Utility Locator

Kanaan Communications in now hiring Utility Locators. Your duties will include marking underground utilities with flags & paint, and our work is essential to keeping the community safe!

• Entry-level roles for those with related industry experience (such as construction, landscaping, pest control and military veterans)
• 100% Paid Training
• Advancement opportunities and career growth

Responsibilities

• Read and interpret utility maps / prints to identify the type and size of underground utilities.
• Use assigned communication equipment to effectively communicate with excavators, utility reps, and company personnel, regarding underground facilities.
• Operate different electronic detection equipment, to locate and mark under-ground facilities within prescribed accuracy limits.
• Perform light excavation with a shovel, to expose buried utilities when necessary.
• Provide accurate documentation and or sketches related to all locates completed.
• Be able to perform manhole entry using assigned equipment and safety devices

Qualifications

• You are at least 18 years old
• You are authorized to work in the United States
• High School Diploma, GED equivalent, relevant work experience, or a combination of education and work experience preferred
• Valid State driver's license including an MVR record that is deemed acceptable by the company.
• Must be able to pass a pre-employment drug screen and background check.
• Proficient in the use of hand tools and equipment. (shovels, screw drivers, wrenches, and ped keys etc.)

• Climb into and out of equipment (trucks, cars, backhoes, trenchers, etc.)
• Must be able to lift/carry 80 lbs. regularly as needed with or without assistance
• The employee will be sitting, bending, using hands and fingers to handle or feel as well as reaching with hands and arms to spaces both high and low, standing, walking, climbing, balancing, crawling, crouching, lifting, holding or stooping while on shift
• Ability to work while wearing safety boots, safety glasses and hardhat
• Remote work may be required - long driving and sitting will be required in these instances
• Specific vision abilities required to perform this job include but are not limited to close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus potentially near and/or far as needed
• The noise level in the work environment for this position maybe moderate to loud
• As needed work is outdoors so employees in this position are regularly exposed to outside weather conditions which can include but is not limited to extreme heat and cold temperatures; inclement weather such as rain, snow, sleet and dust as well as adverse driving conditions including wet roads, icy roads, and fog

• Opportunity to work in a growing company
• Competitive Pay and weekly paychecks
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• Comprehensive Benefits Package:
• Health Insurance: Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Plans
• Life Insurance
• Long & Short-Term Disability
• 401(k) with Company Match
• Employee Monthly Stock Investment Plan
• Educational Reimbursement
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Health Savings Account
• Cigna Critical Illness & Accident Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Legal Insurance Plan
• SurgeryPlus service
• Teladoc System
Who we are:
Kanaan Communications, LLC provides a wide range of services to telecommunications providers including engineering services; outside plant construction (Aerial/Underground); plant maintenance; network upgrades including node splits, fiber & coax splicing, and activation/certification work. Kanaan has a specialized power supply team providing maintenance, capital improvements, and on-demand services. Join the Kanaan Communications Team!
EEO:

Our Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind including, based on disability and protected veteran status. The Company's policy is not to discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.


The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is also the Company's policy to comply with all applicable state and federal laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions. Please visit the following URL to view the EEO is the Law poster and the Supplement. (https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/ofccpost.htm)

The Company also does not consider criminal convictions to be an absolute bar to employment and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories.

Applicants applying for positions in Illinois are not required to disclose arrests or sealed or expunged records of convictions.