Apply for the Utility Coordinator, Facilities – Lakeland job opening.Utility Coordinator, Facilities – Lakeland

Location: Lakeland, FL
Job ID: 39176BR
Job Category: Engineering, Maintenance & Equipment
Working Hours: Salary 45 Hours
Pay Frequency: Monthly
Pay Range: $5,890 - $8,835
Date Posted: Oct 09, 2026

$76 - 114k

Onsite

Full Time - Regular

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Description

Behind every Publix location is a Facilities team working to keep our operations running and our company growing. As a Utility Coordinator, you’ll be an important part of that work. You’ll coordinate critical utility operations, help resolve utility-related issues that could delay new store construction, and oversee generator strategies that strengthen emergency preparedness and business continuity. Along the way, you’ll build relationships with utility providers and suppliers, support compliance, and identify cost-effective approaches to utility and generator management.

This is an opportunity to join Publix Facilities in a role where your work can make a visible difference, helping reduce construction delays, minimize disruptions, control costs, and ensure our operations are prepared when challenges arise. Bring your ability to coordinate, build partnerships, and solve problems to a company where your work supports both today’s operations and tomorrow’s growth.

Responsibilities include:

• Overseeing generator programs, including installation, maintenance, testing, vendor coordination, and compliance, to support emergency readiness and minimize store disruptions
• Serving as a key liaison for utility services, partnering with internal teams and utility providers to minimize construction delays, resolve service issues, and support reliable operations
• Partnering with Real Estate or Development, and utility providers to establish reliable utility services, support easements and site requirements, and resolve utility concerns for new and existing properties
• Driving utility cost savings by managing rebate opportunities and tracking electric, gas, and water usage to support effective energy management
• Supporting emergency utility and generator responses during natural disasters by monitoring critical systems, facilitating issue resolution, and providing leadership updates to help maintain operational continuity

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Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, or equivalent analytical discipline OR equivalent combination of formal training/certification and professional work experience that demonstrates the prerequisite competence to perform the duties of this position
• 3 years’ experience in the engineering field
• Valid driver’s license to operate a company owned vehicle
• Knowledge of Utility Engineering Design

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Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, or equivalent analytical discipline
• Professional Engineer (PE) or Certified Energy Manager (CEM)
• 5 years’ Electric Utility experience in the engineering field or billing regulations
• Knowledge of Utility Rate creation
• Knowledge of Standby Generator Installation and Maintenance
• Knowledge of Publix Organizational environment, operations, and processes
• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Experience using Office 365 products

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Benefits

• Employee stock ownership plan that contributes Publix stock to associates each year at no cost
• An opportunity to purchase additional shares of our privately-held stock
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• Group health, dental and vision plans
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Short- and long-term disability insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Free hot lunches (buffet-style) at facilities with a cafeteria
• Visit our website to see all of our benefits: Benefits – Jobs (publix.com)

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Year End Bonus

As a year-end bonus to associates, Publix issues one month’s extra pay (pro-rated in the first year) each year if associate remains employed through issue date of the bonus check that year. This is calculated as a 13th month of pay in the Potential Annual Pay with Bonus line above.

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Additional Information

Your application may have additional steps that you will need to complete in order to remain eligible for consideration. Please be sure to monitor your email, including your spam folder, on a daily basis for critical, time-sensitive emails that could require action within 24-48 hours.

Please do not use your Publix email address when applying. Once your application has been successfully submitted you will receive a confirmation email.

For this position, Publix does not and will not file a petition or application with the USCIS or Department of State on behalf of any noncitizen for any immigration-related benefit to work and/or to continue to work in the United States, e.g., an H-1B or TN petition or permanent residence.

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