Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

​​​  Utility Locator
CITY OF FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA Build your skills. Serve your community! Hiring Range: $49,684 -$54,652 DOQ
Full-Time | Benefits | Paid Training
Start a Stable, Essential Career Serving Your Community!   What You’ll Do

Utility Locator is crucial for maintaining the city's infrastructure and safety. This role involves independently locating and marking water, sewer, electric, and gas lines, even in challenging conditions. It requires blueprint reading skills, the ability to handle manhole lids, and completing tasks with minimal supervision. We seek a dedicated individual to uphold these responsibilities.

Inspection and Maintenance
Locating and inspecting city facilities such as electrical, fiber optic, telecommunication, water, and sewer systems. It includes operating equipment for leak detection, performing preventive maintenance, and ensuring equipment repairs, while also maintaining cleanliness in work areas and vehicles. Research and Data Management
Research and identify abandoned city facilities, utilizing CMMS and utility location software to manage service tickets, and conducting research with GIS and CMMS systems. It also includes using handheld GPS devices for data collection, maintaining organized files, and managing Miss Utility electronic tickets. Emergency Response and Customer Service
Responding to after-hours emergency calls and addressing customer complaints. It also involves assisting contractors, builders, surveyors, engineers, and homeowners with city utilities. Compliance and Support
Ensures compliance with public utility marking timelines and involves executing various related tasks as required. Why Join the Fredericksburg Team? A Career with Purpose
Join a dynamic team where collaboration, creativity, and professional growth are valued, and where you can make a meaningful impact every day. Comprehensive Benefits
The City offers a competitive benefits package that offers: medical, vision, and dental coverage, paid leave, paid training, and participation in the Virginia Retirement System. Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• 0-2 years of experience in construction work or utility locating, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Commercial Driver’s License (CDL Class B) required.

Special Requirements

• Staking University certification in underground utility marking within 12 months of employment.
• Valid CPR/AED and First Aid Certification within 6 months of employment.
• OSHA 10 Hour Construction Safety certification within 12 months of employment.

  BE PART OF SOMETHING ESSENTIAL
This is more than a job. It is an opportunity to build a stable, rewarding career while serving the residents and businesses of Fredericksburg. Join a knowledgeable, dedicated team that values accuracy, fairness, collaboration, public service, and committed to the City’s Core Values.

Apply online:
Position will remain open until filled.

Questions? FXBGhire@fredericksburgva.gov
The City of Fredericksburg is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The City provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and prohibits discrimination and harassment based on any characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

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Job Tags

Full time, For contractors, Local area

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