Advanced Locate Technician - SUE

Surveying And Mapping, LLC; Westerville (OH); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Surveying And Mapping, LLC is seeking an Advanced Locate Technician - SUE in Westerville, OH to designate utilities using VRS GPR and vacuum excavation while maintaining safety certifications. You will work on 2D QL-B and 3D QL-B mapping projects, lead small crews, and collect data for vault diagrams and utility inventories.

With ASCE 38 knowledge and field experience, you’ll coordinate with field crews and travel as needed to support projects nationwide from the Ohio office.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• 1-2 years of SUE field experience required.
• Valid driver's license and ability to meet MVR standards.

Responsibilities

• Designating utilities in rural and urban environments using geophysical equipment and survey field data.
• Obtains and maintains all required safety certifications.
• Lead on 2-person designation teams for 2D QL-B and 3D QL-B mapping projects.
• Collects data for vault diagrams and 2DB mapping teams.
• Coordinates with internal survey crews in the field.

Skills

ASCE 38 familiarity

Planimetric interpretation

Reading utility records

Leadership on crews

Travel readiness

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

GPR equipment

Vacuum excavation equipment

Survey field documentation

Job description

Surveying And Mapping, LLC

Advanced Locate Technician - SUE

US-OH-Westerville

Job ID: 26-8017

# of Openings: 1

Category: Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE)

Columbus

Overview

Founded in 1994, Surveying And Mapping, LLC (SAM) is a nationwide leader in geospatial and construction-phase solutions. With more than 50 offices and 1,600 professionals, we deliver the scale, technology, and expertise needed to support projects of any size.

SAM streamlines project delivery through a single, coordinated team, offering in-house capabilities across land surveying, aerial mapping, subsurface utility engineering (SUE), utility coordination (UC), GIS, BIM, and construction engineering inspection (CEI).

By combining advanced technology, digital workflows, and decades of experience, we provide accurate, actionable data that helps clients move critical infrastructure projects forward with confidence.

At SAM, you’ll be part of a team that values innovation, growth, and the opportunity to make a tangible impact on the built environment.

Responsibilities

• Designating all types of utilities in rural and urban environments using geophysical equipment, project field documentation and survey, and vacuum excavation to expose utilities
• Obtains and maintains all required safety certifications
• Selects and applies standard issue surface geophysical equipment and non-standard accessories to accurately designate moderately complex public and private underground utility systems for 2D QL-B (2DB) & 3D QL-B (3DB) mapping projects
• Acts as "lead" on 2-person designating teams
• Collects data for and completes vault diagram forms for 2DB mapping projects
• Employs VRS GPR survey equipment to collect horizontal data for 2DB mapping projects and QL-A test holes
• Acts as "lead" on crews employing vacuum excavators and associated equipment to excavate and backfill test holes on existing utilities at average depths and, under average conditions
• Employs automatic or digital levels and associated equipment to run level loops and collect QL-A data from utilities exposed in test hole excavations
• Collects data for utility pole inventories and overhead utility mapping projects
• Implementation of approved traffic control plans for work conducted outside of travel lanes
• Coordinates with internal survey crews in the field
• Ability to travel for extended periods of time

Qualifications

• High School Diploma
• Working knowledge of ASCE 38 guidelines and associated quality levels
• Basic comprehension and interpretation of planimetric and design plans, profiles and cross sections, utility records, etc.
• (1-2) years of SUE field experience required
• Valid driver's license and ability to meet company MVR standards.
• Experience working as a "lead" on SUE QL-A & QL-B field crews preferred
• Survey experience preferred
• Military experience is a plus

Equal employment opportunity, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.