Meter Worker - FGE
About the role
Our Company More than a utility company, Unitil provides energy for life. Our work helps keep homes comfortable, businesses thriving and communities connected. Unitil is an investor-owned public utility proudly serving Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. We are dedicated to delivering energy to our customers safely and reliably. Unitil is committed to creating an inclusive environment that welcomes and values the differences among all of our employees, customers, suppliers and the communities in which we live and conduct business. The continued success of Unitil is enhanced through initiatives that promote diversity and value our employees.
Position Purpose: Provides prompt, courteous and professional service to our customers by installing, testing and maintaining metering systems consistent with Company policies and management objectives. The employee shall be required to successfully complete a training program to demonstrate proper working techniques and practices in accordance with U.W.U.A./B.U.W. Agreement, Local #B340.
Responsibilities
- End Results Correctly read, connect, disconnect, remove and install all single phase and network self-contained watt-hour meters.
- Correctly read gas meters.
- Learn the understanding and ability to perform the proper programming of (AMI) automatic meter infrastructure meters and (AMR) automatic meter reader devices.
- Perform shop testing of all electric meters, including data entry of test results into the CIS and the AMI systems.
- Learn to perform the field testing of single phase self-contained meters.
- This position requires good customer relations and knowledge of company equipment in the field.
- This includes contacting the customer through the use of the company provided cell phone to communicate projected time of arrival for customer requested call-ahead appointments.
- Accurate documentation is required to ensure proper billing to our customers.
- Learn and progress in the performance of electric meter work orders including shutoff for non-payment work orders