Still in the field. Now you’re the reason it’s safer.
Crew Development & Safety Specialist
Alpha Omega Utility Services — a member of SPE Group — is hiring a Crew Development & Safety Specialist. You already know which jobs almost went wrong. This is your shot at making sure the next crew goes home. Field-based across Michigan, backed for the long haul. No desk. No classroom. Still climbing when it’s needed.
Strengthening the Utility Workforce
Alpha Omega Utility Services, a member of SPE Group, exists to strengthen the utility workforce through practical safety training, field coaching, operational support, and real-world crew development.
AOUS partners with municipalities, utilities, contractors, and educational institutions to help build safer, stronger, and more prepared utility teams. Our work is rooted in field experience, practical instruction, and a deep respect for the men and women who keep communities powered.
As a Christ-centered organization, AOUS values integrity, servant leadership, accountability, humility, and continuous improvement. We believe safety is more than compliance. It is culture, leadership, preparation, communication, and care for the people working beside you.
Coach. Train. Support. In the Field.
The AOUS Crew Development & Safety Specialist is a field-based role designed for an experienced utility professional who can coach, train, observe, and support crews in real-world working environments.
This position works directly with municipal and utility crews to reinforce safe work practices, strengthen communication, improve field execution, and support the development of safety-minded lineworkers and crew leaders.
This is not a traditional classroom-only training role. The right candidate will be comfortable in the field, on job sites, around crews, and in changing operational environments. This role requires regional travel, outdoor work, flexible scheduling, and the ability to build trust with both field personnel and leadership teams.
We’re Not Training You to Do the Job. You Already Did It.
This isn’t a way off the tools. It’s the rare way to stay in the work you respect — while your hard-won judgment finally starts protecting every crew you touch, not just your own.
- Stay in the field you respect — coach on active jobsites, substations, and training yards, not from a desk or a classroom.
- Your years are the qualification, not a hurdle — DOL Journeyman, 3+ post-journey years, CDL-A and DOT Medical make you respected here on day one.
- Multiply your judgment — one set of hands protects one crew; your coaching protects every crew you touch across Michigan, so everybody goes home.
- Coach as a peer in a servant-leadership culture — guide crew-to-crew without talking down, with integrity, humility, and accountability.
- Backed by SPE Group — a stable, full-time, benefit-carrying seat that keeps you home in Michigan instead of chasing the next contract or storm.
- Leave a legacy — every briefing you sharpen and every apprentice you steady is a hazard that never becomes a headline, long after your last climb.
What You’ll Do
Crew Development & Field Coaching
- Conduct field observations during overhead, underground, substation, excavation, and related utility operations.
- Provide coaching focused on safety, job planning, communication, efficiency, situational awareness, and decision-making.
- Identify gaps in safety practices, field execution, crew readiness, and operational procedures.
- Help crews strengthen job briefings, hazard recognition, and communication before and during work.
- Support apprentices, journeymen, crew leaders, and supervisors with practical guidance rooted in real utility experience.
- Encourage a culture where safety, accountability, and professionalism are expected and modeled.
Safety Training & Practical Instruction
Help deliver and support training on topics such as:
- Job briefings and hazard recognition
- PPE use and inspection
- Protective grounding
- Switching and clearance procedures
- Excavation safety
- Confined space awareness and safety
- Pole top rescue
- Bucket rescue
- Chipper safety
- Chainsaw safety
- Traffic control and work zone safety
- Equipment inspections and operational readiness
- General field safety and crew communication
Customer & Operational Support
- Build strong relationships with supervisors, crew leaders, apprentices, management personnel, and customer contacts.
- Assist with scheduling and coordination of customer training programs.
- Support the development of field guides, toolbox talks, checklists, safety procedures, and training materials.
- Provide written observations, recommendations, and follow-up notes after field visits when appropriate.
- Represent AOUS with professionalism, humility, and a solutions-focused mindset.
- Help customers improve not only safety compliance, but also crew confidence, communication, and operational readiness.
What It Takes
Required
- Department of Labor-certified Journeyman Lineworker.
- Minimum of 3 years of post-journey lineworker experience.
- CDL Class A license.
- Valid Michigan driver’s license.
- Current DOT Medical Certification.
- Strong understanding of utility operations, safety standards, energized work practices, and field procedures.
- Clear, respectful communication with field crews and management.
- Comfortable working outdoors in varying weather and active jobsites.
- Ability to travel regionally throughout Michigan and surrounding areas.
- Willingness to work non-traditional hours as needed.
Preferred
- Previous safety, training, or instructional experience.
- Experience leading crews or mentoring apprentices.
- CPR and First Aid Certification.
- Experience with municipal utilities or public power systems.
- Experience supporting apprentices, training programs, or workforce development initiatives.
- Strong writing skills for field notes, observations, training summaries, and customer recommendations.
Physical Expectations
This is a field-based position with regular travel and hands-on participation at active jobsites, training yards, substations, municipal facilities, customer locations, and outdoor field settings. Candidates must be capable of:
- Climbing utility poles and demonstrating field techniques when needed.
- Lifting, loading, unloading, and moving training equipment and materials.
- Standing, walking, bending, climbing, and working outdoors for extended periods.
- Working in changing weather conditions.
- Adapting to early mornings, evenings, extended days, or non-traditional hours as customer needs require.
- Maintaining a professional and safety-focused presence in active field environments.
Earned Credibility. Ready to Develop Others.
- A respected utility professional who understands real-world crew operations.
- A clear communicator who can coach without talking down to others.
- A practical problem solver who can assess situations quickly and offer useful guidance.
- A safety-minded leader who believes good habits are built through consistency, accountability, and example.
- Someone who moves comfortably between the field, the training yard, and conversations with management.
- A servant leader who takes pride in helping others become safer, stronger, and more prepared.
Why This Role Matters
Utility work is demanding, high-risk, and essential to the communities we serve. The Crew Development & Safety Specialist plays a direct role in helping crews improve safety, judgment, communication, and field execution.
You already know which jobs almost went wrong. In this role, that judgment stops protecting one crew and starts protecting every crew you touch across Michigan. Every job briefing you sharpen is a guy who makes it home.
At AOUS, this work matters because safer crews build stronger systems, stronger communities, and a better future for the utility industry. Everybody goes home.
Start Your Application
A few quick questions confirm the credentials, then tell us about your time in the field. If you’re a DOL-certified Journeyman with the trucks, the climbs, and the years behind you, we want to talk.