Service Line Manager, Underground Maintenance & Installation

Location: Dallas, TX (Texas-first regional scope)

Compensation: $200,000 – $250,000 base + performance incentives + full benefits

About The Opportunity

We are partnering with a rapidly scaling industrial services organization to build out its Underground Maintenance & Installation (UMI) leadership capability across Texas and the broader South region. This organization has established a strong foundation in mission-critical and industrial services and is actively expanding into complementary service lines to support large-scale infrastructure, energy, and facility development.

This role sits at the center of that expansion. As the Service Line Manager for Underground Maintenance & Installation, you will be responsible for building and scaling a high-performance underground execution capability across pipeline systems, water and wastewater infrastructure, dry utilities, integrity digs, hydrostatic testing, and abandonment work. This is a field-forward leadership role designed for an operator who can translate deep underground expertise into repeatable, scalable execution.

This is not a maintenance or oversight role—it is a build mandate. You will play a critical role in shaping how underground work is delivered across the region, partnering with leadership to establish a disciplined, high-performing service line that can scale with the company’s rapid growth trajectory.

You Will Do

• Stand up and scale the Underground Maintenance & Installation service line within your first 6–12 months, establishing a repeatable execution model aligned with company operating standards
• Deploy and lead multiple underground crews across concurrent projects, consistently achieving or exceeding labor productivity targets (earned vs. burned hours)
• Build and develop a high-performing field leadership bench (superintendents, foremen, crew leads) capable of supporting regional growth and multi-project execution
• Translate estimates into executable field strategies, including crew sizing, trenching and excavation sequencing, equipment planning, and schedule commitments
• Lead day-to-day field operations across trenching, excavation, duct banks, pipeline installation, water/wastewater systems, and underground utilities
• Execute specialized underground scopes including pigging, hydrostatic testing, anomaly integrity digs, and pipeline abandonments
• Implement disciplined production tracking and reporting across labor hours, installed quantities, schedule variance, and risk identification
• Partner closely with Area Managers to align staffing, backlog, and financial performance while protecting margin and delivery commitments
• Support preconstruction and estimating efforts by validating constructability, identifying execution risks, and aligning production assumptions with real-world field conditions
• Proactively identify underground execution risks—such as soil conditions, utility conflicts, and excavation hazards—and drive mitigation and recovery plans
• Champion a safety-first culture specific to underground operations, ensuring compliance with excavation safety, trench protection, and environmental standards
• Help shape and scale a growing service line in a fast-paced environment where structure is evolving—turning complexity into operational clarity and performance

What We Are Looking For

• 10–15+ years of experience in underground utilities, pipeline construction, or industrial infrastructure with deep field execution expertise
• Proven leadership managing multi-crew operations across multiple concurrent underground projects (trenching, excavation, utilities, pipeline work
• Strong ability to translate plans and estimates into executable field strategies, including crew sizing, sequencing, and production tracking
• Demonstrated experience building and developing field leadership teams (superintendents, foremen, and crew leads)
• Working knowledge of excavation safety, trench protection systems, soil conditions, and underground utility coordination
• Hands-on experience with pipeline-related scopes such as hydrostatic testing, pigging, integrity digs, or abandonments
• Experience operating in fast-growth or build-out environments where structure is evolving and scalability is required
• Strong communication skills and leadership presence in field environments, with the ability to align teams and drive accountability

Preferred:

• Experience supporting preconstruction, estimating, or constructability validation
• Exposure to industrial, energy, or mission-critical project environments

If you’re excited about this role but don’t meet every qualification, we still encourage you to apply.

Why This Role Stands Out

• Opportunity to build and own a high-impact underground service line from the ground up within a rapidly growing industrial platform
• Highly competitive compensation structure with performance incentives and significant long-term growth potential
• Direct visibility and influence with regional leadership, shaping strategy, execution, and expansion across the South

Workspire Insight

At Workspire, we partner exclusively with organizations that value experienced leadership, operational discipline, and long term investment in talent. Every opportunity we represent is vetted for impact, advancement potential, and cultural alignment because where and how you work matters.

EEO Statement

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