Pipeline Locator (Orlando)

WHO WE ARE

Peoples Gas is the fastest growing natural gas utility in the Southeast with career opportunities that fit your future. Our organization is diverse – in people, opportunities, and careers. We foster a dynamic and inclusive workplace where safety, innovation and collaboration are at the heart of everything we do.

PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Receive and respond to excavation notices, as appropriate, adhering to company policies, and state one-call requirements utilizing an electronic locate ticket management system.
• Accurately locate and mark the location of underground assets on roadways, private property, easements, and other locations, using required spray paints, flags, and other related equipment.
• Operate electronic detection equipment to locate and mark underground pipeline facilities within prescribed accuracy limits.
• Perform light excavation with hand tools to expose buried utilities when necessary.
• Provide electronic map updates and facility record corrections to GIS team as needed.
• Assist with damaged facility investigations, root cause evaluations, data gathering, and completion of required documentation related to excavation damages.
• Build and maintain relationships with excavation contractors to reduce damages.
• Assist other employees as needed and is available for emergency locate response call-out on a rotating or as-needed basis, perform additional duties and responsibilities as assigned.

HOW YOU’LL CONTRIBUTE

• Buils Strong Collaborative Relationships.
• Cultivates Innovation and Embraces Change.
• Takes Ownership and Acts with Integrity.
• Thinks Strategically and Exercises Sound Judgement.
• Speaks up on Safety, Health, and the Environment.

WHERE AND HOW YOU WILL WORK

• Must be physically capable of indoor/outdoor manual labor.
• Must be able to work overtime including call-out duty as business needs dictate.
• Overtime work includes weekends, holidays and call-out/stand-by schedule on a rotating basis.
• Must be able to respond to emergency locate requests and/or other business needs within divisional guidelines and work outdoors for extended periods of time.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS/ REQUIREMENTS

• Must be able to wear appropriate personal protective equipment for work assigned.
• Must be able to ascend/descend ladders, stairs and the like using feet, legs, hands, and arms.
• Must be able to maintain balance when walking, standing, or crouching, on/in narrow or slippery surfaces and/or spaces.
• Must be able to independently operate a motor vehicle in a safe manner.
• Must be able to independently enter/exit a motor vehicle as required during an eight-hour shift.
• Must be able to bend and/or stoop requiring full use of the lower extremities and back muscles.
• Must be able to kneel and or crouch by bending legs at knees to come to rest at knees and bending body downward and forward by bending legs and spine.
• Must be able to walk, stand or sit for extended periods of time.
• Must be able to grasp/handle small hand tools and other objects by applying pressure with fingers and palms.
• Must be able to work primarily with fingers (pinching, picking, etc.) rather than using the whole hand or arm.
• Must be able to pull, push, lift and carry objects weighing up to 100 lbs.
• Must have vision correctable to 20/40.
• Must not have an average hearing loss greater than 40 decibels in the better ear at frequencies of 500, 1000 and 2000 with or without a hearing aid.
• Must be able to smell gas odorant in normal concentrations.
• Must be able to perform repetitive motions by extending arms and hands in any direction with substantial movement of wrists, hands, and fingers.
• Must be able to rotate and revolve body (twist) as to face in another direction.
• Must be physically capable of indoor/outdoor manual labor.

Incident Response Assignment

Our community relies on Peoples Gas to respond swiftly and effectively to all types of incidents, including but not limited to major storm events (e.g., extreme cold, tropical storms, hurricanes), gas leaks, equipment failures, environmental hazards, and other emergencies that may impact public safety or service continuity.