Utility Engineer

Job Description

Are we the road to your future?

Volkert is employee owned and a Top 100 design firm, committed to providing clients with creative solutions for sustainability, including improvements to infrastructure, the environment, and natural resources. Founded in 1925, Volkert is celebrating a century of serving our employees, clients, partners, and communities.

We are currently searching for an experienced Utility Engineer to support our East Gulf Region located in Birmingham, Huntsville, and Tuscaloosa, AL.

What you’ll be doing:

Engineering design for various linear utility projects, including water and wastewater, electric, telecommunications and natural gas

Planning and management of various projects

Oversee and guide designers and drafters to deliver linear utility projects

Responsibilities may include applying established and well-defined engineering techniques, procedures, policies or standards

Performs design computations, checks plans or computations, and develops quantity takeoffs

Adjusts and correlates data, recognizes discrepancies in results

Identify and analyze problems using reasoning to arrive at conclusions

Applies standard practices and techniques to accomplish work assignments

Understands and adheres to assigned phase and task schedules and budgets to ensure timely and cost-effective completion of project

Participates in ongoing development, communication and implementation of team concepts, programs and policies

Coordinates work to ensure best practices with all team members

Attends appropriate team meetings

Actively look for ways, and reinforce the actions needed, to improve performance within the larger organization

Prepare transportation reports and plans based on project analyses and assessments

Adheres to company standards for quality assurance and quality control as defined in the quality manual

Working closely and effectively communicating with team members

What you need to have:

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering

1-5 years of design experience using AutoCAD Civil 3D, MicroStation, GeoPak, OpenRoads, and InRoads

Ability to obtain EI Certification within a year

Registered Professional Engineer (PE) preferred

Utility experience preferred

Previous client relationships are a plus

Ability to work well with other related disciplines and coordinate design activities for timely completion and within resource budgets

Experience and ability to exercise initiative and independent judgment in the solution of work problems.

Characteristics of a successful Volkert team member:

Be a brand ambassador for the company who engages in diversity and inclusion

Be self-motivated to meet individual goals and maintain accountability in a team environment

Exercise initiative and independent judgement in the solution of work problems

Be able to communicate effectively- verbal and written

Be able to multi-task in a team environment

Volkert Perks:

Competitive compensation

Flexibility and a positive work/life balance

Challenging and innovative projects

Employee referral program

Professional development

Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)

401(k) retirement savings plan + employer matching

Paid Time Off (PTO) and holidays

Medical, Dental, & Vision

Employer-Paid Life/AD&D insurance

Employer-Paid short-term disability and long-term disability

Wellness incentives

Additional voluntary benefits

The words from our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Thomas A. Hand, PE, capture best how you can make an impact while working for Volkert.

“For a century, Volkert has done meaningful work that improves our infrastructure and quality of life throughout our communities. We are proud of our one-hundred-year legacy and humbled by the opportunities ahead of us as we look forward to our next century of service. With our commitment to employee ownership and sustainable growth, you can build a career here that really makes a difference.”

– Thomas A. Hand, PE, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

Volkert does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies or fee-based recruitment services.

Alabama

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