Construction Coordinator III

Aqua, an Essential Utilities company, employs people in a variety of roles within our eight-state footprint, ranging from field workers and customer service representatives who are on the front lines working with customers, to scientists and engineers who help ensure we're delivering reliable water and wastewater services to our communities. If you're looking for a rewarding career helping improve our environment and protect our natural resources, we encourage you to join our team!

About Essential Utilities

Essential Utilities, Inc. delivers safe, clean, reliable services that improve quality of life for individuals, families, and entire communities.

Operating as the Aqua (water and wastewater services) and the Peoples and Delta (natural gas) brands, Essential serves approximately 5.5 million people across 10 states.
We are committed to sustainable growth, operational excellence, a superior customer experience, and premier employer status - including a competitive and comprehensive benefits package as well as a commitment to career growth opportunities.
We are advocates for the communities we serve and are dedicated stewards of natural lands, protecting more than 7,600 acres of forests and other habitats throughout our footprint.
Our company is one of the most significant publicly traded water, wastewater service and natural gas providers in the U.S.

Are you a recent (or soon to be) grad who is interested in pursuing a career in construction management? Are you looking for stability as well as growth? Due to a recent internal promotion, Aqua as a great opportunity available for a Construction Coordinator to join our team in Westerville or Marion, Ohio
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This is a terrific opportunity where you will have the chance to work hand in hand with our engineering team, operations leaders, and public officials on all aspects of numerous constructions projects. These projects can range from simple pump replacements up to multimillion dollar water/wastewater main replacement projects and everything in between!

• The Construction Coordinator III (CC) is responsible for planning and constructing water and sewer mainline capital projects, from initial planning stages through submitting final as built drawings. The CC will work closely with accounting, operations, public officials, contractors, and developers. The CC works in Aqua Ohio's Engineering group and coordinates closely with the Operations group to manage the capital budget for water and sewer mainline replacement projects.
  
  This position is responsible for managing and planning replacement projects, commercial service applicants, developer extensions, and outside-party relocation projects.

• Identify, design, permit, bid, and construct replacement projects that meet Aqua Ohio's capital budget.

• Estimate cost of projects and create a 5-year and 10-yr capital plan that will achieve Aqua's goals. Review prospective projects with Aqua's Operations group to ensure projects are justified and will maximize the benefit to our distribution and collection systems.

• Oversee construction activities by staying in close communication with inspectors and visiting job sites.

• Help problem-solve as issues arise during construction.

• Work with Aqua's Design team and Operations group to create drawings that will be used during bidding, permitting, construction and as built work.

• During construction handle contractor change order requests, pay applications, and customer complaints.

• Prepare or direct the preparation of permit applications.

• Order materials for projects and track inventory.

• Bid replacement projects to contractors, award bids, prepare contract documents.

• Supervise third-party inspectors for multiple concurrent projects.

• Coordinate with Aqua Operations employees to perform waterline shutdowns, finalize as-built drawings, and track inventory.

• Developer Projects - Aqua takes ownership of new developer mainlines. CC must review these designs, set-up inspection services, and ensure agreements/easements are signed.

• Review construction plans for commercial and industrial services including commercial fire services, backflow devices, metering equipment, and domestic services.

• Provide information to outside companies and government agencies when requested to allow for accurate third-party design drawings.

• Review designs for compliance with state, local, and Aqua requirements. Closeout projects - verify material inventory installed, as-builts finalized, and asset retirements provided to accounting.

• Ensure compliance with required safety policies and programs during construction.

• May require short-term (1-2 night) travel within State of Ohio to attend trainings, meetings, and visit job sites.

• Represent Aqua Ohio at various state and local levels.

• Establish and maintain positive public relations with key customers, local officials, state regulators, other state agencies, and industry groups.

• Other duties as assigned

• A bachelor's degree in…