What are the responsibilities and job description for the Utilities Locator position at Actalent?
🚧 Now Hiring: Utilities Locator
📍 Location: Field-based across the Carolinas, Virginia, Georgia, and beyond
✈️ Travel Required | Outdoor Leadership | Career Advancement
Are you a seasoned field professional ready to lead high-impact Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) operations? As a SUE Technician, you’ll guide teams, oversee complex fieldwork, and ensure precision and safety in infrastructure projects that shape communities across the Southeast.
🌟 Why Lead With Us?
- Drive Impact: Your leadership helps prevent utility strikes, supports smarter infrastructure planning, and protects public safety.
- Lead Innovation: Manage teams using advanced equipment—total stations, GPS, ground-penetrating radar, and vacuum excavation tools.
- Mentor & Grow: Foster a culture of excellence by training and supporting SUE Technicians and Analysts.
- Explore & Lead: Travel to diverse job sites while building a career rooted in technical mastery and team development.
🛠️ Key Responsibilities
- Supervise and coordinate daily SUE field operations across multiple job sites
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to field crews and junior staff
- Ensure accurate data collection, documentation, and reporting
- Oversee the use and maintenance of specialized locating and survey equipment
- Enforce safety protocols and ensure compliance with regulatory standards
- Liaise with clients, project managers, and internal teams to ensure project success
- Manage logistics, scheduling, and resource allocation for field operations
📌 What You Bring
- Proven experience in SUE field operations, land surveying, or utility locating
- Strong leadership and team management skills
- Proficiency with total stations, GPS, electromagnetic locating tools, and GPR
- Familiarity with vacuum excavation and utility mapping standards
- Prior experience with USIC or similar organizations preferred
- Excellent communication, problem-solving, and organizational abilities
- Willingness to travel and adapt to changing outdoor environments
🌎 Work Environment
This is a 100% field-based leadership role. You’ll oversee crews working outdoors in all weather conditions and varied terrain. Overnight travel may be required depending on project scope and location.
📣 Ready to Lead?
If you're passionate about fieldwork, thrive in dynamic environments, and want to lead a team that values accuracy, safety, and professionalism—we want to hear from you.
Apply today and lead the way in building safer, smarter infrastructure.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $18.00 - $20.00/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job
classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be
subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits
available for this temporary role may include the following:
• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type
This is a fully onsite position in Greenville,SC.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Sep 5, 2025.
About Actalent
Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing due to a disability, please email actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com for other accommodation options.
Salary : $18 - $20
