Utility Locator
Locating - Newport News, VA
posted 4 days ago
About the position
At UtiliQuest, as a Utility Locator, you'll learn safety rules and techniques to find underground utility lines. You'll work with experienced locators, use special tools, and record findings to ensure construction projects are safe and efficient. UtiliQuest supports utility operators throughout America to prevent damages to their infrastructure. Reliably completing millions of locate requests each year assisting project owners and managers in achieving safer excavations and reducing damages to the underground infrastructure. We utilize modern technologies and skilled professionals to deliver timely, reliable, and accurate locate services to protect utility operators' infrastructure throughout America. We are committed to conducting business with the highest standards of integrity and ethics, and with abiding respect for corporate citizenship and sustainability.
Responsibilities
- Learn utility locating techniques, safety protocols and how to operate equipment
- Develop an understanding of local utility infrastructure and regulations
- Partner with experienced Locators to mark underground utility lines
- Operate utility locating equipment
- Document findings using digital mapping tools
- Perform work in all weather conditions
- Operate company vehicle in a safe manner
- Work overtime, travel, and perform on-call/afterhours responsibilities as needed
Requirements
- To be 18 years of age or older
- Authorization to work in the United States for this company
- High School Diploma, GED equivalent, or relevant work experience
- Valid State driver's license (cannot be Provisional), including an acceptable MVR record
- Physical abilities & exposures: Routinely work alone in remote locations with arms above shoulder level, operate vehicle, squeeze, fine hand motion, bend, stoop, stand, walk, lift up to 55 pounds, use keyboard and mouse and carry 3-5 lb electronic locating equipment for extended periods of time, perform work in all weather conditions
- Occasionally work in confined spaces and climb stairs, walk on uneven ground and terrain
Nice-to-haves
- Transferable or related skills for this role: Facility Maintenance, Technician, route driver, meter reading, landscaping, working outdoors, pest control, surveying, military, ready to work, underground utility locating, construction and laborer
Benefits
- Paid Training Program
- Weekly Paychecks
- Company 'take home' Vehicle and fuel card
- Work boot voucher (Red Wing)
- Paid Time Off, Parental Leave, and Holidays
- Insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance)
- 401(k) w/ Company Match
- Stock Purchase Plan
- Education Reimbursement
- Legal Insurance
- Discounts on gym memberships, pet insurance, and much more!
