Locator
Full-time Employee
Texas
Dallas, TX
Job Description
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
•Locates underground utilities.
•Clears brush and digs up utility lines.
•Operates line location instruments and leak detection instruments.
•Prepares sketches for field notes in construction layouts and as-built.
•Researches as-built drawings for line locations.
•Sets utility markings and points for contractors and other utility companies.
•Maintains inventory, equipment, supplies and assigned city vehicles.
•Operates electronic surveying and data collection instruments.
•Works as a member of a survey crew.
Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
•Knowledge of highway traffic control standards.
•Knowledge of basic surveying methods, practices and procedures.
•Knowledge of operation and maintenance of electronic surveying line locating equipment.
•Knowledge of reading and interpreting construction and engineering plans.
•Knowledge of health and safety regulations, practices and procedures.
•Skill in researching land and plat information.
•Skill in accurately sketching and recording field notes and computations.
•Skill in recording and maintaining public files and records.
•Skill in demonstrating and instructing entry level skills and practices.
•Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
•Ability to work flexible hours for on-call or emergency purposes.
Physical Requirements and Work Environment:
Work involves long hours outside with exposure to loud noises, chemicals, toxic fumes, air and waterborne pathogens, and mechanical equipment during the clearing, surveying, and staking of construction sites. There is frequent need to stand, stoop, walk, sit, work in close proximity to vehicular traffic, lift equipment or materials (up to 50 pounds), and perform other similar actions during the course of the workday.
Education:
High School diploma or GED and one (1) year of related experience or any equivalent combination of training and experience. A valid driver’s license is required.
•Locates underground utilities.
•Clears brush and digs up utility lines.
•Operates line location instruments and leak detection instruments.
•Prepares sketches for field notes in construction layouts and as-built.
•Researches as-built drawings for line locations.
•Sets utility markings and points for contractors and other utility companies.
•Maintains inventory, equipment, supplies and assigned city vehicles.
•Operates electronic surveying and data collection instruments.
•Works as a member of a survey crew.
Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
•Knowledge of highway traffic control standards.
•Knowledge of basic surveying methods, practices and procedures.
•Knowledge of operation and maintenance of electronic surveying line locating equipment.
•Knowledge of reading and interpreting construction and engineering plans.
•Knowledge of health and safety regulations, practices and procedures.
•Skill in researching land and plat information.
•Skill in accurately sketching and recording field notes and computations.
•Skill in recording and maintaining public files and records.
•Skill in demonstrating and instructing entry level skills and practices.
•Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
•Ability to work flexible hours for on-call or emergency purposes.
Physical Requirements and Work Environment:
Work involves long hours outside with exposure to loud noises, chemicals, toxic fumes, air and waterborne pathogens, and mechanical equipment during the clearing, surveying, and staking of construction sites. There is frequent need to stand, stoop, walk, sit, work in close proximity to vehicular traffic, lift equipment or materials (up to 50 pounds), and perform other similar actions during the course of the workday.
Education:
High School diploma or GED and one (1) year of related experience or any equivalent combination of training and experience. A valid driver’s license is required.
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