Utility Designer 1 | Make Ready Engineering | Lower Peninsula, MI
The Davey Tree Expert Company is dedicated to providing comprehensive utility asset management services. The Utility Designer 1 is responsible for planning, designing, and inspecting utility and telecommunication assets, while ensuring safety and effective collaboration on infrastructure design solutions.
Responsibilities
- Utilize software platforms to analyze and interpret field data
- Record existing telecommunication and electric utility infrastructure
- Identify and document safety risks and hazards
- Apply engineering principles to design aerial and underground utility facilities
- Transfer designs to other software platforms
- Collaborate to propose infrastructure design solutions
- Ensure equipment maintenance and report issues promptly
- Travel occasionally (5%) for on-site job duties, projects, or meetings
Skills
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Willingness to obtain and maintain professional certificates and licenses as required
- Proficiency in basic office applications and data entry; willingness to learn utility design software
- Ability to read, comprehend, and draft professional correspondence
- Effective communication skills in both one-on-one and group settings
- Basic arithmetic proficiency
- Ability to follow detailed instructions, solve problems, and address varied situations
- Associate's or Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical field
- Prior experience in the electric utility or telecommunications industry
- Knowledge of electric hazard identification, equipment identification, or communication equipment
- Familiarity with Outside Plant Engineering design and pole loading analysis software
Benefits
- Overtime: Time and a half after 40hrs/wk, average work week 45 hours
- This role is mostly remote, with the possible of some occasional visits in the field. Training will be in-person (approximately 4 weeks) at our Richfield, OH office. All travel and overnight accommodations will be covered.
- Group health plans
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid parental leave
- 401k with up to a 4% company match
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan: Opportunity to buy company stock at a 15% discount
- Holidays and paid time off
- Payroll savings plan
- Charitable matching gift program
- Employee referral bonus program
- Employee Educational Scholarship
- Davey Family Scholarship
- 20% discount on all Davey services
- Cell phone discounts
- Vehicle purchase discount program
- All listed benefits available to eligible employees on Day 1.
- Union employees are not eligible for a 401k plan, but may be eligible to join pension plans negotiated by their local union.
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