Senior Subsurface Utility Engineering; SUE) Project Manager

ESP is seeking a Senior SUE Project Manager to lead Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) project delivery, client coordination, staff development, budgeting, and business development support for transportation, roadway, municipal, and infrastructure projects across Texas. This role serves as a senior representative of ESP responsible for managing SUE scope, schedule, budget, quality, and client expectations while supporting marketing efforts, proposal development, team training, and coordination with utility owners, public agencies, consultants, contractors, and right-of-way stakeholders from planning through construction.

• Lead ESP SUE project delivery for roadway, drainage, bridge, transit, municipal, and civil infrastructure projects throughout Texas.
• Manage project scope, schedule, budget, staffing plans, deliverables, and client expectations for assigned SUE projects.
• Support marketing and business development efforts, including client relationship development, pursuit strategy, proposal input, scope development, level-of-effort estimates, and presentations.
• Develop and manage project budgets, monitor financial performance, track progress against approved scope, and coordinate corrective action when budget, schedule, or staffing risks arise.
• Train, mentor, and develop SUE staff in field procedures, documentation standards, project delivery expectations, safety awareness, client communication, and quality control practices.
• Review plans, utility records, as-builts, survey data, and SUE deliverables to identify potential utility conflicts and guide investigation strategies.
• Coordinate with utility owners, TxDOT, local governments, engineers, right-of-way staff, environmental teams, contractors, and other project stakeholders.
• Facilitate SUE and utility coordination meetings on behalf of ESP, document action items, maintain utility status reports, and track commitments through resolution.
• Oversee utility conflict analysis, investigation planning, test hole coordination, utility mapping, relocation support, cost estimates, reimbursement documentation, utility agreements, and permitting processes.
• Prepare, submit, track, and review RULIS applications and related documentation to support utility permitting, relocation, and project clearance requirements.
• Monitor SUE production, utility investigation progress, and utility adjustment or relocation coordination during design and construction phases, escalating schedule or coordination issues as needed.
• Interpret and apply applicable Texas utility accommodation requirements, TxDOT utility coordination procedures, right-of-way processes, and federal, state, and local requirements.
• Learn and apply SUE, utility coordination, permitting, right-of-way, and agency criteria for other states as project needs and ESP's market growth require.
• Prepare professional ESP correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, exhibits, conflict matrices, proposals, and other project documentation.
• Support quality control of SUE deliverables and promote consistent standards across project teams.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• High school diploma or GED. (required)
• Associate or bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, planning, geography, geomatics, business, or a related technical field. (preferred)
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in SUE, utility coordination, utility engineering, right-of-way, roadway design, construction coordination, or related infrastructure project delivery. (required)
• Demonstrated experience managing SUE projects, including scope, schedule, budget, staffing, client coordination, deliverable review, and quality control.
• Working knowledge of SUE Quality Levels A through D, utility designation, test hole coordination, utility mapping, conflict identification, utility permitting, and right-of-way coordination.
• Experience supporting marketing or business development activities, including proposal preparation, scope narratives, fee development, and client meetings.
• Experience developing, managing, and tracking project budgets, including level-of-effort estimates, labor planning, and financial performance monitoring.
• Experience training, mentoring, and developing technical staff in SUE procedures, documentation, safety awareness, and client service expectations.
• Experience preparing, submitting, tracking, and reviewing RULIS applications, including verifying completeness and consistency with project plans.
• Ability to read, interpret, and redline civil…