Natural Gas Apprentice

UGI Corporation•Stroud Township, PA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

This entry level position in our Stroudsburg, PA office performs support to field operations on general construction and maintenance tasks. Employees are qualified by training and experience to do all utility, customer service, pipefitting and construction tasks with direct supervision including: meter reading, locating, excavation, flagging, emergency response, basic backhoe/trencher operation, dump truck operator, gas main and service installation/repair and will be eligible for duty crew and on-call responsibilities when judged qualified. Primary focus will be on safety and on the job training. Employees will enter a four tiered progression and obtain Operator Qualification training on a limited number of covered tasks as outlined in the Operator Qualification Progression Plan (OQ Progression Plan) to progress to a Journeyman level. The successful candidate must live within the service territory of the job location Stroudsburg, PA (Southern Monroe County and Northern Northampton County) and will be required to hold or obtain a commercial driver’s license (CDL) within the first 6 months of employment.

Requirements

High School Diploma
Must live within the service territory of the job location Stroudsburg, PA (Southern Monroe County and Northern Northampton County)
Required to hold or obtain a commercial driver’s license (CDL) within the first 6 months of employment.
Pass a pre-employment drug screen
Subject to substance abuse testing in accordance with UGI policies.
Cannot use medical marijuana, even if prescribed by an authorized physician.

Responsibilities

Reading residential and commercial meters and recording readings using handheld computers via walking and mobile routes.
Survey and flagging
Gas and main service installations and repair
Backhoe, trencher and dump truck operation.
Locating lines
Inventory control