Utility Locator

First review of applications will be Monday, December 29th, 2025.

A Utility Locator identifies, locates, and marks the location of City of Mesa subsurface utilities in order to minimize accidental damage or disruption of service due to construction excavation activities.

Perform a variety of skilled and semi‑skilled activities to facilitate safe excavation, including:

• Natural gas (high‑pressure gas, regulator stations, vaults)
• Electric primary and secondary lines (J‑boxes, vaults)
• Water lines, gas and water valves (including electronic markers)
• Wastewater lines
• e‑Streets fiber (J‑boxes, vaults)
• Reclaim water system, chilled water/district cooling system
• Storm water collection system, streetlights, and traffic signals (fiber optic, telephone, loop components)

Also perform “checks and wraps” gas line inspections and gas pipeline repairs as necessary in association with contractor gas line repair activities.

Identify short circuits in a gas cathodic protection system and perform repairs to tracer wire shorts in the gas system.

Work independently, exercising considerable initiative and independent judgment to accurately interpret readings from specialized electronic equipment.

Read and interpret electronic quarter section and plat maps to locate utility lines.

Operate in hazardous traffic environments, using appropriate safety equipment and procedures.

Use computers and specialized, sensitive electronic equipment for locating utilities in the right‑of‑way and utility easement.

Supervised by the Utility Locator Supervisor through meetings, conferences, and reports on volume and timeliness of locates, problems encountered, and overall results achieved. This position is FLSA non‑exempt and is subject to emergency call‑out, stand‑by, and overtime as required.

All employees of the City of Mesa are expected to uphold and exhibit the City’s shared employee values of Knowledge, Respect, and Integrity.

• High school graduation or GED.
• Two years of full‑time employment in underground or utility construction‑related work involving some responsibility for reading and interpreting project plans, blueprints, electronic quarter section and plat maps, or related materials; OR two years of full‑time employment using electronic locating devices.
• Valid Class D Arizona Driver’s License by hire or promotion date.

• Personal computer (PC) experience.
• Experience using electronic locating devices.

• Substance Abuse Testing: PHMSA drug and alcohol testing as outlined in 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 199.