Utility Locator - Damage Prevention Technician
Utility Locator - Damage Prevention Technician
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Were looking for a Utility Locator - Damage Prevention Technician. You will provide advanced coordination and support to LLNL projects by performing locating jobs using state of the art locating equipment to identify and map hidden substructures and buried utilities. This position is in the Infrastructure Engineering and Operations Department and may require work at Site 300 in Tracy California.
This position requires full-time on-site presence due to the nature of the work.
You will
- Provide advanced technical coordination and support to LLNL projects by performing locating jobs to identify and map hidden substructures and buried utilities.
- Perform complex technical locates where regular decision making is needed to establish or modify guidelines techniques and procedures.
- Coordinate with personnel on projects requiring underground locating services and anticipate and reconcile support problems including technical factors affecting critical milestones.
- Provide supervisor and customer/requestor routine status updates and reports.
- Ensure that all locating tasks are performed in compliance with Environmental Safety and Health and National Utility Locator Utilize Contractor Association (NULCA) standards as well as procedures related to underground line locating.
- Contribute technical underground locating knowledge to project teams and maintenance staff and work with personnel inside and outside LLNL.
- Give locating demonstrations when needed and communicate to all levels of management within LLNL and other Department of Energy (DOE) facilities.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications :
- Ability to secure and maintain a U.S. DOE Q-level security clearance which requires U.S. citizenship.
- Associate degree (AA/AS) in electronics mechanical industrial or manufacturing technology or equivalent combination of education and experience in a maintenance or construction field.
- Advanced understanding and experience performing complex technical locates.
- High-level construction knowledge of how utilities are installed both inside and outside of buildings.
- Advanced skills and understanding of safety policies and procedures.
- Experience coordinating and working as a team with clients and providing technical expertise and support through compiling field documentation digital pictures and drawings.
- Effective written verbal feedback and presentation skills necessary to interact tactfully and effectively with all levels of management engineers designers and crafts personnel.
- Ability to participate in specific on-the-job training related to underground line locating.
- Experience using computers scanners digital cameras and effectively using software such as Excel Access Word and Photoshop.
Qualifications We Desire
- Experience with the NULCA standards.
- Experience with GIS utility mapping.
- Knowledge of building codes and USA North code/regulations.
Additional Information :
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Position Information
This is a Career Indefinite position open to Lab employees and external candidates.
Why Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Included in 2025 Best Places to Work by Glassdoor!
- Flexible Benefits Package
- 401(k)
- Relocation Assistance
- Education Reimbursement Program
- Flexible schedules (*depending on project needs)
- Our values - visit 300
Site 300 is an experimental test site operated by LLNL. Situated on 7000 acres in rural foothills approximately six miles southwest of downtown Tracy and 15 miles southeast of Livermore Site 300 hosts approximately 200 employees with expertise in such fields as engineering chemistry biology and environmental restoration. Employees assigned to work at Site 300 may be exposed to the organism that causes San Joaquin Valley Fever (coccidioidomycosis).
Security Clearance
This position requires a Department of Energy (DOE) Q-level clearance. If you are selected we will initiate a Federal background investigation to determine if you meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information or matter. Also all L or Q cleared employees are subject to random drug testing. Q-level clearance requires U.S. citizenship.
Pre-Employment Drug Test
External applicant(s) selected for this position must pass a post-offer pre-employment drug test. This includes testing for use of marijuana as Federal Law applies to us as a Federal Contractor.
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A job related pre-placement medical examination may be required.
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Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Employment Type
Full-time
