UIC Commercial Services

06/03/2026

Our employees are motivated by the impact our work has on Alaskans around the state, especially when it comes to building and improving access to health care facilities.

This example from Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation and our HC Contractors GM Travis Malin highlights what we can do when we work together to bring essential resources into our communities.

Community partnerships are helping make lifesaving care possible in Interior Alaska.

Pictured are Jeff Cook, Imaging for Impact Chair, and Travis Malin, General Manager of HC Contractors. We are incredibly grateful to HC Contractors and its parent company, UIC, for their generous support of the Hospital Foundation’s Imaging for Impact campaign. Travis is proudly matching UIC’s donation to help bring a PET-CT Scanner to Fairbanks Memorial Hospital.

This project will expand access to advanced diagnostic imaging close to home for patients and families across our region. Thank you to our business partners and community members who continue to help make this vision a reality.

If you would like to support the campaign, you can make a gift at www.fairbankshospitalfoundation.com or call (907) 458-5550.

05/07/2026

What do boat captains, environmental specialists, surveyors, and PistenBully operators have in common?

They all contribute to telecom infrastructure development in Alaska, an industry where UIC Commercial Services companies are playing a greater role.

Teams from UMIAQ Environmental, Bowhead Transport, UMIAQ Design, and UIC Oil & Gas Support are working on a range of activities: from permitting and planning to deployment and repair.

Supporting telecom infrastructure looks different for each of these companies, but through their work our employees have a common role: improving connectivity for Alaska communities.

Read more here: https://uicalaska.com/2026/05/04/developing-telecom-infrastructure-in-alaska/

05/01/2026

UMIAQ Environmental is seeking a versatile Community Planner (NEPA Specialist) to join our Anchorage-based team. This role is instrumental in driving our projects forward, ranging from long-range comprehensive planning and NEPA documentation to stakeholder engagement and business development. Our ideal candidate is a proactive professional who thrives on variety - whether they are presenting to a City Council, consulting with agencies, or tracking complex project milestones.

Learn more about UMIAQ Environmental and this career opportunity: https://uicalaska.com/our-companies/umiaq-environmental-llc/permitting-nepa-compliance/

04/28/2026

Join our team as an accountant working directly with operations and leadership on our Bowhead Transport team. This is hands-on work covering general ledger, month-end close, budgeting, forecasting, and operational accounting across vessel and logistics activities. Required: Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field along with 3+ years of accounting experience. Anchorage-based, on-site.

Apply here: https://uiccareers-uicalaska.icims.com/jobs/25068/accountant---bowhead-transport-company/job

04/20/2026

As a kid, Blake Anderson was always excited to see new development happening around him. He told himself he wanted to be a part of it someday. Now he's running a successful heavy civil construction company.

Blake was promoted to General Manager of Qayaq Construction this year, taking on strategic and operational leadership across all of the company's projects. His resume includes a lot of projects his young self would admire: ice bridge construction on the Sagavanirktok River, airport improvements in Tununak and Kiana, stretches of improved highway along the Elliott (pictured here), Dalton and Richardson highways, and the Manh Choh Access Road near Tok.

He’s looking forward to Qayaq’s future contributions to Alaska’s heavy civil landscape. “Our employees are the reason our company is so successful, and I'm fortunate to be able to lead such a great group."

Outside of work, Blake enjoys golf, camping, and spending time with his wife and two young children, pictured here on a Mother’s Day outing to Palmer’s Reindeer Farm.

Congratulations, Blake!

Read more about Blake’s background here: https://uicalaska.com/2026/04/20/qayaq-construction-names-blake-anderson-general-manager/

04/16/2026

Our UIC Oil & Gas Support teams get to see some of the most beautiful and remote country in Alaska.

These photos are from the 12 emergency fuel hauls they made from Deadhorse to Anaktuvuk Pass between January and March this year.

