Utility Locator - Public Works
Utility Locator - Public Works
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Job Description
Anticipated Salary Range:$23.70 $27.26
Full Salary Range: $23.70 $30.82
Benefits: This position is benefits eligible. Please view our benefits guidehere.
Why do I see two salary ranges
The City of Greeley in compliance with Colorado state law includes a salary range for all positions posted. This law is intended to improve wage transparency. The City of Greeley in support of wage transparency posts both the full salary range for each position (what you might anticipate your earnings couldbe if you work for the City of Greeley for some time) as well as the anticipated hiring range (the range within which the City anticipates making an offer). The actual offer extended will be based on your years of relevant experience education certifications and potentially other factors.
City of Greeleys Total Rewards
The City of Greeley is proud to offer a robust benefits package in addition to your wages. This package includes health and wellness retirement savings discounted access to Greeley facilities and more.
Job Summary:
The Utility Locator locates stormwater facilities throughout the city protects the Citys assets from damage during excavations utility potholing and directional boring projects and serves as the contact person regarding City of Greeley policies procedures and underground construction standards.
Experience Knowledge Skills:
Minimum Requirements
- Specialized training beyond high school diploma or equivalent.
- A minimum of one 1 year of experience in and specific knowledge of infrastructure in locating maintaining and inspection of stormwater facilities or a combination of related education and experience.
- Ability to obtain CDL within six 6 months of hire.
- Experience with Metrotech locating equipment tandem dump truck with front plow wing plow and salt spreader frontend loader backhoe company vehicle small tools and locating software.
- Demonstrated experience using GIS and GPS mapping and the ability to identify storm and fiber lines that are not in the mapping system.
- Possession of a valid drivers license.
Preferred
- Traffic Control and Flagger certified.
OR
Any combination of related education experience certifications and licenses that will result in a candidate successfully performing the essential functions of the job.
Knowledge Skills and Abilities
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals.
- Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
- Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organizations.
- Ability to add subtract multiply and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers common fractions and decimals.
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written oral or diagram form.
- Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
- Detailed knowledge of City of Greeley storm water infrastructure.
- Knowledge of the fiberlocating device and portable camera.
- Ability to operate specialized equipment.
- Understanding of sprinkler repair and installation.
- Ability to solve a variety of problems in situations where there are substantially diversified procedures specialized standards.
- Experience using Microsoft Office particularly Outlook and Word.
- Ability to manage competing priorities with frequent interruptions.
Essential Functions:
- Sets up electronic locating equipment to stormwater lines and IT fiber lines to trace and mark service lines for contractors citizens and other City departments to protect City assets from damage.
- Assists contractors with locating services
- Observes the crossing of City utilities during construction projects.
- Documents work performed.
- Performs oncall duties.
- Assists the Traffic Division with locating IT fiber as needed.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Supervisory Responsibilities
NA
Work Environment andPhysical Requirements:
- This position involves a combination of office work and fieldwork. Estimated 90 of the time is spent in an office environment and 10 is spent at field sites or project locations.
- A standard office environment which involves working at a desk or workstation for extended periods. The noise level is generally low to moderate consistent with a typical office setting.
- Exposure to minimal hazards that are typically found in general office environment.
- Exposure to some field work to view assets and how information is collected.
- Fieldwork may involve exposure to outdoor weather conditions including heat cold rain or snow. Work may take place on uneven or rough terrain near construction sites or in environments with moving machinery and equipment.
- Noise levels in the field can range from moderate to loud depending on the project site.
Physical Requirements:
- Mobility: Ability to sit for extended periods at a desk or workstation occasional walking or standing ability to move throughout office location and project sites.
- Dexterity: Ability to perform repetitive movements for typing writing and operating office equipment.
- Strength: Ability to lift or carry objects weighing up to 15 pounds occasionally.
- Endurance: Ability to maintain focus and productivity for extended periods while performing job duties.
- Flexibility: Infrequent need to perform the following physical activities: bend/stoop/squat climb stairs push or pull reach above shoulders
- Vision and Hearing: Sufficient visual ability to read printed or digital documents view computer screens and perform detailoriented tasks. Adequate hearing to participate in verbal conversations virtual phone and in person communications.
EOE Statement:The City of Greeleyprovides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.
ADA Statement: We are committed to an inclusive and barrierfree search process. We provide accommodations for applicants requesting accommodation through the search process such as alternative formats of this posting. Individuals with disabilities in need of accommodations throughout the search process should contact the ADA Coordinator at: .
Conditions of Employment: Candidates must successfully complete all preemployment screenings and employment eligibility verification. Preemployment screenings include a drug test a background and national sex offender search a motor vehicle record search and for some positions a physical demands evaluation. For more information about City policies and practices during the recruitment process including but not limited to EOE Reasonable Accommodation and preemployment screenings please visit our career pageHERE.
Employment Type
Full-Time
