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[Chicagoman]

CENTRAL LOCATING SERVICE, LTD.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY



POSITION(S): Damage Prevention Specialist No Re-location assistance available

DIVISION(S): Ft Lauderdale & Miami FL (30 positions available)



REPORTS TO: Field Supervisor

JOB CLASSIFICATION: Hourly

WORK HOURS: Monday - Friday 6:30 AM to 4:30 PM - Off as required; O/T as required

Job Description

· To perform a locate according to the Standard Operating Procedures of the company. This includes taking the time to thoroughly search for underground plant in an area, to properly mark the location, to complete the necessary paperwork, and to photograph each locate.

· To perform a locate in a safe and law abiding manner.
· To route work in an efficient and cost effective manner.
· To present the proper company image by wearing proper attire and by having clean and well-groomed appearance. To portray a positive and constructive attitude with customers.

· To operate assigned vehicles in a safe and law abiding manner.
· To properly maintain, keep clean and orderly the assigned vehicle to minimize damage and repair costs.
· To properly use and maintain all location and safety equipment to minimize damage and repair costs.
· To keep all prints updated and filed neatly in accordance with company standards.
· To satisfactorily perform work in a time period that minimizes overtime.
· To use all supplies in a cost efficient and non-wasteful manner.
· To work in other areas when required.
· All other duties and assignments given by the Field Supervisor or Field Coordinator.

Job Requirements

Possess a valid driver’s license with a clean motor vehicle report
Employment conditional upon passing a drug test
Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds
Must be able to work outside
High School Diploma/GED
Preferred Skills

Ability to use a lap top (will train)
Ability to read a map/blueprint

POSTING PERIOD: 6/23/08 – 7/08/08

TO APPLY:

Contact: Louis Simone at louissimone@usicinc.com

All interested persons must complete a pre-employment application before they will be considered an applicant with the Company. EOE: M/F/V/D

[Goldenboy]

Why 30 positions? Did CLS get a new contract down there?

[Chicagoman]

Or someone lost a contract

[TheCableVine]

Please post all jobs at www.locatorjobs.com (http://www.locatorjobs.com)

Thanks

[Chicagoman]

Boy there is alot of rules around here. I hope I dont get busted by the Forum Police. I have never seen some much control over what people say around here. I even had a crazy women acuse me of being someone else. Must have been a old lover LOL !!!!

[USIC1]

The fact that they can never straighten out either hell holes- Florida or Chicago means a good possibility your days would be numbered accepting a position there...And the big question would be why??? Isnt like the compensation is attractive...

They try to band aid the areas temporarily with manpower but the track record is just to entrenched to change...

The only worthwhile option to attract someone to put up with these areas requires alot more than what they put on the table and even after that look what you have to look forward to...Obviously a broken system...

So many bridges burned- Places like these should have had greater support way back when and created a way to establish tenured locators that NEW WHAT WAS IN THESE TOUGH AREAS, before getting fed up and cut up and gone...Maybe the money factor isnt right with the contracts in these areas...Any good locator with half a brain getting paid good somewhere else would be a fool to even consider risking such a challenge in these areas...

Management needs to rethink the locating in these areas and implement tag teams with senior junior personnel working together...That maybe a start to a new approach to overhauling a failed system and track record...

But I m sure the numbers and management bumblers havent changed there thinking and continue running the same tapes instead of developing a fresh strategy...

:)

[TheCableVine]

Boy there is alot of rules around here. I hope I dont get busted by the Forum Police. I have never seen some much control over what people say around here. I even had a crazy women acuse me of being someone else. Must have been a old lover LOL !!!!

not really. I put a section in the forum for jobs so when you click on it, it would take you straight to the job site. :applause:

[TBONE]

Ok Clip jump right on that how bout that 6:30 start time huh...30 positions open wow must have really cleaned some house since you were there :drinks:

[malosuenos]

Yes we did get a new contract......... No the problems are not as bad as they used to be........... And yes the risks a quality locator takes just to do his job down here are insane!!!!!! We need thirty people because we're spread pretty thin with the absolute bare minimum for our ticket load to try and save some dough. It's going to be an interesting position we are getting prepared to work 28 days straight starting monday.......... Fun stuff!!!!

[GWJ_CAS]

CLS "stole" the at&t contract from ELM for South Florida, Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties, all the South Florida work ELM had.

By "stole" I mean, CLS went after the contract very aggressively and got it, leaving ELM in their wake.

[yahoo]

they got the contract from sts just recently also...........

[TheCableVine]

Sounds like a cut-throat business. Could it be getting worse?:eek:

[RoadMap]

what is with the no re-location assistance crap? atleast smp would help with that. sounds like no veteran would take it without financial help from the company!:noway:

[PowerSweep]

what is with the no re-location assistance crap? atleast smp would help with that. sounds like no veteran would take it without financial help from the company!:noway:


Actually, I don't know of any locate company that pays for relocation for technicians unless they offer a bonus for a "Start-up" area.

[RoadMap]

Actually, I don't know of any locate company that pays for relocation for technicians unless they offer a bonus for a "Start-up" area.

SM&P has in the past. If they ask for transfers, they give assistance. It is alot to ask for someone to pick up and move to another state without help. But I will probably be down helping out after I get back from Chicago.

[Chicagoman]

Yes we did get a new contract......... No the problems are not as bad as they used to be........... And yes the risks a quality locator takes just to do his job down here are insane!!!!!! We need thirty people because we're spread pretty thin with the absolute bare minimum for our ticket load to try and save some dough. It's going to be an interesting position we are getting prepared to work 28 days straight starting monday.......... Fun stuff!!!! Sound like you need the 97 body we got for help with the merger of the Chicago market. I run into so many different people up here its hard to keep track. I hope you get the help you need.

