Civil Underground Utility Design Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in New Mexico.

📋 Description

• Create and assess civil engineering designs for underground utility systems and utility corridor initiatives.

• Design underground pathways, duct banks, trenches, utility crossings, access structures, conduit systems, and associated civil infrastructure.

• Analyze utility routes and formulate viable alignments for both greenfield and brownfield projects.

• Integrate utility conflicts, right-of-way limitations, environmental factors, agency requirements, and permitting stipulations into design solutions.

• Produce construction drawings, plan-and-profile sheets, details, specifications, exhibits, and permit documentation.

• Assist with utility relocation planning, pathway optimization, and coordination between proposed and existing infrastructures.

• Utilize Autodesk Civil 3D to develop and evaluate alignments, profiles, surfaces, corridors, grading, utility layouts, and civil design models.

• Create and verify plan-and-profile drawings, utility exhibits, quantity takeoffs, design calculations, and project deliverables.

• Assess conflicts between proposed underground utility routes and existing subsurface or above-ground structures.

• Incorporate survey data, GIS information, LiDAR, utility records, as-builts, and field data into engineering models.

• Promote digital engineering workflows and model-based delivery methodologies.

• Conduct technical evaluations of civil utility design packages and engineering outputs.

• Ensure adherence to client standards, utility owner requirements, agency criteria, and industry best practices.

• Identify design risks, utility conflicts, constructability challenges, and deficiencies, and propose solutions.

• Collaborate with utility owners, municipalities, transportation agencies, permitting authorities, and project stakeholders.

• Facilitate utility conflict resolution, utility relocation planning, agency coordination, permit applications, design exhibits, agency comments, and regulatory review responses.

• Engage in design review meetings, utility coordination meetings, and constructability workshops.

• Provide engineering assistance during construction and implementation phases.

• Review contractor RFIs, submittals, field modifications, and change requests.

• Assess field conditions and recommend feasible civil engineering solutions.

• Assist with as-built documentation, redline reviews, and project closeout tasks.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering, Engineering Technology, or a related field, along with 2 years of relevant experience or a proven equivalent of experience and/or education.

• Proficiency with Autodesk Civil 3D is mandatory.

• Experience in developing civil engineering plans or underground utility designs is essential.

• A Professional Engineer (PE) license is preferred.

• Engineer-in-Training (EIT) certification is a plus.

• Experience in designing underground utility pathways, utility corridors, duct banks, utility crossings, utility relocations, or buried infrastructure systems.

• Background in civil infrastructure, electric distribution, water/wastewater utilities, municipal utilities, transportation utilities, telecommunications, or other utility design sectors.

• Familiar with Autodesk Civil 3D, AutoCAD, ArcGIS, Bluebeam Revu, Bentley OpenRoads, or comparable engineering platforms.

• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, survey data, utility records, and construction documents.

• Knowledge of utility coordination, right-of-way requirements, permitting processes, and agency review procedures.

• Experience in performing utility conflict analysis, subsurface utility coordination, constructability reviews, quantity takeoffs, and cost estimation.

• Understanding of DOT requirements, utility accommodation policies, municipal design standards, and common underground utility design practices.

• Experience supporting transportation, municipal, utility, industrial, energy, data center, broadband, or large infrastructure projects.

• Applicants are required to provide relevant Autodesk Civil 3D design samples.

• Professional references may be required.

• Sponsorship for US employment authorization is not available; applicants must possess US work authorization.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.

• Life, AD&D, and disability insurance.

• Paid time off.

• Leaves of absence.

• Voluntary benefits and perks.

• Flexible work options.

• Well-being resources.

• Employee assistance program.

• Business travel insurance.

• Service recognition awards.

• Retirement savings plan.

• Employee stock purchase plan.

• Training and development initiatives.

• In-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location.