Job Description Summary

Job Description

OPEN UNTIL FILLED

Job Type: Classified

Job Classification: 5800 - Utility Locator

Salary Grade: 6

Pay Range

Hiring Range: $20.83 - $24.47 Per Hour

Pay Range: $20.83 - $28.11 Per Hour

Range Explanation:

• Hiring Range is an estimate of where you can receive an offer. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors including your skills qualifications experience education licenses training and internal equity.

• Pay Range is the entire compensation range for the position.

First review of applications will be on 11/28/2025.

Pima County Regional Wastewater Reclamation Department (RWRD) is seeking a talented individual to assist the Field Engineering section as a Blue Stake Utility Locator. If you have the experience and more importantly possess the initiative willingness to learn and enjoy working outdoors to provide a valuable Public Works service then RWRD could be your next employer! RWRD has nearly 400 employees each employee dedicated to our Mission Statement To protect the public health safety and the environment by providing quality service environmental stewardship and renewable resources. Come join our team! Responsibilities will include locating identifying reporting and marking underground utilities owned operated or maintained by Pima County to protect them from damage that could be caused by excavation or other construction and maintenance activity. You will work under direct supervision and rely on established standard operating procedures and systems to accomplish assigned tasks.

Essential Functions:

As defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act this classification may include any of the following tasks knowledge skills and other characteristics. This list is ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and tasks performed by incumbents of this class. Work assignments may vary depending on the departments needs and will be communicated to the applicant or incumbent by the supervisor.

• Reviews engineering maps utility drawings construction plans base maps electrical schematics and other computerized micro-fiche or printed reference material to determine precise locations of County-owned -operated or -maintained underground utilities;

• Identifies and marks the physical location and path of underground utilities owned operated or maintained by the County within the time constraints provided by state federal or other regulatory agencies;

• Attends and participates in pre-construction meetings and conferences with contractors and private citizens to determine requirements for County utility locator services;

• Observes all County state and federal safety regulations and requirements while working on public or private roadways;

• Communicates policies procedures and regulatory requirements to contractors and the public regarding utility locator services;

• Completes appropriate logs records work-orders and tickets to document utility locator services accomplished as required by County or other regulatory agencies;

• Conducts internal investigations of damaged County-owned operated or maintained underground utilities and identifies sewer line or manhole discrepancies to the appropriate authorities for correction or repair as required;

• Performs operator-level servicing and maintenance of equipment and vehicles used to locate and mark underground utilities and arranges for further vehicle maintenance when required;

• May train or lead other Utility Locators in the procedures and techniques required to locate identify record and mark underground utilities.

Minimum Qualifications:

One year of work experience reading and interpreting engineering maps utility drawings construction plans or schematics.

OR:

Six months of experience locating and marking underground utilities.

(18 semester hours of college-level course work from an accredited college technical trade school or university in engineering surveying drafting blueprint reading construction or cartography may substitute for the above work experience requirements.)

Qualifying education and experience must be clearly documented in the Education and Work Experience sections of the application. Do not substitute a resume for your application or write see resume on your application.

Preferred Qualifications: (Be specific in describing your experience in your application. Ensure the descriptions provided illustrate your competencies specifically addressing the required and preferred qualifications.):

• Minimum one (1) year experience in underground utility construction.

• Knowledge of standard construction procedures and techniques.

• Basic computer skills experience.

Selection Process:
Pima County Human Resources Department reserves the right to admit to the selection process only those candidates that meet the minimum qualifications. All applications will be assessed based on an evaluation of the listed education and experience. Candidates meeting the minimum qualifications may be further evaluated/scored against any advertised Preferred Qualifications. The hiring authority will interview and select the successful candidate from a referral list provided by Human Resources. Additional assessments/testing may be required as part of the selection process.