Line Locator

# Line Locator location _onCovington, LA, USAcalendar _today

Posted November 11, 2026

Req #7794

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Job Description Uniti is a
** premier insurgent fiber provider
** dedicated to enabling mission-critical connectivity across the United States.

With a steadfast commitment to customer service, operational excellence, and superior network capabilities, Uniti
** builds, operates and delivers critical fiber-based communications services to connect and empower people and businesses**.
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* About the Role:

** The Utility Line Locator / Locate Technician is responsible for protecting underground and aerial fiber optic infrastructure by identifying, locating, and marking existing telecommunications facilities before excavation or construction begins. This role supports damage prevention, service continuity, and regulatory compliance by responding to locate requests, reviewing excavation notices, traveling to job sites, and marking fiber routes in the field for contractors, municipalities, utilities, and private parties performing work near carrier facilities.*
* * This is an on-site position located in the vincinity of Covington, LA.
**** What You'll Do:
*** Receive and respond to utility locate tickets involving excavation, boring, trenching, drainage work, road construction, utility pole replacement, gas installation, water repairs, sewer work, traffic signal work, and fiber installation activities near fiber facilities.
* Locate and mark underground fiber optic routes and related telecom infrastructure in accordance with ticket requirements and applicable damage prevention standards.
* Interpret one-call tickets and field descriptions to determine work scope, address ranges, intersections, and potential conflict points affecting carrier facilities.
* Use locating equipment, route knowledge, maps, prints, and field evidence to identify existing facilities and verify path continuity.
* Document locate completion details, including request number, date of work, time on site, work code, and billing or invoice references where applicable.
* Support construction and maintenance activity around Uniti fiber routes for third-party work such as roadway construction, drainage improvements, utility pole and anchor replacement, gas main installation, guardrail installation, sign installation, boring, and excavation.
* Respond to emergency tickets involving damaged or threatened infrastructure, including emergency repair situations related to water, gas, electric, and fiber conflicts.
* Coordinate professionally with contractors, municipalities, utility companies, state agencies, private property owners, and internal operations personnel.
* Help protect network reliability by ensuring fiber facilities are accurately identified before excavation and by supporting repair or restoration efforts when facilities are impacted. IFN is described as responsible for continual monitoring, fault location, and repair/restoration of cable infrastructure, which aligns with the damage-prevention purpose of field locating activity.
** Typical Work Environment
*** Daily travel to field locations across multiple parishes, municipalities, roads, intersections, and private or commercial sites.
* Outdoor work in varying weather and site conditions, including roadways, ditches, utility corridors, construction sites, industrial areas, residential neighborhoods, and commercial developments.
* Work may include after-hours, emergency, and time-sensitive response requirements. Emergency and after-hours activity is shown in multiple tickets with EMERGENCY, AH, and EMLN work codes.
** Do You Have:
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