During an extended period of extreme temperatures, the isolated community wasn’t getting its regular air fuel deliveries. No fuel means no heat, so the UICOGS team took to the Community Winter Access Trail, fording multiple streams, sleeping in their cabs, with their progress over rough terrain ranging from just 1.5 to 5 mph!

Overall they delivered about 100,000 gallons to a community in need.

Our teams are dedicated and driven by the impact they make for Alaskans. As operations director Joe Barron puts it simply: “It’s the UIC way.”

Read the full story here: https://uicalaska.com/2026/04/15/uicogs-emergency-fuel-haul-to-anaktuvuk-pass/

04/10/2026

Bowhead Transport Company is hiring an Accountant to lead and manage accounting operations for our marine and logistics services.

The role is based on-site in Anchorage, with primary responsibility for month-end close, financial reporting, budgeting, and operational accounting tied to vessel operations, shipping contracts, and logistics.

If you bring strong accounting expertise, a bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance, and a high degree of computer literacy, we’d like to hear from you.

Apply here: https://uiccareers-uicalaska.icims.com/jobs/24967/accountant---uic-bowhead-transport%2c-llc/job

04/07/2026

A lot of what makes infrastructure projects possible in Alaska happens well before any ground is broken. UMIAQ Environmental's Emily McDonald and Josh Fortin are at the Alaska Infrastructure Development Symposium this week, representing the permitting, NEPA compliance, and GIS work that moves projects from concept through agency authorization.

On the telecom side alone, the team has helped bring improved connectivity to dozens of Alaska communities. That work means navigating environmental clearances across multiple federal agencies, building NEPA documentation, and using GIS mapping to identify potential routing conflicts early so developers have options before they're committed to a path.

It's the kind of work that doesn't make it into project photos, but it's what keeps projects on schedule.

🔗 uicalaska.com/permitting-nepa-compliance

04/06/2026

We're hiring a General Manager for UIC Oil & Gas Support, a team that gets to do something cool every single day. This is an Anchorage-based position, with operations and equipment headquartered in Deadhorse.

The General Manager has full responsibility for operations, business development, and a North Slope workforce expert in tundra travel, heavy haul, snow and ice road construction, and industry support. The company has expanded significantly over the last three years and will do approximately $20 million in business this year.

If you've run operations on the Slope, you know what this job actually means. We're looking for a creative problem solver with vision who can lead and inspire a team doing the majority of their work in extreme conditions. 12+ years of relevant experience required.

UIC Oil & Gas Support is a subsidiary of the UIC Commercial Services division of Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation, one of Alaska’s top ten companies by revenue.

Learn more about UIC Oil & Gas Support: https://bit.ly/UICOGS

See the full job description and apply: https://bit.ly/UICOGS-GM-2026

Serious candidates with specific questions: Reach out to Clayton Arterburn, UIC Commercial Services Senior Vice President: https://bit.ly/UICCS-GM-queries

04/06/2026

Bowhead Transport is one of Alaska's most distinctive marine operations. We're looking for the leader to take it further.

Our new General Manager will lead a company that moves freight and equipment across some of the most technically demanding waterways in North America: from Seattle through the Aleutians, up through Bristol Bay and western Alaska, and along the Arctic coast. Operations include line-haul ocean barging mixed with project charters, construction equipment mobilized to remote Alaska job sites, and individual vehicles delivered to Arctic communities.

The company is run by a skilled team built for Alaska's operational realities: remote sites, variable conditions, and projects that require precise ex*****on. Bowhead Transport is a subsidiary of UIC Commercial Services, a division of Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation –one of Alaska's top 10 revenue-producing corporations.

Bowhead's General Manager needs senior marine or logistics leadership experience and the ability to lead a team and drive growth in a demanding environment. 5+ years senior leadership experience required. Anchorage-based, with some travel to operational sites.

Learn more about Bowhead Transport: https://bit.ly/4tqj37D

See the full job description and apply: https://bit.ly/BT-GM-2026

For serious candidates with specific questions, reach out to Clayton Arterburn, UIC Commercial Services Senior Vice President: https://bit.ly/UICCS-GM-queries