Utility Manager - Michels Infrastructure Solutions, Inc. New Wyoming

Michels; Wyoming; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Life Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

HSA

Long-Term Disability Insurance

Job summary

Michels Infrastructure Solutions, Inc. is seeking a Utility Manager to lead utility coordination for hyperscale data center and infrastructure projects.

You will work with utility owners, contractors, engineers, and field teams to identify conflicts, coordinate access, manage permits, and support relocations and protection measures on a project basis. This role requires proactive planning, strong communication, and keen attention to safety around existing utility infrastructure, with

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating utility projects and permits across large sites.
• Ability to identify conflicts and develop mitigation strategies.
• Strong communication with diverse project teams and agencies.

Responsibilities

• Lead utility coordination across all project phases.
• Identify and mitigate utility conflicts affecting construction.
• Coordinate with owners, municipalities, and engineers.
• Support permit requirements and utility access.
• Maintain documentation of permits, locations, and coordination.

Skills

Utility coordination

Permitting

Conflict resolution

Project coordination

Stakeholder management

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Utility Manager - Michels Infrastructure Solutions, Inc.

Utility Manager

Utility Coordination | Permitting | Conflict Resolution

Location: Project-Based
Employment Type: Full-Time
Travel: Approximately 75% Travel Required

Protect Critical Infrastructure and Keep Construction Moving

Hyperscale data center construction often takes place on complex sites containing existing gas, electric, communications, water, sewer, and other utility infrastructure. Successful project execution requires proactive planning, utility coordination, permit management, and risk mitigation to ensure construction activities proceed safely and without disruption.

As a Utility Manager, you will serve as the primary coordinator for utility-related activities across major mission-critical construction projects. You will work closely with utility owners, project teams, contractors, engineers, field operations, and regulatory agencies to identify conflicts, coordinate access, manage utility risks, and support construction activities throughout the project lifecycle.

About Michels Infrastructure Solutions

Michels Infrastructure Solutions (MIS) brings together the full capabilities of the Michels Family of Companies under a Super General Contractor (Super GC) model, providing mission-critical owners and developers with a single point of accountability for every phase of project execution.

By combining self-performed specialty design, construction, and commissioning services, MIS delivers large-scale, multidisciplinary projects with greater control over safety, quality, schedule, and cost.

MIS specializes in the delivery of hyperscale data centers and mission-critical facilities, leveraging expertise across mass grading and site development, wet and dry utilities, fiber and telecommunications infrastructure, ground improvement, deep foundations, structural concrete, power infrastructure, and commissioning. Our integrated delivery approach enables customers to partner with a single-source team capable of executing some of North America's most complex and demanding infrastructure projects.

Position Overview

As a Utility Manager, you will lead utility coordination efforts supporting large-scale hyperscale data center and mission-critical infrastructure projects. You will be responsible for identifying utility conflicts, coordinating with utility owners, managing permit requirements, supporting utility relocations and protection measures, maintaining locate compliance, and helping ensure construction activities are executed safely around existing infrastructure.

This role serves as a critical connection between engineering, construction, utility companies, permitting agencies, subcontractors, survey teams, and project leadership.

Success requires strong communication skills, utility coordination experience, attention to detail, and the ability to proactively identify and resolve issues before they impact project execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead utility coordination efforts throughout all phases of project execution.
• Identify, track, and mitigate utility conflicts that may impact construction activities.
• Coordinate with utility owners, municipalities, permitting agencies, engineers, and project teams.
• Support utility permitting, utility protection planning, and utility access requirements.
• Maintain visibility into existing utility infrastructure and project impacts.
• Promote safe excavation and construction practices around existing utilities.

What You'll Do

• Coordinate with utility owners regarding existing and proposed infrastructure within active project areas.
• Support planning activities involving gas lines, electrical facilities, communication systems, water systems, sewer systems, and other underground infrastructure.
• Identify utility conflicts and develop mitigation strategies that support project execution.
• Ensure utility locates are completed, documented, maintained, and communicated to field operations.
• Coordinate required permits, approvals, notifications, and utility documentation.
• Work closely with project teams to maintain access near utility corridors and sensitive infrastructure.
• Support utility relocation, protection, abandonment, and installation activities as required.
• Maintain utility tracking logs, conflict matrices, permit records, and coordination documentation.
• Participate in site walks, utility coordination meetings, construction planning reviews, and project execution discussions.
• Support field operations with utility issue resolution and utility-related construction challenges.
• Assist with utility investigations, documentation reviews, and record validation efforts.
• Monitor utility-related project risks and proactively communicate concerns to project leadership.
• Provide support during project startup, active construction, and project closeout activities.

Why Michels Infrastructure Solutions, Inc.?

• We deliver some of North America's largest and most complex hyperscale data center and mission-critical infrastructure projects.
• We leverage a unique Super GC delivery model that combines specialty construction capabilities under a single-source execution approach.
• We provide exposure to every phase of project delivery, from planning and permitting through commissioning and turnover.
• We are family owned and operated.
• We invest an average of $5,000 per employee per year in training and career development.
• We perform meaningful work that supports cloud computing, artificial intelligence, digital connectivity, and economic growth.
• We believe everyone is responsible for promoting safety, regardless of job title.
• We are part of the Michels Family of Companies, one of North America's largest and most diversified energy and infrastructure contractors.
• Health Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Long-Term Disability Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Legal Plan
• Identity Theft Protection and Monitoring Plan

Benefits may vary based on position and location.

Why You?

• You like to surround yourself with dedicated, value-driven people.
• You relish new challenges and evolving technology.
• You cringe when you hear: “Because that's the way we've always done it.”
• You like solving problems before they become project issues.
• You enjoy coordinating multiple stakeholders around complex challenges.
• You thrive in environments where planning, communication, and execution drive success.
• You want to work to make a difference.

What It Takes

• Experience in utility coordination, utility construction, underground utilities, civil construction, infrastructure development, permitting, engineering, or a related field.
• Experience working with utility owners, municipalities, permitting agencies, or utility service providers.
• Knowledge of underground utility systems, utility conflict management, utility protection requirements, and excavation safety practices.
• Experience coordinating permits, utility approvals, access agreements, easements, or utility relocation activities is preferred.
• Ability to read and interpret utility plans, civil drawings, utility records, surveys, and engineering documentation.
• Strong organizational, communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Experience supporting large-scale infrastructure, industrial, heavy civil, energy, mission-critical, or data center projects is preferred.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and document management systems.
• Valid driver's license with an acceptable driving record.
• Ability to travel approximately 75% and support long-term onsite project assignments throughout North America.

Join a company that powers progress. Be a part of Michels Infrastructure Solutions, Inc.—where you don't just build projects, you build a career.

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