing education opportunities, and flexible work arrangements. We are a well-respected, growing engineering firm looking to expand our team. ELEMENT is a family-based company with growth opportunities, great leadership, and a supportive team. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce.