Utility Pole Inspection & Treatment Crew Foreman

United Utility Power Services, LLC; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 36,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Company-paid holidays

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

Job summary

United Utility Services is hiring a Utility Pole Inspection & Treatment Crew Foreman to lead a field crew in inspecting and treating wooden utility poles. The Foreman directs daily operations, ensures safety and quality, and maintains documentation and equipment readiness.

Travel to multiple job sites and hands-on inspection work are expected, with supervision of crew members, adherence to client specs and regulatory requirements, and coaching to uphold performance standards.

Qualifications

• Minimum one year direct experience in assessment and treatment of wood utility poles.
• Competency in sounding, boring, excavation, decay assessment, treatment, restoration, and pole-level documentation.
• Complete safety, assessment, preservative-handling, and competency testing per company standards.
• Meet client/state pesticide/applicator requirements for duties.
• Ability to lead a field crew while balancing safety, quality, productivity, and cost; valid driver's license required.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily field execution for crew; organize work and briefings.
• Perform visual assessment, sounding, boring, decay evaluation, treatment, and documentation.
• Ensure compliance with client specs and procedures.
• Perform in-process and end-of-day checks of data and records.
• Coach crew members and enforce trained scope.
• Maintain trucks, tools, materials, PPE, inventory in ready condition.
• Enforce 811/One Call, OSHA, DOT, safety, and environmental rules.
• Escalate issues to Pole Inspection Supervisor.

Skills

Leadership

Crew supervision

Safety awareness

Field assessment

Education

State pesticide/applicator license (wood-pole)

Driver's license

Safety training certification

Job description

Utility Pole Inspection & Treatment Crew Foreman

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About Us

Welcome to United Utility Services, a dynamic player in the electric utility industry. As a trailblazer, we provide comprehensive and innovative offerings that bolster power infrastructure investments across the U.S. We proudly serve as the parent company to industry-leading utility service contractors specializing in transmission, substation, distribution, and grid hardening projects. Our Core Values are clear and simple: Safety, Quality, Integrity, and Professionalism. At United Utility Services, we craft power delivery solutions – built safe, engineered smart, and driven by what customers demand – fueling communities with reliable energy. We are the best-in-class, trusted partner delivering customer-centric Power Delivery Construction and Engineering solutions.

The salary for this position is $26-$31 per hour. Final compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and overall fit for the role.

Location: Hiring for multiple locations (North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Denver and New Mexico)

Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance; Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options where applicable; 401(k) with company match; paid time off; company-paid holidays; and short and long-term disability.

Internal Employee Notice:
This opportunity is being communicated internally in accordance with the Company’s Recruiting Transparency and Opportunity Notice process.
Current employees are encouraged to apply through our careers page at https://unitedutility.com/careers

About the Role

The Pole Inspection & Treatment Crew Foreman is the working field lead for a utility pole inspection and treatment crew. The Foreman directs daily crew execution while performing qualified assessment and treatment work and is accountable for crew safety, productivity, quality, customer-specification compliance, field documentation, truck/material readiness, and coaching. The Foreman reports directly to the Pole Inspection Supervisor.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead daily field execution for assigned Crewmen and Inspectors; organize work, conduct job briefings, assign tasks, and maintain safe and productive crew operations.
• Perform and oversee qualified visual assessment, sounding, boring, excavation, decay evaluation, treatment, restoration, tagging, and pole-level documentation.
• Ensure crew decisions, treatment actions, data records, and completed work comply with current client specifications and approved company procedures.
• Perform routine in-process and end-of-day checks of photographs, measurements, GPS/location data, condition codes, treatment records, tags, and notes before submission.
• Coach crew members, reinforce approved work methods, and ensure personnel perform only work for which they are trained, qualified, and authorized.
• Maintain truck, tools, treatment materials, PPE, inventory, and field supplies in a safe, organized, and production-ready condition.
• Enforce applicable 811/One Call, ground-disturbance, OSHA, DOT, electrical-safety, traffic-control, environmental, pesticide, and stop-work requirements.
• Escalate critical rejects, unusual conditions, access issues, quality concerns, scope questions, and conditions outside crew authority to the Pole Inspection Supervisor.

Key Qualifications

• Minimum one (1) year of direct experience in the assessment and treatment of wood utility poles; additional experience is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated competency in sounding, boring, excavation, decay assessment, treatment, restoration, and pole-level documentation.
• Successful completion of company-approved safety, assessment, preservative-handling, and competency testing.
• Meet applicable client and state requirements for pesticide/commercial applicator qualification for assigned duties and jurisdiction.
• Ability to lead a field crew while balancing safety, quality, productivity, crew development, and cost awareness; valid driver's license required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior foreman, crew-lead, trainer, or senior assessment-technician experience.
• Current state pesticide/applicator license applicable to wood-pole treatment.
• Experience with PAPR, groundline inspection, pole-life-extension, formal QC, 811/One Call, damage prevention, or utility locating.

This is a working Foreman position with regular hands-on inspection and treatment duties in addition to crew leadership. Work involves frequent walking, digging, kneeling, bending, uneven terrain, roadside environments, customer properties, outdoor weather, vegetation, insects, and energized utility environments. Regional travel and overnight field rotations may be required.

Application Deadline:
This posting will remain open for a minimum of five (5) calendar days. The Company reserves the right to extend or close the posting based on business needs and applicable policy requirements.
Important Information:
Applicants may be asked:
“Are you currently employed by the Company?”
For standard external opportunities, this question is used for applicant classification, reporting, and workforce analytics purposes only.

We do not accept unsolicited resumes or candidate submissions from third-party recruiters or staffing firms. Resumes submitted without a signed, written agreement with the Company and outside the approved HR/Recruiter process will not be reviewed or considered, and the Company will not be responsible for any associated fees.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disabled and veterans.