Strategic Utility Relocation Coordinator

Office of the County Engineer; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Office of the County Engineer in Houston, TX seeks a Utility Coordinator to manage and track utility relocations for county engineering projects. Responsibilities include conflict identification, schedule management, and coordination with utility companies, agencies, and the public.

The role involves preparing agendas for Commissioners Court, leading meetings, and producing monthly status reports. Strong communication, engineering plan reading, and knowledge of utility agreements are essential.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma (GED) with 2 years of experience in utility coordination, map reading, design, project management, or planning work.
• Associate degree or equivalent education in Engineering, Real Estate, Business, or a related field with one (1) year of experience in utility coordination, map reading, design, project management, or planning work.
• A bachelor’s degree in engineering, Real Estate, business, or a related field may be substituted for experience.
• Qualifying education, experience, knowledge, and skills must be documented on your job application. You may attach a resume to the application as supporting documentation, but ONLY information stated on the application will be used for consideration.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates the relocation of private and public utility systems such as electric, pipelines, telecommunication, water, sewer, and drainage.
• Produces monthly status reports for managed areas and leads the utility coordination status meetings.
• Prepares agenda items for Commissioners Court, including post-Court actions, PO requests, and payments.
• Attends meetings with OCE design groups to brief the Engineering team on relocation status.
• Issues utility notifications and coordinates with external utility representatives and consultants.
• Attends project-specific office or field visits for scoping, monthly status, and conflict resolution.
• Maintains documents, references, and resource materials.
• Prioritizes relocations to mitigate delays to project schedules.
• Reviews design plans and Utility Conflict Tables for thoroughness and accuracy.
• Assists with design activities by making recommendations to mitigate and avoid utility conflicts.
• Prepares independent cost estimates for relocations.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Reading civil engineering plans

Communication and negotiation

Interagency utility agreements

Utility/TxDOT laws and regulations

Pipeline coordination

Railroad coordination

Microsoft Office

Bluebeam Revu

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Engineering, Real Estate, Business

Associate degree or equivalent, with 1 year experience

High School Diploma (GED) + 2 years experience

Tools

Adobe Acrobat

Bluebeam Revu

Job description

Office of the County Engineer in Houston, TX seeks a Utility Coordinator to manage and track utility relocations for county engineering projects. Responsibilities include conflict identification, schedule management, and coordination with utility companies, agencies, and the public.

The role involves preparing agendas for Commissioners Court, leading meetings, and producing monthly status reports. Strong communication, engineering plan reading, and knowledge of utility agreements are essential.