Senior Utility Coordinator/Manager

Ardurra’s Transportation team offers design capabilities ranging from complex multilevel interchanges to urban arterial reconstruction to complete streets for our clients.

Our portfolio features a plethora of signature projects including the I-395 Signature Bridge reconstruction project in Downtown Miami.

Each of our designs is customized, sustainable, and cost-effective for our clients covering all project types, including Design Build or Design Bid Build.

Our clients have relied on our expertise in comprehensive planning, engineering design, and construction management to provide safe and efficient transportation solutions.

Primary Function:

Have a lead role in the coordination of utilities to support a variety of transportation projects for the Florida DOT as well as private and municipal clients.

Identify utilities and implement strategies to resolve any conflicts that could arise.

Act as the liaison among project stakeholders, including project designers, clients, and utility agency owners (UAOs), to ensure proper accommodation plans are prepared and communicated while gaining agreement from all parties involved. 

Establish partnerships with and coordinate activities between the client, utility companies, and other project stakeholders as well as the review of agreements, plans, and specifications submitted by the utility companies.

Primary Duties:


* Establish liaison with and coordinate activities between the client, utility companies, and other entities


* Review agreements, plans, and specifications submitted by the utility companies.


* Implement and interpret policies and procedures as they relate to utility adjustments, relocations, negotiations, reimbursements, and compliance with applicable state and federal laws


* Prepare, process, and maintain documents, references, and/or resource materials


* Monitor utility work schedules to ensure the timeliness of deliverables


* Perform records research and conduct field reviews


* Determine the need for Subsurface Utility Engineering


* Identify potential utility conflicts by reviewing plans


* Support the Engineer of Record in the development of utility conflict matrices


* Resolve utility/roadway conflicts through coordination with the Engineer of Record and UAOs


* Determine the responsible agency for utility reimbursement


* Prepare Utility Certification/Clear Packages for submittal


* Participate in constructability reviews


* Act as a backup to other staff in the Utilities group to perform related work as needed 

Education and Experience Requirements


* High school diploma or equivalent


* Eight to eleven years of prior practical experience performing utility coordination for transportation projects according to established state and federal standards, policies, procedures, and design criteria


* Strong Knowledge of FDOT utility coordination practices and processes, including FDOT Utility Procedures Manua...