Senior SUE Field Lead Technician

Safe Site Utility Services, LLC; Glendale (AZ); On-site; USD 44,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Vision and Dental Insurance

HRA

401(k) matching

PTO

Paid Holidays

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Safe Site Utility Services, LLC in Glendale, AZ is seeking a Senior SUE Quality Level A Technician / Crew Lead to own the execution, profitability, and quality of major Quality Level A projects. You will lead crews in the field and serve as the main point of contact for clients, inspectors, and project stakeholders, ensuring every deliverable is accurate, defensible, and completed safely.

Ideal candidates have foreman/crew lead experience in utility installation, underground construction, or

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.

Responsibilities

• As the senior field leader on assigned projects, you will 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 budget and schedule.
• Conduct pre-job reviews and confirm permits, traffic control, survey support, equipment, and restoration resources are available.
• Communicate directly with clients, inspectors, surveyors, project managers, and stakeholders.
• Resolve field conflicts and determine when additional investigation is necessary.
• Provide final QA/QC approval for field documentation and ensure deficiencies are corrected.
• Track scope, quantities, production, extra work, delays, and change-order support.
• Ensure final data ties back to 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

Skills

Field leadership

Scheduling

Production tracking

Client communication

Training technicians

Budget awareness

Safety focus

Outdoor work

Team management

Tools

EM locating

Field data collection apps

Job description

Safe Site Utility Services, LLC in Glendale, AZ is seeking a Senior SUE Quality Level A Technician / Crew Lead to own the execution, profitability, and quality of major Quality Level A projects. You will lead crews in the field and serve as the main point of contact for clients, inspectors, and project stakeholders, ensuring every deliverable is accurate, defensible, and completed safely.

Ideal candidates have foreman/crew lead experience in utility installation, underground construction, or