Engineering Technician I - Utility Locator

City of Norfolk, VA; Norfolk (VA); On-site; USD 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid holidays

Vacation leave

Sick leave

Pension plan

Life insurance

Medical & dental

457 plan

Long-term disability

Credit union

Employer parking

Job summary

The City of Norfolk's Department of Utilities is seeking qualified candidates for an Engineering Technician I, Utility Locator in our Field Engineering Division. Locates and marks underground utilities and manages utility location request records. Updates and completes city documents, maps and plats.

Provides administrative assistance and performs related duties. Essential functions include locating utilities, managing records, color coding and clerical duties, with physical requirements such as

Qualifications

• Locates underground utilities by marking lines and mains with locating equipment and drawings.
• Maintains and updates utility location records, tickets and reports.

Responsibilities

• Locates underground utilities by marking utility lines and mains using locating equipment and drawing books, reading and interpreting construction drawings, lifting and exposing manhole covers and water valves, inspecting sites, distinguishing departmental utilities from others and reporting all buried boxes for excavation.
• Manages utility location request records by sorting tickets from call center, routing records, entering data into computer programs, researching and gathering information for reports, recording information onto log sheets, maintaining summary records, monitoring expiring tickets, sending responses to call center and complying with 48 hour state regulation.
• Must be able to distinguish between colors in order to properly color code utilities and determine the presence of other utility marking, perform clerical duties including filing, scheduling meetings, and answering the telephone for customer inquiries, and work closely with others in a team oriented environment.
• Requires ability to make legible log entries and rough sketched of utilities and landmarks with dimensions, use Engineer's scale and to measure distances, able to use personal computer for e-mail, web access, data entry and retrieval
• Must be able to bend, push, pull, lift, and carry up to 50 pounds, use pick and shovel: stand, stoop, or walk for extended time periods.

Skills

Utility locating

Record keeping

Job description

Description

The City of Norfolk's Department of Utilities is seeking qualified candidates for an Engineering Technician I, Utility Locator in our Field Engineering Division. Locates and marks underground utilities and manages utility location request records. Updates and completes city documents, maps and plats. Provides administrative assistance and performs related duties.

Description

The City of Norfolk's Department of Utilities is seeking qualified candidates for an Engineering Technician I, Utility Locator in our Field Engineering Division. Locates and marks underground utilities and manages utility location request records. Updates and completes city documents, maps and plats. Provides administrative assistance and performs related duties.

Essential Functions

Essential functions include but are not limited to:

• Locates underground utilities by marking utility lines and mains using locating equipment and drawing books, reading and interpreting construction drawings, lifting and exposing manhole covers and water valves, inspecting sites, distinguishing departmental utilities from others and reporting all buried boxes for excavation.
• Manages utility location request records by sorting tickets from call center, routing records, entering data into computer programs, researching and gathering information for reports, recording information onto log sheets, maintaining summary records, monitoring expiring tickets, sending responses to call center and complying with 48 hour state regulation.
• Must be able to distinguish between colors in order to properly color code utilities and determine the presence of other utility marking, perform clerical duties including filing, scheduling meetings, and answering the telephone for customer inquiries, and work closely with others in a team oriented environment.
• Requires ability to make legible log entries and rough sketched of utilities and landmarks with dimensions, use Engineer's scale and to measure distances, able to use personal computer for e-mail, web access, data entry and retrieval
• Must be able to bend, push, pull, lift, and carry up to 50 pounds, use pick and shovel: stand, stoop, or walk for extended time periods.

Additional Information & Requirements

Valid Driver's License required

Work Hours

Monday - Friday; 7:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Work Location

Combined Operations, 1316 Ballentine Blvd., Norfolk, VA

This position is designated as an 'Essential' position and you may be required to work extended, rotating, on call, nights, weekends, and/or holidays in response to emergencies or severe weather.

• Regular full-time and permanent part-time employees may receive paid holidays, vacation and sick leave, employer paid pension plan, basic life insurance, voluntary participation in medical and dental, Section 457 deferred compensation, long-term disability, optional life insurance for self, spouse and children, medical and dependent care reimbursement plans, access to membership in credit union and employer provided parking.
• Special project/grant employees are generally eligible for the same benefits of regular full-time employees; however, retirement, life insurance and participation in health plans vary depending upon funding and authorization.
• Temporary/seasonal and part-time employees are generally only eligible for employer provided parking and access to membership in credit union.
• Retirement

If you are hired October 5, 2010, or after to a position with City of Norfolk Retirement System benefits, you will be required to contribute five percent (5%) of your salary toward your retirement benefit. This will be a pre-tax payroll deduction.

If you are hired January 1, 2022, or after to a position with Virginia Retirement System (VRS) benefits, you will be required to contribute five percent (5%) of your salary toward your retirement benefit. This will be a pre-tax payroll deduction.

• The Tuition Assistance Program is established to encourage employees toward continued self-development and education. Permanent full-time and permanent part-time classified, unclassified permanent, full-time special projects, and constitutional employees who have completed six months continuous service will be eligible to apply. The applicant’s school of enrollment must be an accredited institution.

Note

The benefits described above are broad generalizations. The specific benefits that an employee may be eligible for are governed by City regulations, as applicable to job type.

Non-City

Positions listed with a job type designation of "Non-City" are not subject to the benefits descriptions above. Refer to the content of the job posting for information regarding these positions.