What are the responsibilities and job description for the Utilities Locator position at City of Durango?
Description
Join our Public Works team as a Utilities Locator! In this role, you’ll provide excellent customer service while helping contractors, city staff, and the public by locating and marking water, storm, and sewer utility lines. You’ll use a combination of skilled and semi-skilled work to ensure construction projects are performed safely and efficiently. If you enjoy hands-on work and problem solving, this position is for you.
Essential Job Duties
What You’ll Do in This Role:
You Have:
What We Can Offer You
Belong at the City of Durango:
We believe in creating an inclusive workforce that welcomes diversity of thoughts, viewpoints, and experiences.
The City of Durango is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis age 40 and over, color, disability, gender identity, genetic information, military or veteran status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or any other applicable status protected by state or local law. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions are based on job-related factors.
City of Durango's Indigenous Land Acknowledgement
Join our Public Works team as a Utilities Locator! In this role, you’ll provide excellent customer service while helping contractors, city staff, and the public by locating and marking water, storm, and sewer utility lines. You’ll use a combination of skilled and semi-skilled work to ensure construction projects are performed safely and efficiently. If you enjoy hands-on work and problem solving, this position is for you.
Essential Job Duties
What You’ll Do in This Role:
- Identify and mark utility service lines to help contractors prepare for construction.
- Train staff on how to use utility location equipment and follow standard procedures.
- Work with other departments, divisions, and utilities to coordinate and prioritize tasks.
- Help contractors and the City’s Capital Improvements Construction Management (CICM) division locate utility lines.
- Collaborate with the Geographic Information System (GIS) Division to maintain accurate utility maps by documenting and reporting discrepancies, incorporating field discoveries, and ensuring new utility installations are reflected in the system.
You Have:
- A high school diploma or GED equivalent.
- One or more years of experience performing maintenance work.
- One or more years of experience as a utility locator.
- Ability to obtain certification in Water Distribution and Wastewater Collection within one year of hire date.
- Knowledge of safety practices and construction methods, including water, wastewater, and utility systems.
- Skill in operating and maintaining utility locating equipment, vehicles, and basic computer systems for data entry and work management.
- Ability to perform skilled and semi-skilled maintenance, operate equipment safely, and work effectively in various weather conditions.
- Strong communication and customer service skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships.
What We Can Offer You
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Ample personal time off (PTO) and 11 paid holidays.
- 401(a) retirement plan and optional deferred compensation plan.
- Basic life insurance and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) coverage.
- Long-term disability coverage.
- Paid Family and Medical Leave (FMLA).
- Access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Free access to the Durango Community Recreation Center and Chapman Hill Ice Rink & Ski Area.
- Holistic Employee Wellness Program, addressing physical, mental, financial, and professional well-being.
- Free transit pass and family member discounts.
- Reimbursement for job-related classes to foster continuous learning.
- Sixteen hours of volunteer time off per year to support local non-profit organizations.
Belong at the City of Durango:
We believe in creating an inclusive workforce that welcomes diversity of thoughts, viewpoints, and experiences.
The City of Durango is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis age 40 and over, color, disability, gender identity, genetic information, military or veteran status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or any other applicable status protected by state or local law. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions are based on job-related factors.
City of Durango's Indigenous Land Acknowledgement
