Journey Meterman

Hyrum City is seeking a Journey Meterman for its municipally owned and operated Power Department. The Journey Meterman performs journey level technical duties assisting in the installation, programing, testing, and repair of metering apparatus and other systems associated with the city’s electric metering system. Performs customer service and education regarding city power operations, programs, billing system, policies, and procedures.

The Journey Meterman for Hyrum City will (see complete job description at www.hyrumcity.com):

· Install or activate meters for new customer services; monitors meter operations to assure proper calibration and recording of electrical consumption; disconnects meter upon service termination or for failure to pay; analyzes meter problems and makes service technical repairs as needed; calculates multipliers as a basis for customer billing.

· Install primary and secondary voltage rated poly and single-phase watt hour metering devices with current and potential transformers for commercial, industrial, and residential use; installs power factor measurements both VAR and Q hour to indicate use efficiency.

· Calculate multipliers and attaches same to meters as a basis for customer billing; reads and computes kilowatts and kilowatt hours from recording demand meters.

· Perform a variety of maintenance testing, calibration and repair on electrical instruments including single and poly phase watt hour and demand meters, recording volt and amp meters, transformers, etc., used in electrical utility programs for testing equipment; tests and maintains equipment; determines cause of meter malfunction.

· Respond to public on various requests related to electrical metering (high bills), service irregularities, television and radio interference, power consumption, application and enforcement of various rate schedules or difference between classes of customers, i.e., residential, industrial, commercial, etc.

· Conduct problem analysis; makes assessments of causes of high consumption; tests appliances and electrical devises to determine possible source of high consumption; advises and recommends solutions to problems; calculates lighting loads and estimates cost of energy.

1. Graduation from high school or GED. Must be a certified journey meterman from an accredited metering program.

2. Must possess a valid Utah Class B Commercial Driver’s License (CDL)and be CPR certified. Must be or become Pole Top Rescue, Bucket Truck Rescue, Forklift, and Flagging certified. Must be willing to work rotational on-call schedule requiring after hours response to outage calls.

3. Must reside within 15 miles of the Hyrum City Offices through the period of employment with Hyrum City (new employees have one year to relocate).

The following salary and benefits are being offered for this position:

Utah State Retirement

Health & Dental Insurance – Traditional Plan City pays 82% of premium.

Long Term Disability

Leave Pay - Holiday, Vacation, Short Term and Long Term Sick

Those interested in learning more about the position and/or applying should go to www.hyrumcity.com. Materials submitted by candidates will be reviewed and selected candidates will be invited to participate in an interview. The position will remain open until filled by a qualified applicant.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $34.60 - $37.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Experience level:

• 4 years

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• On call
• Weekends as needed

Application Question(s):

• Do you currently live within 15 miles of Hyrum City or are willing to relocated within 15 miles of Hyrum City upon hire?

License/Certification:

• Certified Journey Meterman (Required)
• Class B CDL (Required)
• Pole Top & Bucket Truck Rescue, Forklift, Flagging Certs. (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Hyrum, UT 84319: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $35 - $37