Measurement Technician

The measurement technician is responsible for EFM installation, gas samples, charts, calibration of various gas measurement equipment, orifice plate changes, and witnessing of sales and/or delivery points.

Essential duties and responsibilities:

• Calibrates EFMs and other gas measurement equipment.
• Makes plate changes when necessary.
• Performs monthly witness/proving on sales points.
• Pulls monthly gas samples.
• Completes appropriate documentation and paperwork.
• Ensures that gas meets the requirements and specs of the customer.
• Gathers field measurement data.
• Completes System Balance Reports.
• Understands and develops good safety habits.
• Reports all unsafe and environmental issues to supervisor.
• Keeps lines of communication open to supervisor and other company employees so they can perform their jobs effectively.
• Follows federal, state, and local laws and regulations.
• Takes care of company vehicle and equipment.
• Develops a cost effective approach to doing business.
• Assures that all DOT records and inspections are current and up to date.
• Helps out in other areas of the business as needed.
• Reports all excessive downtime to appropriate people.
• Maintains Company vehicle in good operating condition.
• Continues to look for better and more efficient ways of doing things.
• Manages yearly budgets and capital projects.
• Adheres to all company policies and procedures.
• Practices company core values.
• Keeps safety in the forefront of every task performed.

Position Requirements

Education and/or experience:

• High school degree or equivalent
• General knowledge of compressor stations, gathering system, and processing plant operations
• Follows company policies, practices, and regulatory requirements

Qualifications:

• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Customer orientation
• Ability to effectively present information in a one–on-one and small group situation to other employees of the company and outside contractors
• Basic math skills (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, decimals)
• Apply common sense understanding to carry out day-to-day operation issues
• Ability to make quick and reasonable decisions in sometimes-adverse conditions

Certificates, licenses, registrations:

• Valid state operating license that meets insurability standards under company insurance policy

Physical demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Uses physical force to lift, push, pull and hold equipment/tools
• Climbs and works at various heights. May work in a standing, sitting, lying down, crouched or kneeling position
• Routinely reacts to visual, aural and other signals, including alarms and instructions, and is required to visually inspect work
• Regularly bends, stoops, moves from ground level to higher levels, raises/lifts from ground level a load up to 50 lbs., manually transports a load up to 75 lbs., and applies up to 150 foot pounds of torque
• Regularly gets into and out of vehicles and rides over rough roads
• Candidates may be subject to Department of Transportation (DOT) drug and alcohol testing requirements
• Subject to overtime and call-outs

Working donditions: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Works mostly outdoors, in and around mechanical, industrial and electrical equipment
• Required to climb about equipment and work in confined areas (i.e., tanks, between compressors, vessels)
• May be subject to work in hazardous conditions including hydrocarbon vapor, adverse weather conditions, and extreme temperatures
• Wears safety equipment as required