Utilities Group Manager

We are currently searching for a highly motivated Utilities Group Manager to join our West Gulf Region in Chattanooga, Knoxville, or Franklin, TN.

Are we the road to your future?

What you’ll be doing:

• Responsible for business development activities for linear utility projects
• Manages projects to meet contracted budget, scope, and schedule
• Performs engineering design for various linear utility projects, including water and wastewater, electric, telecommunications, and natural gas
• 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
• Perform design computations, check plans or computations, and develop quantity takeoffs
• Adjusts and correlates data, recognizes discrepancies in results
• Applies standard practices and techniques to accomplish work assignments
• 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
• Adheres to company standards for quality assurance and quality control as defined in the quality manual

What you need to have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering
• 8+ years of utility design experience using AutoCAD Civil 3D, MicroStation, GeoPak, OpenRoads and InRoads
• Registered Professional Engineer (PE) in Tennessee
• Previous client relationships
• 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:
  1. Be a brand ambassador for the company who engages in diversity and inclusion,
  2. Be self-motivated to meet individual goals and maintain accountability in a team environment
  3. Exercise initiative and independent judgement in the solution of work problems
  4. Be able to communicate effectively- verbal and written
  5. Be able to multi-task in a team environment

Volkert Perks:

• We offer a hybrid workplace which includes remote, hybrid, and in-office positions
• 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 President and Chief Executive Officer, Thomas A. Hand, PE, capture best how you can make an impact while working for Volkert.

“For nearly a century, Volkert has done meaningful work that improves our infrastructure and quality of life. With our commitment to employee ownership and sustainable growth, you can build a career here that really makes a difference.”

– Thomas A. Hand, PE, President and Chief Executive Officer

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

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