Peak Utility Infrastructure is an integrated engineering and construction company that serves the Electric, Natural Gas, and Telecommunications industries.  We provide a full suite of engineering, construction, operations, and maintenance services, including repair, replacement, maintenance, and installation of natural gas, telecommunications, and electric infrastructure through our operating subsidiaries: SiteWise, Kelly Cable, Riley Brothers, and Superior Pipeline Services.

Position Title: Service Plumber - Gas Meter Technician

Pay range is: $26-$34/hr, DOE

Our Core Values: Guided by Safety. Focused on Communities. Powered by Care.

Essential Functions:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

A Service Plumber Gas Meter Technician works under the direction of Gas Meter Foremen and the Gas Meter Supervisor and performs physical activities in support of completing meter exchanges, meter support for construction crews, meter move outs and associated piping, leak detection, relight of gas appliances, meter testing, service turn ons, and other related gas meter work. This position will identity and resolve problems and make timely decisions on a daily basis, constantly striving to obtain maximum productivity. This role will mentor and coach Gas Meter Technician I.  

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Meets client and operating company standards related to gas meter work in accordance with our core values.

• Installs gas meters, regulators, piping and pipe fitting work with black iron pipe.

• Performs change-out of existing gas utility meters and installs upgraded gas utility meters.

• Performs gas leak repair including above ground meter sets.

• Keeps legible hand-written accurate records including daily work logs and installation records.

• Cleans and prepares meter worksites to eliminate possible hazards.

• Monitors and maintains tools and equipment for proper use, storage, and upkeep.

• Completes all work in an organized, timely manner, within standard operating procedure.

• Uses relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards and communicates abnormal working conditions to appropriate parties. 

• Measures, cuts, and threads pipes to specifications, using tools such as saws, pipe threaders, or pipe benders

• Inspects, examines, or tests installed systems or pipe lines, using pressure gauge, observation, or other methods

• Plans pipe system layout, installation, or repair, according to specifications

• Attaches pipes to walls, structures, or fixtures, such as radiators or tanks, using brackets, clamps, tools, or welding equipment

• Cuts or bores holes in structures, such as bulkheads, decks or walls prior to pipe installation, using hand or power tools

• Shuts off gases from pipe sections, using valve keys or wrenches

• Assists crew leaders in construction/ reconstruction and maintenance work providing meter support.

• Works safely around customer houses and private property, backhoes, excavators, and directional drills.

• Performs other duties as assigned. 

Success Factors:

• Must be able to read and interpret documents such as safety data sheets, operating manuals, and work orders.

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbal and written. 

• Good analytical skills and attention to detail.

• Provide exceptional customer service while on the jobsite.

• Basic math skills required when measuring and performing take offs for miscellaneous jobs.

• Detailed procedures. Responds to situations requiring immediate attention.

• Knowledge of standardized work routines and the ability to follow and give oral/written instructions involving a number of steps.

• Knowledgeable with Microsoft software applications. 

• Moderate to strenuous effort required.

• This position requires extended intervals of standing, walking, climbing, bending, crouching, working at heights from ladders, scaffolds, platforms and repetitive motions of the hand/wrist and elbow/shoulder.

• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.

• The employee is occasionally required to climb and balance and talk and hear.

• Workers must also have the ability to work in confined, noisy, hot, and cold spaces and work with hand tools and shop equipment.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Experience and Education:

• A high school diploma or G.E.D. 

• 2+ years of Residential Plumbing, pipe fitting & repair experience (diagnosing & troubleshooting a normal plumbing system).  2-3 years of service plumbing experience required.

• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted on a year to year basis

• Previous experience working with underground utilities is preferred.

Additional Requirements/Licenses/Certifications:

• Possession of, or ability to obtain, a valid State of Residence Driver’s License is required within two weeks of employment.

• Candidates must pass criminal and Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) background checks and pass a pre-employment drug screen.

Notes:

The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the employer.