Electrical Layout​/Station Operator

About Us

We provide full‑scale electrical design‑build, installation, maintenance, repair, and retrofit services for commercial and industrial clients in a wide range of markets.

Wasatch Electric is a subsidiary of publicly traded EMCOR Group Inc. and has been serving the community since 1919. The Company provides full‑scale electrical design‑build, installation, maintenance, repair, and retrofit services for a wide range of markets. Wasatch Electric has been built on a commitment to our customers, our employees, and the communities we serve. Wasatch Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

This role is responsible for precise field layout, verification, and as‑built documentation using total stations and related surveying/ layout technology. The ideal candidate understands electrical construction drawings, is comfortable working independently in the field, and can coordinate closely with foremen, project managers, and general contractor survey control.

• Operate total stations (GT‑703 or similar) to perform electrical layout for underground conduit and duct banks, stub‑ups and embeds, equipment pads, anchor bolts, and housekeeping pads, switch gear, transformers, generators, and MCCs.
• Establish layout using GC‑provided control points and benchmarks.
• Verify horizontal and vertical elevations prior to concrete pours and equipment setting.

• Coordinate layout with BIM/VDC models, electrical drawings, and site plans.
• Work with foremen and crews to ensure accurate placement and clearances.
• Identify and communicate conflicts or discrepancies before installation.
• Support multi‑trade coordination efforts on large projects.

• Capture installed conditions for as‑built drawings.
• Maintain organized layout data and field notes.
• Assist project teams with turnover documentation when required.

• Maintain and care for surveying equipment.
• Perform routine checks for accuracy and calibration.
• Follow company safety policies and jobsite procedures at all times.

• Ability to read and interpret electrical plans and specifications, site and civil drawings, BIM or coordinated layout drawings.
• Proficiency with basic data transfer (USB, SD card, or Bluetooth).

• 2+ years of experience operating total stations in construction layout.
• Experience with electrical construction (commercial, industrial, or data center preferred) or other types of construction.
• Experience on data centers, industrial plants, or large commercial projects.
• Familiarity with BIM/VDC workflows (Revit, Trimble, etc.).
• Survey or construction layout training or certification.

• Total stations (GT‑703 or equivalent).
• Construction layout software and field controllers.
• BIM/VDC coordination models.
• Standard electrical hand tools and PPE.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, see, talk, and hear. The employee is regularly required to stand and walk for an extended period. The employee is regularly required to use hands and fingers to manipulate or feel objects, tools, or controls. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

The employee may work in an office environment, construction site office trailer, or on a construction job site during construction operation hours. Some duties in this position may be performed under periodically disagreeable working conditions typical of a construction jobsite including working outdoors at times in inclement weather, exposure to water, dust, dirt, grease, paint fumes, chemicals, and equipment noise and vibration.

This job may require driving to or from other job or construction sites, sometimes working at more than one site in a day or during the week. Some jobsites may require working in tunnels, or on roofs or catwalks.

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