SUE A Technician III
About The Position
Safe Site Utility Services is seeking a SUE Quality Level A Technician III in Glendale, Arizona. This role is ideal for individuals with experience managing crews in utility installation, underground construction, or excavation. The technician will be responsible for planning, locating, and laying out small projects, handling challenging test holes, and ensuring the accuracy of crew-delivered records. The position involves limited oversight, with the technician responsible for keeping projects on budget and on schedule, and also for developing junior technicians. The company is particularly interested in foremen and crew leads from various utility sectors. While SUE experience is not required, the company will provide training on Quality Level A methods, locating, and documentation. Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) is a process to identify, map, and manage underground utilities during planning and design, going beyond standard locating by verifying positions, assigning quality levels, and integrating data into engineering workflows to improve decision-making and reduce pre-construction uncertainty.
Requirements
- Demonstrated ability to independently complete and document Quality Level A work at the Technician II level or equivalent
- Experience with electromagnetic (EM) utility locating and reading utility and construction plans
- Experience working in complex conditions such as congested corridors, deep excavations, and multiple-utility crossings
- Strong organizational skills for tracking production, quantities, and delays
- Ability to train, coach, and evaluate less experienced technicians
- Clear and professional communication skills
- 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
- Ability to occasionally travel out of town and work overtime
- Ability to walk long distances of several miles daily
- Ability to sometimes lift heavy equipment up to 80 lbs.
Nice To Haves
- Experience as a foreman or crew lead in utility installation, underground construction, excavation, pipeline, gas, telecom, electric, water, sewer, or similar utility work
- Experience planning the day's work, managing a crew, coordinating activities in the field, and being accountable for production
Responsibilities
- Independently plan, locate, and lay out assigned projects
- Plan daily field production and adjust resources to keep projects within the established field budget and schedule
- Handle congested corridors, multiple utilities, deep excavations, and unusual utility configurations
- Review plans and identify potential conflicts before excavation
- Perform field-level QA/QC before the crew leaves the site
- Conduct QA/QC of all project field documentation, regardless of who completed it
- Verify that test-hole numbers, ribbon numbers, photographs, and documentation software records correspond
- Properly document inaccessible or unverified test holes and escalate them for up-line assistance before reporting them as unsuccessful
- Track daily quantities, production, delays, and additional work
- Assist with change-order documentation and supporting information
- Train and evaluate Technician I and Technician II employees
- Act as crew lead as needed and assigned
- Follow traffic-control, excavation, confined-space, and general jobsite safety requirements
- Represent Safe Site professionally on client jobsites
Benefits
- Medical, Vision and Dental Insurance
- Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA)
- 401(k) matching
- PTO
- Paid Holidays
- Employee Assistance Program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
