Electric Meter Installer | Wauchula, FL

About The Role

The Electric Meter Installer reports to the Supervisor of Meter Services at Bermex. This positions primary role is the exchange of electric meters of varying form types. This position also requires a high degree of walking in outdoor environmental conditions, excellent time management, and exceptional flexibility day to day.

What You’ll Do

• Electric Meter Maintenance: Perform visual inspections of electric meters for damages, identify hazards at meter sites and report accordingly, properly change out electric meters of varying sizes and brands, properly change out electric meters for AMI/AMR upgrade
• Electric Meter Reading: Read electric meters, enter data collected in the field into a handheld computer, assist on additional projects, as necessary
• Customer Communication: Refer all consumer complaints to the appropriate authorities, provide general information about the meter services to customers, when applicable, use telephones, tablets, and/or computers to communicate
• Other duties as assigned.

Must Haves

• Education: Some high school education, must be 18 years of age or older
• Experience: 1 or more years of experience in the direct exchange of electric meters of varying form types. Valid driver's license is required
• In lieu of meter experience, will accept comparable technical experience and skill

Nice to Haves

• Education: High School Diploma or GED
• Experience: 2 or more years of experience in the direct exchange of electric meters of varying form types
• Preferred to have experience with 2S meter exchange

Your Skills

• Ability to multi-task, and work independently and as a team
• Exceptional flexibility in daily routines and route scheduling
• Adequate time management skills to finish daily meter reads in a timely manner, figuring out an efficient way to read meters for that day
• Excellent communication skills, comfortable interacting with management and customers
• Ability to interact with unhappy or negative customers in a professional manner
• Excellent attention to detail for problem solving and finding
• Adequate planning and time management skills to finish a day’s work in a timely manner
• Drug/Alcohol Testing: Drug/alcohol testing is required

What You Won’t Do

• Do not enjoy working independently
• Do not enjoy working in outdoor conditions
• Do not enjoy walking long distances
• Not flexible and do not enjoy adapting to your current work schedule or routine
• Do not have adequate planning and time management skills to finish a day’s work in a timely manner

Benefits

• Health and Safety: Group health plans including medical/prescription, dental, vision and a variety of other coverage options
• Company paid group life insurance, accidental death & dismemberment insurance, short and long term disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts or an option for a Health Saving Account with company match
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for all employees and eligible family members
• Retirement: Automatic enrollment in the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) at no cost Roth or Traditional 401(k) Retirement plan with company match
• PTO Plans (after 90 completed days of service for full-time employees): Paid Vacation Paid Holidays Paid Wedding Day Veterans Day paid time off for our veterans Paid Sick Time (New York based positions ONLY)
• Perks/Allowances: Company vehicle (for all driver-based positions), gas card for company vehicle (if applicable), company provided cell phone or mobile allowance (if applicable), boot allowance from approved vendors, daily per diem for travel-based positions