Utility Locator

WHY YOU WANT TO WORK FOR DIRECT COMMUNICATIONS:

Join our dynamic team at Direct Communications, where we are dedicated to delivering exceptional internet services to rural communities. We offer AMAZING benefits, including health, dental, and vision care insurance for just $1/month, telehealth services, preventative wellness programs, up to a 6% 401K match, company-paid life insurance and short-term disability, generous paid time off, 10 observed holidays, and a personal and professional tuition reimbursement program, financial health support, among many others! At Direct Communications, we are guided by our core values of integrity, growth, respect, sustainability, community, and strategic leadership, ensuring that every team member contributes to a culture of excellence and shared purpose. Come be a part of something great!

POSITION DESCRIPTION:

Primarily responsible for searching for underground utilities and accurately marking the location. Requires superior observational skills and deductive reasoning to accurately identify, locate, and mark utilities within a requested job scope by the required deadline. Maintain daily contact with utility managers, fiber construction crews, homeowners and contractors, discussing locate issues. Receives daily jobs via computer/device and prioritizes daily work for efficiency and completes all necessary paperwork in a timely manner. Requires troubleshooting skills and ability to learn new procedures and technologies. Must read and understand complex utility-provided maps. Must be detail oriented and maintain a professional and positive attitude. Requires ability to work in a field environment with some administrative work. Other work- related duties as assigned, including technical and general labor for fiber construction and installation.

SALARY: $19 - $21 depending upon experience

SCHEDULE & QUALIFICATION EXPECTATIONS

• 35 hours per week during normal business hours Monday – Friday from 8 AM to 5 PM.

• Overtime is expected to finish scheduled work.

• Must be available to respond to emergency situations at all hours.

• Requires routine driving over large geographic area daily.

• Must have and maintain valid Driver’s License with good driving record.

• Ability to pass pre-employment and ongoing drug screening.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• Action-oriented: Accepts challenges with enthusiasm without fear and seizes opportunities, quickly identifies necessary actions to be taken and proceeds without hesitation or specific direction.
• Communications: Professional, courteous, patient, diplomatic, composed in stressful situations, diffuses high-tension situations, easily builds rapport.
• Decision Quality: Good decision quality based upon analysis, wisdom, experience and judgment with solutions and suggestions turning out to be accurate over time.
• Technical Learning: Picks up technical skills and knowledge quickly, desires to learn new technologies and technical skills.
• Time Management: Uses time effectively and efficiently, concentrates efforts on the more important priorities, balances a broad range of activities.

BENEFITS:

• Health/Dental/Vision Insurance for $1/month
• Tele-Health Services
• Preventative Wellness Programs
• 401(k) with 6% Company matching
• Generous paid time off (prorated 14 days in year 1 and earning more each year)
• 10 observed/paid holidays
• Company-paid life insurance - Basic Life & Accidental Death and Dismemberment
• Company-paid short-term disability
• Long term disability
• Professional & Personal Development Reimbursement Program
• Voluntary Flex Spending for Medical and/or Daycare
• Voluntary Supplemental Group Term Life Insurance
• Voluntary Accident Insurance
• Voluntary Critical Illness Insurance
• Financial Wellness Support Benefit
• Free internet if you live within our service footprint
• Competitive Salary
• Dynamic and collaborative work environment.

Direct Communications is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provider.