Utility Locate Technician $23-$29/hr Everett, Washington
ELM Utility Services, Everett, WA, United States
ELM UtilityServices, with over 1300 employees nationwide, has an outstanding opportunityas a Utility Locate Technician, working in the Everett, Washington area.With starting pay from $23-$29 per hour DOQ, you will be provided paid trainingby ELM using ELM equipment, including company provided vehicle to workindependently 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 serve the communities in which we live.
Inaddition to hourly compensation, ELM offers a full benefits package including:
• 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
Your specificduties 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 yourvehicle/mobile office handheld smartphone. No need to come to an office everyday. The day normally will start at your residence and ends on the last locatejob completed.
• 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 DOT positionthat must comply with all Federal Department of Transportation regulations. Theuse of Marijuana remains a drug listed in Schedule I of the ControlledSubstances Act, and the use of marijuana (medical or recreational) isprohibited.
• Atleast 18 years of age
• HighSchool Diploma or GED
• Validdriver's license in good standing
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