Utility Locate Technician $23.00-$30.00/hr Columbia, Missouri
ELM Utility Services, with a team of over 1,900 employees nationwide, is offering a great opportunity for a Utility Locate Technician in the Columbia, Missouri area. Technicians are essential in their communities, ensuring gas, electric, and communication systems are dependable and well-maintained by performing high-quality utility marking to avoid damage during excavation. Our technicians use the advanced LaunchPoint software system, which incorporates the latest technology to create efficiencies.
Responsibilities
- Work independently outdoors with your company-provided vehicle as your mobile office, completing a route of locate requests each day
- Accurately, safely, and efficiently locate and mark underground utilities using marking paint, flags, and sometimes whiskers
- Use your mobile work system to receive daily tasks
- Work on-call rotation and overtime as needed, including nights and weekends
Requirements
- Ability to pass a pre-employment drug test, Motor Vehicle Record check, and background check
- High School Diploma or GED and at least 18 years of age
- Valid driver’s license
This is a safety-sensitive DOT position that must comply with all Federal Department of Transportation regulations. The use of marijuana (medical or recreational) is prohibited.
Pay
Starting wages for this position will be $23.00–$30.00 per hour, depending on experience.
Benefits
- Company vehicle, fuel card, and cell phone provided for take-home use
- Optional benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, FSA, H.S.A., and Teladoc
- Company-paid life insurance
- Paid-Time Off (PTO) for vacation and sick time (accrues up to 80 hours per full year and increases with years of service)
- 6 paid holidays
- 401(k) plan
- Boot Reimbursement Program
- Elite Performance incentives
- Bonuses for milestone anniversaries