What are the responsibilities and job description for the Underground Utility Locator position at Dynamic Concepts, Inc.?
Underground Utility Locator
We are seeking self-motivated experienced underground utility locators, with a minimum of 2 years of experience, who will manage constant changing work areas in order to mark underground utilities at various construction jobsites for the purpose of damage prevention.
DCI Utility Locate ServiceRegion: MD, DC
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Technicians use locating equipment by holding a receiver weighing up to 5 pounds.
- Techs are required to drive from job to job in a company vehicle using a map and/or GPS device; utilize a laptop computer for reading and interpreting utility maps, managing work orders, documenting and sketching what markings were placed for the work order.
- Techs walk on all types of terrain (grass, gravel, dirt and roadways). Work hours for Techs are up to 60 per week during peak season as well as on call duty requiring night time work.
- Techs work outside in all weather conditions; use assigned communication equipment to effectively communicate with excavators and company personnel regarding underground facilities while utilizing industry safety practices.
- Techs are required to enter confined spaces, remove and replace manhole lids weighing up to 150 pounds in order to properly locate buried utility lines; squat, kneel, use hands and fingers to push buttons, hold receiver (piece of locate equipment) and swing back and forth repeatedly while holding a paint stick in the other hand for marking ground and roadways up to 8 hours a day.
Our company offers a benefit package that includes health insurance, paid holidays and 401K.Experience is preferred but training is available to qualified candidates.
DYNAMIC CONCEPTS INC. IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Dynamic Concepts Inc. is fully committed to equal employment opportunity (EOE) and maintaining a workplace free of discrimination and harassment based on race, gender, religion, age, color, national origin, disability, sexual orientation and other non-merit factors. All persons shall be afforded equal employment opportunity at Dynamic Concepts Inc.Dynamic Concepts Inc. prohibits discrimination in all aspects of its personnel policies, program practices and operations, and relationships with employees and applicants, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring and merit promotion. Dynamic Concepts Inc. promotes programs of affirmative recruitment and employment at all levels of the company. The company subscribes to, and will implement to the full extent, all applicable laws that promote equality of opportunity.Dynamic Concepts Inc. welcomes and encourages applications from persons with disabilities and will reasonably accommodate the needs of those persons. Dynamic Concepts Inc. is committed to satisfying its affirmative obligations under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to ensure that persons with disabilities have every opportunity to be hired and advanced on the basis of merit within the company.