Responsibilities and Duties: List the essential duties required to carry out the job. This should be listed in order of importance and use complete sentences starting with verbs in the present tense 

Coordination of Utility Consultant 

• Provide support to the selection of utility design consultants for the preparation of the tender design works.  

• Responsible for managing and coordinating the selected consultant to deliver the tender design product.  

• Attend and manage Utility meetings with Construction and Contracting staff and potentially with Utility Owners to coordinate various Utility issues, including, but not limited to, agreements, designs, conflicts, meeting minutes and agendas. 

• Coordinate Utility design and, if applicable, Project Utility Adjustment Agreement (PUAA) language to incorporate into the Utility tender deliverables. 

 Utility Conflict Matrix 

• Responsible for identifying utilities and implementing strategies to clear the maximum number of conflicts that could arise. Responsible to gain the maximum understanding of the project and familiar will state’s laws and regulations.  

• Responsible to review Owner’s documents and define existing utilities inventory, and to prepare and maintain the Utility Owner contact and representative’s matrix. 

• Identify to the possible extend all new Utilities on the Project not listed in the SUE provided. Determine the need to perform additional SUE investigation and coordinate this performance with potential consultants.  

• Coordinate with the other tender design discipline leads to address the conflict analysis matrix with the developing design plan work. Determine and maintain conflict matrix which shall include all existing Utilities that are to remain in service/place, be abandoned and to be relocated. Update the conflict matrix while changes are implemented/proposed in the design, warning when a change could produce a significant conflict with utilities. 

• Coordinate with the Tender Design Manager and the rest of the discipline leads to maximize the Utility conflict avoidance.  

Prepare Utility Relocation preliminary design 

• Manage the development of Utility relocation preliminary design. 

• Manage, review and update the Utility concept plan in strip map plan format using conflict analysis spreadsheets to map the existing utilities versus the proposed Utility adjustments with respect to the proposed roadway plans. The Utility concept plan shall include the existing and proposed ROW, DOT highway station numbering, plan, profile, bridge structures, other existing Utilities, drainage structures, retaining walls and noise walls. The layout shall be utilized to facilitate the feasibility options for the Utility adjustments. 

• Coordinate with necessary team members to determine most cost-effective conflict resolutions by assessing the impact of each Utility relocation within the Project corridor. 

ROW & EASEMENTS 

• Review acquired property interest information (easement documentation) from each Utility, as needed, and prepare a property matrix to establish costs associated with the Utility property interest relinquishment and acquisition. 

• Support of easement acquisition tender services, if required. Prepare anticipated easement ROW areas in MicroStation. 

BOQ and estimated Utility relocation construction cost 

• Manage the development of the engineer's estimate of probable construction costs spreadsheet for Utility relocations. 

Schedule 

• Manage the development of the engineer's estimate of probable construction schedule for Utility relocations. 

Qualifications:

• The UDM must have graduated from an accredited college or university with at a minimum a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering or MEP.