About the role
Pay: $32.00 to $38.00 per hour
Description
Summary/Objective
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Ready to own a project from start to finish? Join Safe Site Utility Services in Glendale, Arizona as a Senior SUE Quality Level A Technician / Crew Lead. You'll be responsible for the complete execution, profitability, and quality of assigned Quality Level A projects, leading crews in the field and serving as a key point of contact for clients, inspectors, and project stakeholders. Your leadership ensures every deliverable is accurate, defensible, and completed safely.
This role is built for experienced foremen and crew leads from utility installation, underground construction, excavation, pipeline, gas, telecom, electric, water, sewer, or similar utility work. If you've planned and sequenced field work, managed crews and equipment, coordinated with inspectors and other trades, and been accountable for production and project results, we want to hear from you. SUE experience is not required. Strong field leadership is hard to find, and we'll teach you the SUE side of the work.
What is SUE?
Subsurface Utility Engineering is a structured process used to identify, map, and manage underground utilities during the planning and design phases.
Unlike standard utility locating, SUE goes further by:
verifying utility positions using multiple detection methods
assigning quality levels to each finding
integrating accurate data into engineering and design workflows
Because of this approach, SUE improves decision-making and significantly reduces uncertainty before construction begins.
Duties & Responsibilities:
As the senior field leader on assigned projects, you will:
Independently plan, locate, and lay out large or complex projects
Lead multiple crews or complex Quality Level A assignments
Manage field production, staffing, and resources to keep large or complex projects within the established budget and schedule
Conduct pre-job reviews and confirm that required plans, permits, traffic control, survey support, equipment, and restoration resources are available
Communicate directly with clients, inspectors, surveyors, project managers, and other project stakeholders
Resolve field conflicts and determine when additional investigation is necessary
Provide final QA/QC approval for field documentation across assigned crews and projects, and ensure deficiencies are corrected before submission
Track scope, quantities, production, extra work, delays, and change-order support
Ensure final data can be tied back to the correct test hole, field identifier, and survey location
Train technicians and sign off on competency evaluations
Maintain responsibility for field safety, quality, productivity, profitability, and customer communication
Represent Safe Site professionally on client jobsites
Required Qualifications
Experience leading field crews, including scheduling, resource management, and production tracking
Strong working knowledge of SUE quality levels, EM locating, plan review, and test-hole documentation standards
Familiarity with permits, traffic control, and survey coordination
Excellent communication skills with clients, inspectors, and project stakeholders
Ability to train, evaluate, and develop technicians
Understanding of project budgets, change orders, and field profitability
Proficiency with computers, smartphone/tablet-based data collection, and field documentation software
Commitment to safety for yourself, your crew, and the public
Comfortable working outdoors year-round, including in Arizona summer heat
Valid driver's license and clean driving record
Need to be able to occasionally travel out of town and work overtime.
Should be able to walk long distances of several miles daily.
Will sometimes be lifting heavy equipment up to 80 lbs.
Compensation:
Pay Type: Hourly Pay Range: $32.00 - $38.00 / hour Benefits:
Medical, Vision and Dental Insurance Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA) 401(k) matching PTO Paid Holidays Employee Assistance Program This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice. In compliance with federal and state equal opportunity employment laws, Safe Site Utility Services is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate regarding race, color, national origin, religion, disability, age, or gender.