Senior Project Manager, SUE / Utility Coordinator
Halff
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Job summary
Halff is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead our Utility Coordination team in Austin, TX. You will oversee complex SUE/UC projects from initiation through completion, managing scope, budget, and schedule while coordinating with clients, design teams, and field crews.
The role emphasizes technical leadership, mentoring staff, and cultivating long-term client relationships, with growth and ownership opportunities within Halff.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's or master’s degree in engineering, surveying, geosciences, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in Texas is preferred
- 8+ years of industry experience.
- 3+ years in project management or leadership role.
- Requires a strong understanding of fiduciary responsibility as well as risk assessment and mitigation.
- Strong understanding of ASCE 38 standards and SUE deliverables.
- Proven ability to manage budgets, schedules, and teams.
- Experience with DOT, municipal, or large-scale infrastructure projects.
- Familiarity with GIS, CAD platforms (Microstation, Open Roads, Civil 3D), and data management systems.
- Strong leadership and decision‑making abilities.
- Travel to project sites as required.
- TxDOT Precertification Work Categories 18.2.1, 18.3.1, 18.4.1, 18.5.1, 18.6.1, and 18.7.1 are preferred
Responsibilities
- Manage multiple, large, and/or complex projects simultaneously, ensuring timely delivery within budget and scope.
- Develop existing/proposed utility layouts and conflict matrices
- Collaborate with design teams to avoid and accommodate utility relocations
- Assist in reviewing Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) deliverables to analyze conflicts
- Liaise between project members, subconsultants and stakeholders to communicate deliverables and schedules
- Develop and manage project work plans, schedules, and resource allocation
- Communicate schedule and changes to all stakeholders
- Develop and manage project budgets, forecasts, and invoicing
- Prepare agendas, meeting notes, and project summaries
- Monitor task completion and mitigate at-risk tasks
- Oversee QA and ASCE 38 quality levels A-D
- Maintain client relationships and deliver status updates
- Identify opportunities for additional services and business development
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Halff is seeking an experienced and results-driven Senior Project Manager to join our Utility Coordination team based out of our Austin, TX office location. The Senior Project Manager will lead and manage Utility Coordination projects from initiation through completion. This role is responsible for overseeing project scope, budget, schedule, and client relationships while ensuring compliance with industry standards and company quality protocols. As a utility coordinator you will have a lead role in coordinating utility relocations, conducting site visits, reviewing utility plans, developing utility layouts and conflict matrices, reviewing SUE data, and collaborating with internal and external teams on high profile mobility projects.
The ideal candidate will provide technical leadership, mentor staff, and act as a key liaison between clients, field crews, office staff and internal teams. This position offers an excellent career development opportunity for someone looking to grow with Halff, with potential for not only business and personal growth, but ownership in the firm.
- Manage multiple, large, and/or complex projects simultaneously, ensuring successful delivery on time, within budget, within scope, and with minimal oversight from planning through completion.
- Develop existing/proposed utility layouts and conflict matrices
- Collaborate with design teams to avoid, minimize, and accommodate utility relocations
- Assist in reviewing Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) deliverables to analyze conflicts and develop concept plans
- Liaise between project members, multi-practice teams, subconsultants and other stakeholders to make sure deliverables, requirements, schedules, costs and meeting plans are communicated.
- Develop and manage project work plans, schedules, resource allocation, quality control, and project timelines utilizing appropriate tools to track tasks, milestones, and deadlines.
- Communicate schedule and changes to all stakeholders.
- Develop and manage project budgets, forecasts, resource allocations, and financial performance, including cost tracking, invoicing, profitability analysis, and timely client billing.
- Prepare agendas, meeting notes and project summaries.
- Monitor task completion status to identify at-risk project tasks and to develop mitigation plans.
- Oversee quality assurance and adherence to ASCE 38 standards (Quality Levels A-D).
- Monitor project performance, resolving issues proactively.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for clients, fostering strong and long-term relationships.
- Prepare and deliver project proposals, presentations, and status updates.
- Identify opportunities for additional services and support business development efforts.
- Review field data, mapping, and final deliverables for accuracy and completeness.
- Ensure compliance with safety regulations and industry best practices.
- Lead, mentor, and develop project managers, technicians, and office staff.
- Coordinate with subsurface utility engineering (SUE), surveying, GIS, and engineering.
- Support hiring, training, and performance management initiatives.
- Develop and manage project budgets and forecasts.
- Bachelor's or master’s degree in engineering, surveying, geosciences, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in Texas is preferred
- 8+ years of industry experience.
- 3+ years in project management or leadership role.
- Requires a strong understanding of fiduciary responsibility as well as risk assessment and mitigation.
- Strong understanding of ASCE 38 standards and SUE deliverables.
- Proven ability to manage budgets, schedules, and teams.
- Experience with DOT, municipal, or large-scale infrastructure projects.
- Familiarity with GIS, CAD platforms (Microstation, Open Roads, Civil 3D), and data management systems.
- Strong leadership and decision‑making abilities.
- Excellent communication and client‑facing skills.
- High level of organization and attention to detail.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced environment.
- Strong problem‑solving and critical thinking skills.
- Combination of office and occasional field work.
- Travel to project sites as required.
- TxDOT Precertification Work Categories 18.2.1, 18.3.1, 18.4.1, 18.5.1, 18.6.1, and 18.7.1 are preferred
- Cross‑trained personnel make Halff a one‑stop shop for client’s SUE/utility coordination needs.
- 20+ years of experience with more than 10 million lf of utilities located and more than 10,000 test holes performed.
- Our team has proven processes and QA/QC procedures that provide accuracy and economy in project‑driven utility inventories.
Learn more about Halff’s SUE/UC Solutions services, check out some of our projects, and meet our team
- 2D and 3D SUE Quality Levels A‑D
- Alignment and ROW Staking
- Peer Reviews
- Permitting Assistance
- Reimbursement Negotiations
- Surveying
- Utility Adjustment Monitoring and Verification
- Utility Coordination
- Utility Engineering
- Utility Relocation Design
Halff is a full‑service infrastructure consulting firm planned, designed, engineered, constructed — and purposed — for people. Since 1950, we’ve been creating smart solutions that improve lives and communities by turning ideas into reality.
Halff was founded on a core tenet: Focus on people, treat them well, and success will follow. It’s no wonder, then, that our employees and the culture they create result in our firm consistently being named a Top Workplace in America.
Our industry‑leading professionals collaborate to meet tough challenges in creative ways. You can view Halff’s full complement of services here
Halff has over 30 offices in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Florida, Arkansas, Arizona, and Georgia. For a full list of our locations, click here
- Medical, dental, prescription and life insurance
- Long‑term and short‑term disability insurance
- Paid time off (PTO) and 8 company paid holidays (and Veteran’s Day for our veterans)
- Traditional and Roth 401(k) plans
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- 529 College Savings Plan
- Flexible spending accounts (FSA)
- Employee Assistance Plan
- Click here for a more comprehensive list of Halff’s benefits
Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.
Halff is a drug‑free workplace. This offer of employment is contingent upon the receipt of a clear drug screen and background check prior to your first day of employment. This position may be subject to random drug testing pursuant to federal regulations.
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