Locate Technician

Locate Technician – Grid Hawk LLC

Job Description

Locate Technicians are responsible for accurately locating underground facilities including telephone communication lines, electric power lines, cable television lines, gas lines, fiber optic lines, water lines, and sewer lines. 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 how to do this using multiple methods is required.

The locating technician will be dispatched to locate and verify for utility customers. The technician can work independently or in a team environment, under the assigned supervisor.

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

• Locate underground facilities by using a transmitter and hooking up to a buried facility, pedestal, etc.
• Work in all types of terrain and conditions, including construction zones, residential, commercial, industrial, and rural areas.
• 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.
• Perform all work in a timely, professional and efficient manner while effectively communicating with customers, co‑employees and third parties.
• Communicate with management team, contractor and utility customer to ensure a damage‑free environment.
• Apply knowledge of technology and tools needed for locating.
• Work with others in a supervised team environment.

• 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.
• Vacuum truck experience A+.
• Ability to lift over 50 lbs.
• Ability to walk/stand for multiple hours a day.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Pass a background screening with no violations within the last 5 years.
• Pass a DOT drug test.

• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Term Life Insurance
• Short‑Term Disability
• Long‑Term Disability
• Vision Insurance
• Flexible Benefits Plan
• 401(k) Savings Plan (Matched by the company)

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

On the road

Full‑time

Entry level

• Candidate must complete a background check with no violations within the last 5 years.
• Candidate must take and pass a DOT drug test.