Subsurface Utility; SUE) Specialist

Job Description

At Haskell, you’re not just joining a company—you’re joining a nationally recognized Top Workplace where diverse perspectives and inclusive thinking drive stronger outcomes. Whether you’re starting out, growing your expertise, or leading the way, you’ll find a culture grounded in trust, driven by excellence, and built to support your goals. Here, you’ll have the opportunity, flexibility, and sense of belonging to grow your career your way—while making a real impact.

In this role, you will coordinate construction surveying layout execution, including subsurface utility locates, in an exciting and fast-paced environment, as well as supporting field laser scanning and drone operations as needed.

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Job Responsibilities:Field Duties

• Oversees the subsurface utility locate program, including coordinating front-end requests, coordination with external vendors (surveyor, vac truck, GPR, etc.), collecting as-built utility locate data of identified utilities, and final deliverables per Haskell standards.
• Oversees the establishment and implementation of job-related control points & benchmarks provided by outside surveyors.
• Confirms that Constructional Layout Specialists and Carpenter Journeyman PCEs have established additional control points correctly as necessary based on survey control.
• Executes layout per “Best Practices” related to construction surveying. These include layout, as-built data collection, equipment care/maintenance, note-keeping, and data transfer.
• Frequent travel required (approximately 80%), including performing field layout / laser scanning / drone duties, and other emerging field technologies when necessary.

Office Duties

• Identifies, troubleshoots, and seeks resolutions for field issues and discrepancies, including technical equipment issues, field best practices, and/or digital project data issues.
• Communicates with project team (project manager / superintendent / assistant superintendent) regarding job needs for upcoming subsurface utility locate work and communicate needs to VDC team.
• Reviews layout data and drawings issued from the office VDC team and help perform these duties when needed, including subsurface utility as-built drawings in Revit or AutoCAD, to support the field layout personnel.
• Performs laser scan registration, drone data processing and overlay, and other VDC/BIM related service support.
• Inspects and ensures all field equipment and accessories under personal care are in good working order.
• Contributes to decision making processes involved in field technology capital purchases.
• Attends field technology conferences as needed

Education & Years of

Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree from a college or university preferred or 3 years of similar role experience. 5+ years of construction surveying related experience and/or training; and/or equivalent combination of education and experience.

To thrive in this role, you'll need

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent attention to detail, analytical skills and problem-solving capabilities.
• General knowledge of OSHA regulations and specific knowledge of The Haskell Company code of safe practices (Division 700).
• Solid computer skills including Microsoft Office, and field layout software:
  Trimble Field Link /Access / Business Center, or similar; and laser scan software:
  Trimble Real Works, etc.
• Robotic Total Station & GPS layout equipment proficiencies:
  Trimble, Leica, Sokkia, etc.
• CAD/BIM software skills are preferred:
  Revit, AutoCAD, Civil3D, pertaining to layout and modeling.
• Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) familiarity preferred

Environmental Factors and/or

Physical Requirements:

While performing the duties of this…