Civil Underground Utility Design Engineer
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Civil engineer designing underground utility pathways, duct banks, and corridors for AECOM’s global infrastructure consulting business. Supporting Civil 3D modeling, permitting, utility coordination, and construction delivery.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and review civil engineering designs for underground utility systems and utility corridor projects
- Design underground pathways, duct banks, trenches, utility crossings, access structures, conduit systems, and related civil infrastructure
- Evaluate utility routes and develop buildable alignments for greenfield and brownfield projects
- Incorporate utility conflicts, right-of-way constraints, environmental considerations, agency requirements, and permitting conditions into design solutions
- Prepare construction drawings, plan-and-profile sheets, details, specifications, exhibits, and permit packages
- Support utility relocation planning, pathway optimization, and coordination between proposed and existing infrastructure
- Use Autodesk Civil 3D to develop and review alignments, profiles, surfaces, corridors, grading, utility layouts, and civil design models
- Generate and validate plan-and-profile drawings, utility exhibits, quantity takeoffs, design calculations, and project deliverables
- Analyze conflicts between proposed underground utility pathways and existing subsurface or above-ground infrastructure
- Integrate survey data, GIS information, LiDAR, utility records, as-builts, and field information into engineering models
- Support digital engineering workflows and model-based delivery practices
- Perform technical reviews of civil utility design packages and engineering deliverables
- Verify compliance with client standards, utility owner requirements, agency criteria, and industry best practices
- Identify design risks, utility conflicts, constructability issues, and deficiencies, and provide recommendations for resolution
- Coordinate with utility owners, municipalities, transportation agencies, permitting authorities, and project stakeholders
- Support utility conflict resolution, utility relocation planning, and agency coordination throughout design and construction
- Assist with permit applications, design exhibits, agency comments, and regulatory review responses
- Participate in design review meetings, utility coordination meetings, and constructability workshops
- Provide engineering support during construction and implementation activities
- Review contractor RFIs, submittals, field modifications, and change requests
- Evaluate field conditions and recommend practical civil engineering solutions
- Support as-built documentation, redline review, and project closeout activities
Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering, Engineering Technology, or a related discipline plus 2 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education
- Experience with Autodesk Civil 3D is required
- Experience developing civil engineering plans or underground utility designs
- Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred
- Engineer-in-Training (EIT) certification desirable
- Experience 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 environments
- Working knowledge of Autodesk Civil 3D, AutoCAD, ArcGIS, Bluebeam Revu, Bentley OpenRoads, or similar engineering platforms
- Experience interpreting engineering drawings, specifications, survey data, utility records, and construction documents
- Working knowledge of utility coordination, right-of-way requirements, permitting processes, and agency review procedures
- Experience performing utility conflict analysis, subsurface utility coordination, constructability reviews, quantity takeoffs, and cost estimating
- Familiarity with 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 must submit relevant Autodesk Civil 3D design samples
- Sponsorship for US employment authorization is not available now or in the future
Benefits:
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits
- Life, AD&D, and disability benefits
- 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
- Award-winning training and development programs
- In-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location
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