Lead Civil Owner's Engineer

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🤠 Texas – Remote

🤠 Texas – Remote

💵 $123.2k - $159.7k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

👷🏻‍♀️ Engineer

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Ulteig

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1944

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

🏗️ Construction

Consulting • Logistics • Construction

Ulteig is a North American infrastructure engineering, technical services, and consulting firm that delivers design, digital tools, and advisory services for critical lifeline sectors. The employee-owned company supports public and private clients on power and utility-scale renewable energy projects, transportation planning and infrastructure, and water sector work—offering engineering design, SCADA/EMS solutions, project-development services, and decision-support software to help manage complex, multidisciplinary projects.

📋 Description

• Serve as an extension of the Owner’s project team for major EPC transmission and substation projects • Provide owner-side civil and structural engineering support across development, design, construction, commissioning, and turnover • Identify technical, permitting, geotechnical, drainage, and constructability risks and support stage-gate readiness • Develop, review, and refine Owner’s Project Specifications and owner-side technical input to the Basis of Design • Review EPC design QA/QC processes and deliverables for completeness, quality, constructability, and compliance • Manage comment logs, deviations, recurring issues, root-cause trends, and closure status • Review substation site civil and structural design, including grading, drainage, stormwater controls, roads, foundations, fencing, equipment pads, trenches, buildings, and oil containment • Review transmission civil/structural interfaces and provide risk-informed and value-engineering recommendations • Coordinate civil interfaces with electrical, grounding, transmission line, environmental, permitting, land, operations, procurement, and construction teams • Review and validate EPC material lists, specifications, quantities, bid descriptions, and technical requirements • Support procurement packaging, technical bid evaluations, supplier proposal reviews, long-lead planning, logistics, receiving, storage, preservation, and construction sequencing alignment • Review mix designs, certificates, geotechnical and laboratory reports, material test reports, inspection records, and procurement submittals • Support supplier inspections or factory acceptance activities and document observations and follow-up actions • Provide owner-side field oversight of EPC and subcontractor civil/structural work • Attend construction progress and site coordination meetings and assess planning, readiness, sequencing, temporary works, dewatering, erosion controls, safety, schedule, quality, and constructability • Review field QC testing and inspection records • Maintain field reports, issue logs, quality-surveillance records, NCR tracking, and closure documentation • Evaluate changed conditions, RFIs, field changes, and non-conformances and provide technical, schedule, cost, and constructability recommendations • Support milestone and turnover readiness by tracking punch-list items, inspections, as-built records, permits, O&M information, warranties, and closeout documentation

🎯 Requirements

• B.S. in Civil or Structural Engineering from an ABET-accredited program or equivalent • Active Civil or Structural Professional Engineer license required • 8+ years of electric utility, heavy civil, transmission, or substation civil/structural design, design review, or construction support experience • Experience with 138 kV and 345 kV facilities strongly preferred • Owner’s Engineer or EPC oversight experience • Knowledge of geotechnical, grading, drainage, foundations, structural systems, access, erosion control, permitting, and applicable codes and standards, including IBC, ASCE 7, ACI, and AISC • Experience reviewing specifications, material lists, vendor submittals, material test documentation, field quality records, non-conformances, and construction/turnover readiness evidence • Ability to communicate concise, defensible recommendations and maintain traceable review records • Ability to lead multidisciplinary interfaces and distinguish review/monitoring responsibilities from Owner approval authority • Ability to work within the Owner’s operational footprint and travel to project sites, supplier facilities, and EPC offices as needed • Remote work must be performed within the United States unless otherwise authorized and compliant with security requirements • Proficiency with Microsoft 365 • Familiarity with GIS, SAP, Primavera P6, Bentley MicroStation, and ProjectWise preferred • Must have authorization to work permanently in the U.S. • Openness to applying evolving technology and AI tools to enhance workflows, solve problems, and drive continuous improvement

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible Workplace • Employee Ownership • Competitive Pay • Comprehensive Benefits Package • Collaborative Environment • Innovative Culture • Flexible working schedule • Remote, hybrid, or in-office work options • Drug Free Workplace • Relevant military experience considered for transitioning service members

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