Job Details
ELMUtility Services, with over 1000 employees nationwide, has an outstandingopportunity as a Utility Locate Technician, working in the Aberdeen, SouthDakota area. With starting pay from $20-$30 per hour DOQ, you will be providedpaid training by ELM using ELM equipment, including company provided vehicle towork independently as your mobile office. ELM utilizes our LaunchPoint softwaresystem with state-of-the-art technology to ensure the job is as simple andefficient as possible for our technicians. ELM Technicians provide a service totheir community ensuring the gas, electric, communications systems, etc. aremaintained and dependable by performing excellent quality marking of utilitiesto prevent excavation damage to these critical facilities. Utility facilitiesthat provide heat, light, and necessary communications critical to our modernlife serves the communities in which we live.
In addition to hourly compensation, ELM offers a full benefits packageincluding:
Companyvehicle and fuel card are provided for you to take home each day as your mobileoffice
Medical,Dental, and Vision Insurance
Paid-TimeOff accrual (PTO) Vacation/Sick Time (You have the ability to accrue up to 80hours per full year worked to start. Accruals go up with years of service)NOTE: A Vacation/sick (PTO) Time match may be negotiated at time of hire forexperienced technicians currently performing damage prevention who join ourteam at ELM so you do not lose those time off benefits you have earned over theyears at another company.
6Paid Holidays
CompanySmart Phone, and other equipment as needed are provided to each employee
401(k)plan
BootReimbursement Program
EmployeeAssistance Program (EAP)
Paidhands-on training
Annualreviews with the potential for increases
Yourspecific duties in this role will include, but not limited to:
Workingindependently outdoors utilizing your company-provided vehicle as your mobileoffice, you will work a route of locate requests to be completed each day.
Ourmission is to correctly, safely, and efficiently locate and mark undergroundutilities including, electric and gas lines primarily, marking their properlocation using marking paint, flags, and whiskers in some cases. In some areasELM does also locate communications or other facilities as well. Localmanagement can provide specifically what utilities we service in your area.
Completeall necessary digital documentation and paperwork
Receivedaily route and locate requests by logging in each morning from your vehicle/mobileoffice handheld smartphone. No need to come to an office every day. The daynormally will start at your residence and ends on the last locate jobcompleted.
Respondto emergency calls in a timely manner as directed
Workperiodic overtime and weekend on-call rotation may be requested
Specificqualifications for the position include:
Abilityto pass a pre-employment drug screen.
***Please note: This is a Safety-Sensitive DOTposition that must comply with all Federal Department of Transportationregulations. The use of Marijuana remains a drug listed in Schedule I of theControlled Substances Act, and the use of marijuana (medical or recreational)is prohibited.
Atleast 18 years of age
HighSchool Diploma or GED
Validdriver's license in good standing
WEARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER