Engineering Tech 1/2/Sr - Gas

Northern Natural Gas • Ottumwa, IA

120d

About The Position

The engineering technician I gas provides cost estimating, design, work instructions, and coordination of extensions or modifications of gas delivery facilities. The engineering technician I gas applies established engineering standards and practices for routine projects in the following areas: determining pipe and equipment sizes due to customer and system loads; project design alternatives and their associated costs; project timing and coordination; procurement of materials and field inspection; and all other assigned duties. This is a multi-level posting. Candidates may be considered for any of the posted levels, depending on their level of experience and depth of expertise.

Requirements

• Associate's degree in a technical field such as civil, electrical, mechanical, construction, computer aided drafting, plumbing trade, project management, or equivalent work experience.
• Typically three years of related, progressive work experience would be needed for candidates applying for this position who do not possess an associate's degree in a technical field.
• Effective verbal and written communications skills.
• Effective analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Project management skills; ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks and projects concurrently.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering services for cost estimating, design, work instructions, and coordination of construction and maintenance projects on MidAmerican Energy Company's gas delivery system.
• Prepares routine construction work requests, including work instruction preparation, construction site drawings, preparation of material lists, and engineering calculations.
• Performs a variety of routine field work including, but not limited to locating and sizing services, load determination, utility easement acquisition, staking, and minor survey work.
• Actively engages with customer requests and responds to service needs as appropriate.
• Works collaboratively with residential and commercial construction developers.
• Provide routine project management for all phases of a project including scheduling, design, estimates, drawings, cost tracking, and project cost projections.
• Verifies and documents construction site readiness, ensuring MEC requirements are met for backfill, grading, and conduit installation requirements.
• Provides customers with scheduling notifications as appropriate.
• Provide support for work requests, resolves issues, and ensures crews understand work scope, detail, and structure.
• Ensures that customer inquiries and engineering detail adhere to standard operating procedures involving tariff application, extension rules and agreements, service rules, code requirements, and metering requirements.
• Responsible for emergency response activities, outage response supervisory activities, and other operations support functions.
• May require travel and overnight stay as workload dictates.
• Performs additional responsibilities as requested or assigned.
• Demonstration of knowledge and understanding of human performance improvement techniques.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Warehousing and Storage
• Education Level: Associate degree