Damage Prevention Technician/utility

1 week ago

Kitchener, Canada Raise Full time

**Damage Prevention Technician/Utility Locator**

**Location: Kitchener**
- Full-time permanent position
- $28 per hour
- Overtime when available
- Benefits, and defined contribution pension plan
- Company vehicle provided for business purposes,
- Opportunity to work independently outdoors

Are you ready to begin your career in a fast growing company offering stable work in a field where services are in demand?

Look no further

**GTel **is hiring and training Damage Prevention Technicians to complete utility locates in your area right now.

Have you seen a spray painted line on the ground and wondered what it was? It’s a utility locate. The different colours define underground utilities such as gas lines, waterlines and more. It’s a critical job that keeps people and communities safe.

**As a Damage Prevention Technician you will**:

- Locate underground utilities i.e., high-voltage electrical cables, water lines, sewer lines, steam lines, gas lines, telephone lines, and more, for a prescribed geography
- Use state of the art locating equipment, geographic information systems (GIS), maps, and engineering drawings to identify the location of underground utilities
- Thoroughly search for all gas, phone and fiber optic cables in an area and mark them with spray paint/coloured flags
- Prepare reports and documentation to track the work you and your team are doing

You’ll be supplied with a company vehicle, phone and laptop for work use. You’ll work on your own, travelling to sites within your territory. You’ll mostly work Monday to Friday during the day with flexible hours, with overtime work on the weekends or evenings as required.

**Qualifications**
- Have experience, or definitely would enjoy, working outdoors in all weather conditions
- Have a high school diploma
- Be willing to obtain and wear CSA approved steel toe safety boots
- Have strong computer literacy and be able to use new software/Microsoft Office
- Willing to work overtime when required

**A Condition of Employment for this role is**:

- That you hold a valid G driver’s license
- That you possess a clean 3 year Drivers Abstract
- That you are willing to take a criminal background check

**Physical Demands**:

- That you have the ability to distinguish colours
- Engage in repetitive arm motions and use a shovel and other similar equipment
- Be able to lift and carry up to 20lbs at a time
- Be able to sit in a car for up to 3 hours at a time
- Be able to work in all types of weather

**And here’s what would be an asset**:

- Experience in construction, farming, utilities (e.g., gas fitting or electrical background), land surveying, GIS, or similar
- Experience working as a Damage Prevention Technician or Utility Locator would be an asset but is not required

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