[Chicagoman]

CLS "stole" the at&t contract from ELM for South Florida, Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties, all the South Florida work ELM had.

By "stole" I mean, CLS went after the contract very aggressively and got it, leaving ELM in their wake.

I hope you dont get PM by Gypsygirl talking about ELM. She thinks I am some other Guy and I dont have my facts straight.

[Chicagoman]

SM&P has in the past. If they ask for transfers, they give assistance. It is alot to ask for someone to pick up and move to another state without help. But I will probably be down helping out after I get back from Chicago. Thanks for helping road map

[USIC1]

I hope you guys that are spread so thinly make back some of that

986K lost in high profile damages in June for USIC....

Watch those shortcuts now...

:escape:

[Chicagoman]

Please post all jobs at www.locatorjobs.com (http://www.locatorjobs.com)

Thanks
Wow I am so glad I did not post this on locatorjobs.com. Some people are enjoying the Thread Thats Cool :cool2: Maybe the Nazi Nut can easy up a little bit.

[USIC1]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=YWyCCJ6B2WE


:p

[Chicagoman]

Hey USIC1 I am not going to open your link. I see you are only one who can post them

[malosuenos]

CLS "stole" the at&t contract from ELM for South Florida, Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties, all the South Florida work ELM had.

By "stole" I mean, CLS went after the contract very aggressively and got it, leaving ELM in their wake.

Funny how quickly we forget how ELM got that contract two years ago!?!?!?!?!

[GWJ_CAS]

Funny how quickly we forget how ELM got that contract two years ago!?!?!?!?!

Oh, I didn't forget! I warned them that was goes around comes around...and I also warned them that locating in Florida is a lot different than locating west of the Mississippi where the rest of their operations are.

...and look, it bit them in the a$$.

[Gryphon]

Oh, I didn't forget! I warned them that was goes around comes around...and I also warned them that locating in Florida is a lot different than locating west of the Mississippi where the rest of their operations are.

...and look, it bit them in the a$$.

Why is locating in florida so much different than northern areas, soil content/conductivity, or is it just the way the utilities are layed out?

[undergroundhound49]

If they would get rid of management and staff with actual locators instead of blowhards, they might be able to get the places straightened out. The management, at least in FL have used the locators as their stepping stones to the top, mindless of the fact that were it not for the locators THEY wouldn't have jobs in the first place.

[undergroundhound49]

It's the way management treats the locators and uses threats and intimidation.

[GWJ_CAS]

Why is locating in Florida so much different than northern areas, soil content/conductivity, or is it just the way the utilities are layed out?

It is the way they are laid out and the number of utilities in the ground. No joint trench. FPL power in their exclusive easement (57 different regulated power companies in Florida, not counting city/county owned systems), so many telecoms in so many duct banks (1207 different regulated telecoms in Florida, 56 with physical plant in the ground not counting city/county owned data systems), so many different water/sewer companies (188 regulated water/sewer companies, not counting city/county owned systems, all with physical plant) and health department regs for minimum separation (10' minimum between potable water and sewer/reclaim). Add to all this stormwater drainage systems and you can see how crowded our right-of-ways are.

As far as soil goes, we actually have it very good. Florida is mostly sand so locating with EM and GPR equipment is pretty conducive.

[GWJ_CAS]

If they would get rid of management and staff with actual locators instead of blowhards, they might be able to get the places straightened out. The management, at least in FL have used the locators as their stepping stones to the top, mindless of the fact that were it not for the locators THEY wouldn't have jobs in the first place.

What company(ies) are you speaking of?

[Gryphon]

Thanks CAS
Sounds like an absolute nightmare for the typical contract locator without benifit of all those new fangled, high-falutin GPR doo-hickies:yikes:

[NINJA]

:cool2: I heard they also took over the comcast contract from Utiliquest is that true?>>>>>>>>

[iowagroundpainter]

If ELM is out of Florida, where is Jessie Spires??????Hopefully he went down with the ship.

[GWJ_CAS]

If ELM is out of Florida, where is Jessie Spires??????Hopefully he went down with the ship.

Jesse Spires is ELM's Vice President for Corporate Compliance. He is still very much employed with ELM.

From the ELM website:
JESSIE SPIREShttp://www.elmlocating.com/images/emailicon.gif (%20jessie.spires@elmlocating.com)
Vice President, Corporate Compliance/Operations
Miami, FL
786-464-1400


Jessie joined the ELM Locating & Utility Services' senior management team in July 2006 with sixteen years of experience in the underground locating industry. His experiences include Locating Management, contract negotiations, damage investigations, and Quality Control Audits.
Before working for ELM, Jessie worked for several contract locating companies in Florida, Kansas, Missouri, and Virginia. He began his career as a Field Technician, going through the Supervisor level and into the District Manager position in several states. Jessie is active with the Sunshine State One-Call of Florida board and has served on several committees.
Prior to beginning his career in the underground locating industry Jessie served six years in the U.S. Navy.

See it here:

http://www.elmlocating.com/aboutus/home.asp

[cablemagne]

I for one have nothing but nice things to say about Jessie.Even though when he took over the Jax area CLS office came in at our first meeting and told us to look around because 1/3 of us would not be their in a few weeks.As a newbie I thought oh crap!.Still there 8 mos later I was given way more chances than I should have been given and would probably still be there today had I not moved back to Ga for a sick family member.Jessies alright in my book although he is a little "art of war" kind of leader.

[USIC1]

NOW THAT JESSIE IS BACK IN TOWN!!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dDs_N3kGQk



:p

[sprayandpray]

Great taste in music there US1:thumbsup2:

[USIC1]

Yeah speaking of which...

I need to break out the trumpet and the
fake books with all kinds of songs like that...

Its my escape of the daily BS in the evenings...

;)