Utility Manager
Utility Coordination | Utility Protection | Infrastructure Risk Management
Location: Project-Based (Wisconsin, Missouri, Wyoming, Texas, and future project locations)
Employment Type: Full-Time
Work Environment: Primarily Site-Based (Long-Term Project Assignments)
Protect Critical Infrastructure and Keep Construction Moving
Hyperscale data center construction often occurs on sites containing existing gas, electric, fiber, telecommunications, water, sewer, stormwater, and other critical utility infrastructure. Successful project execution requires proactive planning, utility coordination, permit management, conflict resolution, and risk mitigation to ensure construction activities proceed safely without disrupting essential services.
As a Utility Manager , you will serve as the primary utility coordination leader supporting major hyperscale data center and mission-critical infrastructure projects. You will work closely with utility owners, engineers, construction teams, permitting agencies, subcontractors, survey teams, and project leadership to identify conflicts, coordinate access, manage risks, and support utility-related construction activities throughout the project lifecycle.
Your efforts will help protect existing infrastructure, support project schedules, and ensure complex site-development and construction operations can proceed safely and efficiently.
About Michels Infrastructure Solutions
Michels Infrastructure Solutions (MIS) brings together the full capabilities of the Michels Family of Companies under a Super General Contractor (Super GC) model, providing mission-critical owners and developers with a single point of accountability for every phase of project execution.
By combining self-performed specialty design, construction, and commissioning services, MIS delivers large-scale, multidisciplinary projects with greater control over safety, quality, schedule, and cost.
MIS specializes in the delivery of hyperscale data centers and mission-critical facilities, leveraging expertise across mass grading and site development, wet and dry utilities, fiber and telecommunications infrastructure, ground improvement, deep foundations, structural concrete, power infrastructure, and commissioning. Our integrated delivery approach enables customers to partner with a single-source team capable of executing some of North America's most complex and demanding infrastructure projects.
Position Overview
As a Utility Manager , you will lead utility coordination efforts supporting large-scale hyperscale data center and mission-critical infrastructure projects.
During the early phases of project development, your primary focus will be supporting utility investigations, utility-conflict identification, utility-owner coordination, permit acquisition, utility relocation planning, utility-protection programs, and construction sequencing associated with large-scale greenfield site development activities.
You will be responsible for maintaining visibility into existing and proposed utility infrastructure while helping project teams safely navigate utility conflicts involving gas, electric, telecommunications, fiber, water, sewer, stormwater, and other critical utility systems.
This role serves as a vital connection between engineering, construction, utility companies, permitting agencies, survey personnel, subcontractors, customers, and project leadership.
Success requires strong communication skills, technical understanding of utility systems, stakeholder management capabilities, and the ability to proactively identify and resolve issues before they impact project execution.
Key Responsibilities
Lead utility coordination efforts throughout all phases of project execution.
Serve as the primary point of contact for utility-related planning, communication, and conflict resolution activities.
Identify, track, and mitigate utility conflicts that may impact construction operations.
Coordinate activities with utility owners,…