Locate Technician

About the role

Locate Technicians are responsible for accurately locating underground facilities including, but not limited to, telephone communication lines, electric power lines, cable television lines, gas lines, fiber optic lines, water lines, and sewer lines. This position is a key component to ensure compliance with client and state requirements.

Responsibilities

• Observe, locate, mark, and document underground and exposed utility locations using multiple methods.
• Dispatched to locate and verify for utility customers.
• Work independently or in a team environment, under assigned supervisor.
• Perform locates and emergency/on-call locates during regular, overtime, and holiday hours as necessary to meet customer needs.
• Communicate with management team, contractors, and utility customers to ensure a damage-free environment.
• Interpret job order tickets, blueprints, and maps to efficiently route and perform duties.
• Work in and walk over all types of terrain in and around construction zones and residential, commercial, industrial, and rural areas in various weather conditions.
• Use technology and tools to perform work-related duties.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalency (GED)
• State issued driver's license
• Ability to problem solve
• Read, interpret, and decipher multiple types of prints
• Vacuum truck experience

Qualifications

• Able to lift over 50 lbs
• Able to walk/stand for multiple hours a day
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to read and interpret prints at a high level
• Pass a Background screening (no violations within the last 5 years)
• Pass a DOT drug test

Skills

• Technology and tools needed
• Ability to work with others and in a supervised team environment

Benefits

• 401(k) Savings Plan (Matched by the company)
• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Term Life Insurance
• Short-Term Disability
• Long-Term Disability
• Vision Insurance
• Flexible Benefits Plan
• Flexible Spending Account
• Paid Time Off
• Health Savings Account
• Life Insurance

Pay

Details about pay are not specified in the job description.

Schedule

Details about the schedule are not specified in the job description.

Benefits

• Full-time employees are eligible to receive some form of company benefits.
• Some benefits (including health insurance) are available to regular, full-time employees who maintain an average of 30 hours worked per week.
• Qualifying employees can enjoy paid holidays and PTO.
• All benefits will be available the first of the next month following 30 days of employment.
• Benefits for full-time employees include:
• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Term Life Insurance
• Short-Term Disability
• Long-Term Disability
• Vision Insurance
• Flexible Benefits Plan
• Flexible Spending Account
• Paid Time Off
• Health Savings Account
• Life Insurance

Work Location

The job location is described as "On the road."