Lead Locate Technician

GridHawk LLC; Tuscaloosa (AL); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Term life Insurance

Flexible Benefits Plan

401(k) Savings Plan (Matched by the company)

Job summary

GridHawk LLC seeks a Lead Locate Technician in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The role involves overseeing a team while ensuring compliance with safety and quality regulations, including accurate locating of underground facilities.

Ideal candidates possess multiple years of utility locating experience and a high school diploma. Benefits include health insurance, a 401(k) plan, and paid holidays, available after 30 days of full-time employment.

Qualifications

• Multiple years of utility locating experience with a strong quality ratio.
• Proficient in using various utility locating equipment and interpreting prints.
• Ability to communicate effectively with clients and team members.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee daily scheduling for contractors and sub-contractors.
• Ensure compliance with client quality assurance standards.
• Perform underground facility locates and emergency locates as necessary.

Skills

Utility locating experience

Excellent communication skills

Problem-solving ability

Ability to lift over 50 lbs

Ability to work in teams

Education

High School Diploma or equivalency (GED)

Tools

Utility locating equipment

Vacuum truck

Job description

Job Title

Lead Locate Technician

Job Description

The Lead Technician is responsible for leading a group of assigned employees within their team, while maintaining and protecting their area of coverage and following company policies and safety regulations. Lead Locate Technician is responsible for accurately locating underground facilities including, but not limited to, telephone communication lines, electric power lines, cable television lines, gas lines, fiber optic lines, water lines, and sewer lines, and assisting with leading the team to accomplish the same goal. This position is a key component to ensure that the area is complying with client and state requirements. Service duties include observing, locating, marking, and documenting underground and exposed utility locations. Understanding of doing so using multiple methods is required. Locating technicians will be dispatched to locate and verify for utility customers.

GridHawk LLC is an equal opportunity employer. All employees can advance within the company, based on satisfactory performance.

Requirements / Screening

• Complete a background check with no violations within the last 3 years.
• Pass a DOT drug test.

Tools & Equipment Provided

• Company vehicle, laptop and smartphone.
• All personal protective equipment.

Duties

• Oversee daily scheduling of contractors and sub-contractors.
• Route tickets to ensure optimized efficiency.
• Game plan to achieve daily production targets, provide help if needed.
• Review prior days documents and reports.
• Review daily expectations and safety messages and adjust as needed.
• Auditing documents.
• Ensuring all documents correctly comply with client's regulations.
• Establish client quality assurance (resolve any problems if needed).
• Ensure all team members timesheets are correct and team members are accounted for.
• Locate underground facilities by using a transmitter and hooking up to a buried facility, pedestal, etc.
• Work in and walk over all types of terrain in and around construction zones and residential, commercial, industrial and rural areas in all types of weather conditions.
• Interpret job order tickets, blueprints and maps to efficiently route and perform duties.
• Perform locates and emergency/on-call locates during regular, overtime and holiday hours as necessary to meet customer needs.
• Perform all work in a timely, professional and efficient manner while effectively communicating and interacting with customers, co-employees and third parties.
• Communication with management team, contractor and utility customer to ensure a damage free environment.
• Knowledge of technology and tools needed.
• Ability to work with others and in a supervised team environment.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalency (GED).
• Multiple years of utility locating experience.
• Documentation of excellent quality ratio within locating industry.
• Knowledge and experience using multiple types of utility locating equipment.
• Ability to problem solve.
• Ability to read, interpret, and decipher multiple types of prints.
• Vacuum truck experience A+.
• Ability to lift over 50 lbs.
• Ability to walk/stand for multiple hours a day.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Pass a background screening (no violations within the last 3 years).
• Pass a DOT drug test.

Benefits

All employees are eligible to receive some form of company benefits. Some benefits (including health insurance) are available to regular, full-time employees who maintain an average of 30 hours worked per week. Qualifying employees can enjoy paid holidays and PTO. All benefits will be available the first of the next month following 30 days of employment.

• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Term life Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Flexible Benefits Plan
• 401(k) Savings Plan (Matched by the company)

Job Type

Full-time

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