Utility Locator/Damage Prevention Specialist - Military veterans preferred

Surveying And Mapping, LLC


Utility Locator/Damage Prevention Specialist

US-IN-Indianapolis

Job ID: 25-6978
Type: Regular Full-Time
# of Openings: 3
Category: Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE)
Indianapolis

Overview

For over thirty years, SAM has built a reputation as a trusted, knowledgeable, and innovative partner. Our licensed professionals transform petabytes of complex spatial data into intelligent insights in a holistic Managed Geospatial Services™ (MGS™) framework. As North America's premiere MGS™ company, SAM provides practical, precise, and high-fidelity solutions designed to enhance decision-making, mitigate risks, achieve strategic objectives, and drive costs out of our client's business. Our vision is to advance spatial data acquisition, improve analysis capabilities, and develop predictive analytics to redefine and transform how infrastructure assets are developed and managed throughout their lifecycles.

The nature of this role is to help prevent damages. The Damage Prevention Specialist works as a liaison to the homeowner and/or contractor and the gas company.

• Practice safe dig practices in accordance to 811 dig law
• Visit active job sites in a company provided vehicle to communicate to contractors or homeowners about safe dig practices in accordance to 811 dig law 
• Facilitate gas marking corrections and updates as needed
• Provide quality checks on utility markings
• Accurately complete detailed documentation of daily activities 
• Assist in identifying marked utilities, structures and maps and in the field
• Perform operator level maintenance on assigned company tools and equipment as required
• Other tasks as assigned

• Experience with locating gas utilities highly preferred
• Valid driver's license
• Work outdoors under the full range of weather conditions typically experienced throughout all seasons of the year
• Proficient communication verbal and written communication

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