Field Investigator (Public Utilities Gas Pipeline Safety Compliance Investigator)
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About The Position
The Gas Pipeline Safety team at the PUCO is responsible for enforcing federal and state pipeline safety regulations. In this position as a Gas Pipeline Safety Compliance Investigator, you will be a field-based employee responsible for scheduling, coordinating, and conducting independent field audits and inspections with gas utilities. Inspections include reviews of company plans and procedures, reviews of company construction, operations, and maintenance records, field observations of gas company employees and contractors, and field inspections of company pipeline facilities. You will also be assigned to investigate natural gas related incidents and complaints. The position will involve learning and applying federal and state pipeline safety regulations to various company records and facilities to determine whether the company is complying with the regulations. Some inspections are performed as part of a team, but most inspections are performed independently. This position will be based in northeast Ohio and most assignments will be in that part of the state but occasional assignments requiring overnight stays in other parts of the state are possible. Travel to Columbus will also be required throughout the year for meetings at the PUCO headquarters in downtown Columbus. The position will also require the successful completion of several training courses at PHMSA's training facility in Oklahoma City, OK during the first 3 years in the position. A state vehicle will be assigned for work related travel within the state.
