Utility Locator I

• Meets with business owners and/or designated supervisors to organize marking schedules and locate large excavation projects, trenchless excavations, and excavations impacting critical water infrastructure.

• Locates underground water utilities.

• Responds to Missouri One Call requests by driving to sites and locating water lines/mains.

• Responds to emergency water utility dig up notifications.

• Reads blueprints or other engineering drawings to assist in locating buried water lines.

• Collects survey grade CPS coordinates for City owned water utility to correct GIS mapping and for added accuracy in future locating.

• Ensures legal compliance for city owned water utility. Ensures adherence to all city policies and conformity to common marking practices and standards.

• Documents work performed.

• Performs detailed, accurate, and objective investigations for damages impacting city owned water infrastructure and/or those caused by excavations.

• Performs continuity test of locate wires.

• Regular attendance is a necessary and essential function.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Job has no responsibility for the direction or supervision of others.

• Work may require providing advice to others outside direct reporting relationships on specific problems or general policies. Contact may require the consideration of different points of view to reach agreement. Elements of persuasion may be necessary to gain cooperation and acceptance of ideas.

• Interactions have significant impact on the organization in terms of time, money, or public/employee relations.

• Position has limited fiscal responsibility.

• May assist in the collection of data in support of recommendations for departmental budget allocations. May monitor division or program/promotional level budget and expenditures.

• High school diploma or equivalent.

• 1 to 3 years' experience in utility location.

• Valid driver's license.

• National Utility Locating Contractors Association (NULCA) Certification within 6 months of hire.

• City infrastructure.

• Practices, equipment and techniques related to locating underground utilities.

• Safety standards and precautions pertaining to equipment operation.

• Excavation practices, directional boring methods and open trench safety.

• General office practices and administrative procedures, records management and administration techniques and procedures.

• Common business software applications such as Microsoft Office.

• Developing and maintaining effective working relationships.

• Communicating verbally and in writing to meet the needs of the audience.

• Using and maintaining hand and power tools.

• Recognize, analyze, and solve a variety of problems.

• Handle difficult and stressful situations with professional composure and maintain effective interpersonal relationships.

• Maintain detailed and accurate records.

• Read and interpret blueprints or other engineering drawings.

• Provide high levels of effective customer service.

• Utilize GPS equipment to update mapping features.

• Use software and field laptops.

• Focus on tasks.

• Work on-call and respond at all hours of the day/night.

• Office or similar environment - Sometimes
• Outdoor environment - Frequently/Often
• Street environment (near moving traffic) - Frequently/Often
• Construction site - Frequently/Often
• Vehicle - Frequently/Often
• Shop environment - Sometimes
• Right of way environment - Frequently/Often

• Individuals who are hostile or irate - Sometimes
• Individuals with known violent backgrounds - Sometimes
• Extreme cold (below 32 degrees) - Frequently/Often
• Extreme heat (above 100 degrees) - Frequently/Often
• Communicable diseases - Sometimes
• Moving mechanical parts - Frequently/Often
• Fumes or airborne particles - Sometimes
• Toxic or caustic chemicals/substances - Sometimes
• Loud noises (85+ decibels) -Frequently/Often

• This position involves occasional exposure to unpleasant environmental conditions and/or hazards and outside work.

• Incumbents may be required to exert up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly having to move objects.

• Incumbents required to feel attributes of objects, grasp, push, stand, walk, drive, reach with hands/arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, climb/balance, operate mechanical equipment, and move up and down from/to sitting position on the floor.

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