Meter Test Technician I

Delta Utilities Services•Lake Charles, LA

About The Position

The Meter Test Technician I tests, repairs, and maintains gas meters to ensure accurate flow and pressure measurements. The role performs work involving installation, maintenance, calibration, testing, and repair of large meters, regulators, and relief valves. It also supports metering and pressure-regulating equipment, field operations, customer investigations, and related measurement work. The technician must follow applicable laws and regulations, the Company’s Ethics and Compliance Code of Conduct, and other Company policies and procedures, and complete required training. The position requires sound mechanical, mathematical, physics, and electronics aptitude; customer-focused communication; the ability to work with minimal supervision; and a valid state driver’s license with a good driving record. Work includes regular hours with occasional overtime, call-outs or work outside normal scheduled time, travel that may include overnight stays, and routine exposure to outdoor weather, dirty or greasy and hot equipment, noise, and occasional potentially explosive environments. This is a safety-sensitive position subject to random drug screening.

Requirements

High school diploma, or equivalent knowledge of English and mathematics, including basic arithmetic, fractions, and percentages, as well as punctuation, grammar, and spelling.
Either at least 3 years of natural gas operations experience or at least 2 years of advanced technical education and/or experience in instrumentation, electronics, and/or measurement applications, regardless of industry.
Strong aptitude for mechanical tasks, algebra, physics, and electronics.
Ability to operate a personal computer and diagnose and repair electronic equipment.
Ability to use tools such as transfer provers, pressure and temperature calibrators, analog and digital pressure gauges, and multimeters.
Ability to understand and comply with state and federal regulatory requirements, company and industry operating standards, and safety procedures.
Ability to solve problems logically and creatively, multitask, make sound decisions, and work effectively with minimal supervision.
Ability to learn continuously, understand business philosophy, and apply technical specifications appropriately.
Ability to demonstrate customer focus, motivation, courtesy, tact, good judgment, and professional conduct when communicating with customers in person and by telephone.
Valid state driver’s license and a good driving record; ability to operate company vehicles safely and in compliance with applicable laws and company policies.
Ability to exert more than 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or frequently, and/or more than 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
Ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, or crouch for extended periods and to enter and exit a vehicle without assistance.
Ability to work regular hours with occasional overtime, and to respond to call-outs or work outside normal scheduled time.
Ability to work in all weather conditions, around dirty or greasy and hot equipment and noise, and handle emergencies that may involve occasional exposure to an explosive environment.
Ability to travel long distances by vehicle, with occasional overnight stays.
Must be eligible for inclusion in the random drug-screen pool required for a safety-sensitive position.

Nice To Haves

Class D with Class A CDL preferred, or willingness to obtain it within the first 6 months of employment.

Responsibilities

Perform field meter calibration tests when service is instituted and meters are placed into service.
Inspect, test, calibrate, and repair field test meters, city gate stations, pressure-regulating stations, and related equipment according to the MIS program or special requests.
Test, calibrate, and maintain gas metering, regulating, pressure-recording, and SCADA devices.
Inspect and repair district and rural regulators and regulators on field-test meters.
Inspect and repair control valves, pressure relief valves, and other overpressure protection equipment.
Install, test, calibrate, and repair recording instruments, including mechanical volume-integrating gauges, recording pressure gauges, electronic correctors, base pressure gauges, recording thermometers, and related electronic equipment.
Install, test, and repair telemetering equipment, telephone modems, and protective equipment.
Coordinate and witness meter tests with supplier measurement personnel.
Check, adjust, and repair large-capacity odorizers as necessary.
Adjust distribution system operating pressures as necessary.
Assist operations personnel with installation of large-volume meter and regulator sets and with system uprating and pressure problems.
Assist with high-bill complaint investigations requested by large-volume customers.
Perform miscellaneous assignments, including calibrating district personnel’s pressure gauges, painting stations, and assisting with pressure studies.
Complete required training and comply with applicable laws, regulations, company policies, procedures, ethics requirements, and safety standards.
Respond to call-outs or work outside normal scheduled time as needed.