Locate Technician

Job Title

Locate Technician at Grid Hawk LLC

Locate Technicians are responsible for accurately locating underground facilities including, but not limited to, telephone, electric power, cable television, gas, fiber optic, water, and sewer lines. This position is key to ensuring compliance with client and state requirements. The role involves observing, locating, marking, and documenting underground and exposed utility locations using multiple methods.

Technicians work independently or as part of a team under supervision, requiring focus, skill, and the use of machinery and tools.

Grid Hawk LLC is an equal‑opportunity employer. All employees can advance within the company based on performance and satisfactory conduct.

• Accurately locate underground facilities (telephone, electric, cable TV, gas, fiber optic, water, sewer lines).
• Observe, locate, mark, and document underground and exposed utility locations.
• Use a transmitter and hook‑up equipment to identify buried facilities.
• Navigate varied terrain in construction zones and residential, commercial, industrial, and rural areas in all 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.
• Communicate effectively with customers, teammates, contractors, and management to ensure a damage‑free environment.
• Maintain proper technology and work vehicles to perform all work‑related duties.

• High School Diploma or equivalency (GED).
• State‑issued driver’s license.
• Ability to problem‑solve.
• Ability to read, interpret, and decipher multiple types of prints.
• Experience with utility locating (1 year preferred).
• Ability to lift over 50 lbs and walk/stand for multiple hours a day.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Pass a background screening (no violations within the last 5 years).
• Pass a DOT drug test.

All employees are eligible to receive company benefits. Full‑time employees maintaining an average of 30 hours per week are eligible for health insurance, dental insurance, term life insurance, short‑term and long‑term disability, vision insurance, flexible benefits plan, and a 401(k) savings plan matched by the company. Benefits become available the first of the month following 30 days of employment.

• 401(k) – company matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

• 10‑hour shift
• Monday to Friday
• On call
• Weekends as needed

On the road

Entry level

Full‑time

Engineering and Information Technology

Utilities

Grid Hawk LLC is an equal opportunity employer. All employees can advance within the company, based on performance and satisfactory conduct.

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