Engineering Operations Specialist, Utilities

Role Overview

• Provide direct operational support to utility group leaders and project teams, assisting with coordination of priorities, schedules, and commitments across active projects.
• Schedule and coordinate project activities across engineering, operations, and leadership to ensure work progresses in alignment with scope, schedule, and priorities.
• Coordinate project schedules, milestones, and commitments across active projects to support effective execution and minimize delivery conflicts.
• Maintain visibility into project commitments, action items, and deliverables, ensuring timely follow up and escalation as needed to support consistent execution.
• Draft, edit, and coordinate professional communications on behalf of engineering group leaders.
• Act as an operational support partner to engineering teams by reducing administrative burden and improving workflow clarity.
• Support proposal tracking and pursuit coordination, including maintaining logs, deadlines, and status updates.
• Maintain visibility into open items and ensure structured follow-up to prevent bottlenecks or missed handoffs.
• Coordinate scheduling, documentation organization, and internal communication to streamline execution.
• Assist in maintaining and updating project schedules, work plans, and task tracking tools
• Help identify potential schedule conflicts, resource constraints, or execution risks.
• Facilitate clear communication between leadership and engineering teams to ensure alignment and responsiveness.
• Improve transparency around priorities, deadlines, and commitments.

Requirements

• 3-5+ years of experience in project coordination, operations coordination, project engineering, or a similar role within an engineering or consulting environment.
• Demonstrated experience organizing people, priorities, and workflows within client-facing, deadline-driven engineering or consulting environments
• Proven ability to manage complex priorities while aligning closely with leadership direction and established processes
• Strong organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Professional presence and ability to exercise discretion in handling confidential information
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Word, with the ability to manage high-volume communication effectively
• Demonstrated preference for structured, detail-oriented coordination work and a strong sense of ownership over administrative excellence
• Authorization to work in the United States on a full-time basis

Benefits

• 100% employer-paid team member premiums for Medical, Dental, Vision
• Basic Life Insurance, and Long-Term Disability
• Voluntary Life Insurance
• 401(k) with employer matching; 100% immediate vesting
• Annual & discretionary bonus programs
• Paid time off
• Employer-paid licensure (FE/PE), certifications, seminars, & conferences
• Paid parental leave
• Tuition reimbursement
• Eight (8) paid holidays including a floating holiday to use at your discretion
• Annual Team Building
• Hybrid work environment with remote flexibility
• Career development, training, and coaching opportunities
• Pet insurance