Gas Meter Technician

Superior Pipeline Services

Tyler, TX

Estimated pay: Est. $17–$26/hr (market estimate, not employer-stated)

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: Site Wise, Kelly Cable, Riley Brothers, Superior Pipeline Services, Superior Hydrovac and 5Star Electric.

**Position Title:** Gas Meter Tech

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

**Classification:** Non-Exempt

**Essential Functions:**

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

A Gas Meter Tech performs physical activities in support of completing meter support for construction crews, piping, leak detection, line testing, arm-overs/above ground /below ground piping and other related gas meter work. This position will identify and resolve problems and make timely decisions on a daily basis while constantly striving to obtain maximum productivity.

**Roles and Responsibilities:**

• Meets client and operating company standards related to gas meter piping work in accordance with our core values.
• Installs gas regulators, piping and pipe fitting work with iron pipe.
• 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.
• Complete 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 pipelines, 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 once approved by 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 few 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:**

• **Meter Tech or Plumbing experience**, 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:**

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