Job Title: Engineer
Location: Birmingham, AL
Duration: 3+ yearsSupport transmission, distribution, and fiber projects through engineering design, DOT permitting, project coordination, estimating, and construction support. Apply engineering processes, design standards, and software tools to develop design options, construction specifications, cost estimates, and project packages.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support ALDOT, county, and city DOT permitting, including assembling, reviewing, submitting, tracking, and communicating permit statuses.
- Ensure compliance with ALDOT Utility Manual, ALDOT Permit Manual, and MUTCD Part 6 requirements.
- Assist with oversized-load route reviews and Temporary Traffic Control (TTC) plan reviews.
- Support transmission, distribution, and fiber design, construction, maintenance, and daily operations.
- Review plan/profile layouts, cross-sections, easements, right-of-way and utility relocation agreements.
- Prepare material estimates, design options, construction specifications, and construction packages.
- Provide contractor oversight, design reviews, quality assurance, and resolve permitting/design issues with ALDOT, APCO, vendors, and internal teams.
- Maintain safety, confidentiality, professionalism, and effective communication while managing multiple projects and priorities.
Required Skills/Experience:
- 0–5 years engineering experience with an accredited Bachelor's degree, or 3+ years transmission/distribution/fiber design or field operations experience.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office: Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Teams, Access.
- Experience with AutoCAD or MicroStation and GIS.
- Knowledge of engineering design processes, power systems, transmission/distribution/fiber projects, estimating, and construction practices.
- Strong communication, organization, time management, problem-solving, project coordination, and relationship-building skills.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively, manage competing priorities, and learn company procedures.
- Preferred: DOT permitting, SOCO JETS, ALDOT/MUTCD, utility permitting, easements, ROW agreements, and relocation agreements experience.