Utility Locate Technician
Supervisor: Public Works Director
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Random Substance Testing: Yes
Position Number: PW/37
Employment Opportunity Summary
Under the direction of the Street Maintenance Supervisor, complete utility locates for the Public Works Department. Perform a variety of duties involving utility locates, associated office and field work and surveys. Research records and files, and respond to inquiries from staff and the general public related to utility location. Assist with geo-referencing as built drawings. Required to respond to emergency situations and occasionally assist with street maintenance.
Employment Opportunity Additional Details
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Provide utility locates for City utilities; water, wastewater, traffic and stormwater facilities.
2. Provide a systematic and logical approach for scheduling and conducting underground utility locates.
3. Schedule and conduct field utility system locates for the City using utility maps/drawings and personnel of maintenance. Mark underground utility locations according to the American Public Works Association Uniform Color Codes.
4. Timely response to emergency locate requests and request field clarifications as needed.
5. Participate in the Lewis-Clark Utility Coordinating Council (LCUCC).
6. Interpret as-built drawings and input data into GIS database.
7. Georeference as-built drawings.
8. Ability to understand and work within a geodatabase.
9. Ability to digitize, edit and analyze mapping information in order to maintain layers.
10. Follow workflow and documentation procedures for capturing and editing GIS data.
11. Perform data capture utilizing ESRI collector based web applications and GPS units, resolving accuracy and hardware issues.
12. Participate as required for response to emergency situations such as winter storm events, flooding, road obstructions, and pavement damage.
13. Assist with a variety of entry level construction, maintenance and repair duties involving streets, alleys, right-of-ways and storm systems.
14. Other related duties as assigned.
The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that
may be performed. The omission of specific statements does not exclude them from the
position if the work is similar or related to the position.
Minimum Qualifications:
1. High School Diploma or GED equivalent.
2. Any equivalent combination of education and experience that provides the applicant with
the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the job. A typical way to obtain the
knowledge and abilities would be:
3. Preference of one year of experience in utility maintenance, installations and operations in
a water/sewer utility or in the construction industry including utility locating experience.
4. Preference of GIS experience.
5. Valid Driver’s License.
6. Must obtain valid Class A commercial driver’s license with tanker endorsement within six
months of hire, a state of Missouri approved flagging card within one year from hire date
and Traffic Control Technician certification within two years from date of hire.
Necessary Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
1. Methods, tools and equipment and standard practices for locating and marking
underground utilities;
2. Laws governing locate requests;
3. Utility locating equipment;
4. Reading and interpreting maps, record drawings, and other engineering documents to locate
underground utilities;
5. Basic mathematics principles.
6. Principles of street, sewer, water and storm drainage design.
7. Operation of ESRI (GIS) software.
8. Good oral and written communication skills, including correct English usage, grammar,
spelling, punctuation and vocabulary.
9. Demonstrate good interpersonal skills including tact, patience and courtesy to others.
10. Work independently with little direction, manage multiple projects and meet deadlines.
11. Understand policies and procedures.
12. Take accurate and detailed field notes and measurements.
13. Proper and safe operation, use, and care of tools and equipment utilized by Street
Maintenance Services.
14. Work Zone Traffic Control.
15. Perform a variety of duties in the construction, maintenance and repair of City streets,
alleys, storm systems.
16. Learn to operate specialized tools and equipment utilized by the Street Maintenance
Division.
17. Perform heavy physical labor.
Guidelines:
1. City codes and ordinances.
2. City and department policies and procedures.
3. City, state, and federal laws, regulations, and guidelines regarding water transmission systems, traffic control in work zones.
4. Guidelines require judgment, selection, and interpretation in application.
Complexity:
The work consists of varied duties related to the Water Division distribution system and connections/disconnections; Wastewater Department collection system; and the Storm Water collection system. The varied nature of the assigned duties adds to the complexity of the position.
Principal Working Relationships:
1. Co-workers, other city employees.
2. Citizens, business leaders, vendors, contractors, elected officials and the general public.
Purpose of Contacts:
Contacts are typically to give or exchange information, provide services.
Supervisory and Management Responsibility:
Not applicable
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The employee lifts light and heavy objects (100+ lbs.) and pulls up to 150 lbs. as required, climbs ladders, bends, squats, crawls, climbs, twists, kneels, and reaches both to ground level and overhead. This position is subject to working in awkward positions and periods of prolonged walking, sitting or standing. The employee must have clarity of vision including three-dimensional vision, ability to identify and distinguish color and precise hand-eye coordination.
Must be able to feel attributes of objects, hold, grasp, push, stand, walk, drive, reach with hands/arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, climb/balance and operate mechanical equipment or hand tools. Regularly required to have repetitive wrist, hand and /or finger movements. Regularly required to talk and listen.
Work Environment:
The work is typically performed outdoors in an outdoor environment, which may include being required to work in confined spaces.
May be exposed to wet/humid conditions, inclement outdoor weather, vibration, extreme temperatures, dust, dirt, mechanical oils, airborne particles/fumes, moving mechanical parts, risk of electrical shock, potentially hazardous or cancer-causing agents/chemicals or very loud noise levels, including machine noises.
The employee may be required to wear Personal Protective Equipment as required for the assigned job duties