Lead Locate Technician

Lead Locate Technician

Job Description:

The Lead Technician is responsible for leading a group of assigned employees within their team, while maintaining and protecting their area of coverage and following company policies and safety regulations. Lead Locate Technician is 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 and assisting with leading the team to accomplish the same goal.

This position is a key component to ensure that the area is complying with client and state requirements. Service duties include observing, locating, marking, and documenting underground and exposed utility locations. Understanding of doing so, using multiple methods is required. Locating technicians will be dispatched to locate and verify for utility customers. Grid Hawk LLC is an equal opportunity employer.

All employees can advance within the company, based on satisfactory performance.

• Oversee daily scheduling of contractors and sub-contractors
• Route tickets to ensure optimized efficiency
• Game plan to achieve daily production targets, provide help if needed
• Review prior day's documents and reports
• Review daily expectations and safety messages and adjust as needed
• Auditing documents
• Ensuring all documents correctly comply with client's regulations
• Establish client quality assurance (resolve any problems if needed)
• Ensure all team members timesheets are correct and team members are accounted for
• Locate underground facilities by using a transmitter and hooking up to a buried facility, pedestal etc.
• Works in and walks over all types of terrain in and around construction zones and residential, commercial, industrial and rural areas in all types of weather conditions.
• Interpret job order tickets, blueprints and maps to efficiently route and perform duties.
• Perform locates and emergency/on-call locates during regular, overtime and holiday hours as necessary to meet customer needs.
• Perform all work in a timely, professional and efficient manner while effectively communicating and interacting with customers, co-employees and third parties
• Communicate with management team, contractor and utility customer to ensure a damage free environment
• Knowledge of technology and tools needed
• Ability to work with others and in a supervised team environment

• In order to obtain employment with Grid Hawk LLC, candidates must complete a background check. Company policy requires no violations within the last 3 years.
• Candidates must also take and pass a DOT drug test.
• High School Diploma or equivalency (GED)
• Multiple years of utility locating experience
• Documentation of excellent quality ratio within the locating industry
• Knowledge and experience using multiple types of utility locating equipment
• Ability to problem solve
• Ability to read, interpret, and decipher multiple types of prints
• Vacuum truck experience A+
• Ability to lift over 50 lbs
• Ability to walk/stand for multiple hours a day
• Excellent communication skills needed
• Pass a Background screening (no violations within the last 3 years)
• Pass a DOT drug test

• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Term life Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Flexible Benefits Plan
• 401(k) Savings Plan (Matched by the company)
• Paid holidays and PTO after 30 days of employment

Full‑time

Gadsden, AL

All employees are assigned proper technology and work vehicles in order to perform all work‑related duties. We will provide you the tools you need to achieve, including:
Company vehicle, laptop and smartphone, all personal protective equipment provided.

Job Type: Full‑time

Salary: $50,000.00–$90,000.00 (varies based on experience)