Meter and Accessory Tester

Key Responsibilities

• Use test facilities, set-up and functionally test positive displacement meters up through the six-inch size and all accessories.
• Hydrotest all sizes of turbine meter housings, ultrasonic meters, valves and positive displacement meters.
• All tests are to be performed in accordance with engineering test procedures.
• Absorb and assist other operators in assembling and disassembling test setups in other test lines while automated testing is underway.

Note: this job will not receive SIMO pay. The SIMO adjustment is considered in the job code.

Responsibilities

• Load meters or accessories on test stand which may be manually or computer controlled.
• Secure pipe fittings and electrical connections, align meters or accessories, and attach necessary supplemental equipment to perform required test functions.
• Maintain first pass yield data sheets.
• Detect and correct malfunctions by adjusting or replacing defective parts where practical, such as packing glands, calibrators, etc.
• After testing has been completed, drain units, and transfer tested units to skid, and line off all completed operations on router.
• Return meters, accessories or housings which fail to meet engineering requirements to the appropriate department for evaluation and repair.
• Coordinate with Customer Service and Quality Assurance personnel when performing witnessed product testing with customer and outside inspectors.
• Keep work area orderly, move material as required and follow established safety procedures.

Your Areas of Knowledge and Expertise that matter most for this role

• The ability to work together to accomplish the goals of the company. This includes the ability to communicate and cooperate for the purpose of maintaining production schedules, compliance with ISO standards, total quality of parts, and continuous improvement of processes.
• Rotation among processes and duties of this job description is a requirement in the department.
• Renewal of qualifications in this job description is required when there is specific reason to question the ability to perform job to specification at acceptable levels of productivity.

Work Environment

• Spend 95% of the time in a manufacturing/shop environment and 5% in an office environment.
• Will be exposed to possible hazards including working with high-pressure equipment, working in confined spaces, high noise, inclement weather, chemicals, pressure testing, heavy lift operations and shop/field traffic.
• Frequent walking, climbing, bending, stooping, kneeling, pushing upward, crawling in confined workspaces and lifting daily.