Meter Technician

Meter Technician

• $20/hr Moves to $22 after training
• Monday - Friday, 7:00 to 3:30 pm potential for OT
• Company Cell Phone Provided
• Use of personal vehicle stipend
• Gas card
• Paid Training
• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
• 401k with company match
• Voluntary Short/Long Term Disability
• Life Insurance
• 9 Paid Holidays
• Accrued Vacation Time
• Sick Time
• $750 Referral Bonus Program
• $150 Annual Boot Voucher
• $150 Annual Rx Safety Eyewear Voucher

The job requires ability to use a screwdriver to replace the ERT, ability to work in all seasons, with majority of the work outside, walking multiple miles a day with some driving , 70% outside 30% inside, depending on area.
Project Background: What an ERT is.-UGI initiated an AMR (Automated Meter Reading) program in the mid-1990s and, over the next 20years, installed over 600,000 meters with an AMR device. These devices are called endpoints or ERTs (encoder receiver transmitters).-ITRON’s technical bulletin on predicting ERT Module Life claims the original 40G or 100Gmodels introduced in 1992 had a useful life of 20 years, with an estimated battery life of about14 years. The newer generation, 40G (since about 2005), has a predicted life of 17 to 20 years, including the battery. The ERT Replacement Program aims to replace ERTs approaching or beyond their anticipated useful life. This will ensure continuity in UGI’s ability to read meters remotely, enabling UGI to continue timely and accurately billing customers.
About Us:

With Precision Pipeline Solutions in New Windsor, New York, you’ll be working for one of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies in the natural gas and electric utility contracting industry. Our mission at PPS is to be the premier provider of the development and implementation of single source, multi-dimensional, problem-solving techniques, driving the most effective SOLUTIONS to our utility clients. Our customers will choose us because of our diverse expertise, quality workmanship and reputation to provide the utmost degree of value.
This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties as delegated to meet the ongoing needs of PPS.

• Personal transportation available to and from job site
• Valid Driver’s License for at least one year
• High school diploma or equivalent
• Ability to climb, balance, bend, stoop, squat, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach, push and/or pull, twist and make repetitive hand movements. Ability to load, carry, lift, push and/or pull objects weighing up to 50 pounds. Sitting or standing for prolonged period of time required. Must have the ability to safely operate a motorized vehicle.
• Complies with all safety rules and regulations set forth by PPS
• Ability to act with integrity and respect of personal or public property
• Ability to work in all types of weather
• Ability to report to jobsite daily and travel to a new location upon request at any time throughout local PPS service territories
• Ability to walk between 3 to 5 miles per day
• Pass and retain Operation Qualifications as set forth by utility standards employment is contingent on the passing of Operator Qualifications during training