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# **Job Description Summary**
Department - Regional Wastewater Reclamation
# **Job Description**
**OPEN UNTIL FILLED**
**Job Type: Classified**
**Job Classification: 5800 - Utility Locator**
**Salary Grade: 6**
**Pay Range**
**Hiring Range: \$20.83 - \$24.47 Per Hour**
**Pay Range: \$20.83 - \$28.11 Per Hour**
Range Explanation
- Hiring Range is an estimate of where you can receive an offer. The
actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors,
Including Your Skills, Qualifications, Experience, Education,
licenses, training, and internal equity.
- Pay Range is the entire compensation range for the position.
***First review of applications will be on 11/28/2025.***
Pima County Regional Wastewater Reclamation Department (RWRD) is seeking
a talented individual to assist the Field Engineering section as a Blue
Stake Utility Locator. If you have the experience, and more importantly,
possess the initiative, willingness to learn, and enjoy working outdoors
to provide a valuable Public Works service, then RWRD could be your next
employer! RWRD has nearly 400 employees, each employee dedicated to our
Mission Statement, \"To protect the public health, safety, and the
environment by providing quality service, environmental stewardship, and
renewable resources.\" Come join our team! Responsibilities will include
locating, identifying, reporting, and marking underground utilities
owned, operated, or maintained by Pima County to protect them from
damage that could be caused by excavation or other construction and
maintenance activity. You will work under direct supervision and rely on
established standard operating procedures and systems to accomplish
assigned tasks.
Essential Functions
As defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, this
classification may include any of the following tasks, knowledge,
skills, and other characteristics. This list is ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY and is
not a comprehensive listing of all functions and tasks performed by
incumbents of this class. Work assignments may vary depending on the
departments needs and will be communicated to the applicant or incumbent
by the supervisor.
- Reviews engineering maps, utility drawings, construction plans, base
maps, electrical schematics, and other computerized, micro-fiche, or
printed reference material to determine precise locations of
County-owned, -operated, or -maintained underground utilities;
- Identifies and marks the physical location and path of underground
utilities owned, operated, or maintained by the County within the
time constraints provided by state, federal, or other regulatory
agencies;
- Attends and participates in pre-construction meetings and
conferences with contractors and private citizens to determine
requirements for County utility locator services;
- Observes all County, state, and federal safety regulations and
requirements while working on public or private roadways;
- Communicates policies, procedures and regulatory requirements to
contractors and the public regarding utility locator services;
- Completes appropriate logs, records, work-orders, and tickets to
document utility locator services accomplished, as required by
County or other regulatory agencies;
- Conducts internal investigations of damaged, County-owned, operated,
or maintained underground utilities and identifies sewer line or
manhole discrepancies to the appropriate authorities for correction
or repair as required;
- Performs operator-level servicing and maintenance of equipment and
vehicles used to locate and mark underground utilities and arranges
for further vehicle maintenance when required;
- May rain or lead other Utility Locators in the procedures and
techniques required to locate, identify, record, and mark
underground utilities.
Minimum Qualifications
- One year of work experience reading and interpreting engineering maps,
utility drawings, construction plans, or schematics.**
Or
**Six months of experience locating and marking underground utilities.**
- (18 semester hours of college-level course work from an accredited
college, technical trade school, or university in engineering,
surveying, drafting, blueprint reading, construction, or cartography may
substitute for the above work experience requirements.)**
**Qualifying educati**