Description
General Purpose of Work.
- Tests electric meters and operates and maintains testing equipment in accordance with Company standards and Public Service Commission of Wisconsin regulatory requirements.
- Performs work under general supervision of the Electric Meter Working Foreman and Manager - Gas and Electric Measurement.
General Duties.
- Tests, cleans, adjusts, and repairs single-phase, non-instrument-rated electric meters and associated electronic equipment in the Electric Meter Shop.
Performs meter inventories. - Reads electric meters and maintains proper records of readings.
- Performs housekeeping duties in the Electric Meter Shop.
- Performs driver maintenance on and operates Company vehicles.
- Operates and maintains manually and electrically operated hand tools, voltmeters, ammeters, and meter-testing equipment.
- Utilizes the Phenix Technologies Test Station or similar equipment to provide primary backup support to the Transformer Shop Maintenance Technician. There may be instances where Electric Transmission and Distribution personnel will be needed to perform this work.
- Performs other incidental and related duties as assigned.
Qualifications.
- Associate's degree in electronics or electrical technology or completed equivalent education as demonstrated by two years of comparable electrical engineering college work sufficient to provide a good, fundamental knowledge of electrical theory is required.
- Must have demonstrated computer literacy in word processing, spreadsheets, and other software.
- Must have demonstrated satisfactory aptitude and learning ability for Electric Meter Technician duties.
- Able to perform continuous light, active work with occasional periods of heavy work which requires lifting and/or carrying a minimum of 75 lbs. Use of fingers, both hands, and both legs (prostheses not acceptable).
- Able to reach above shoulders, push, pull, crawl, balance, stoop, crouch, kneel, repeatedly bend, climb (using both arms and both legs), feel, talk, hear, and smell.
- Must have clear vision, depth perception, and field of vision in both eyes. Able to distinguish basic colors and shades of color (eyeglasses acceptable).
- Must be neat in appearance.
- Must have and keep a Wisconsin driver's license.
- Must have the stamina to spend a large part of his/her time working outdoors in extremes of weather.
- Must be reasonably available for overtime work assignments.
Knowledge and Skills to be Acquired.
- Must learn and practice all safety rules which apply to work.
- Must learn how to interact with customers in a calm, courteous, and competent manner.
- Must acquire knowledge of the principles of electric metering, electronic theory, circuitry, and meter construction and operation.
- Must acquire knowledge of the Company's electrical installation guidelines and procedures.
- Must acquire knowledge of the purpose, function, and interrelationship of the component parts of the electric system as it relates to metering.
- Must acquire knowledge of the service area and demonstrate an ability to work alone and plan and organize work.
- Must acquire an improved level of efficiency in meter testing consistent with the classification.
- Must acquire knowledge and skills to perform the Transformer Test Shop primary backup duties.
Contact
Madison Gas and Electric
Wisconsin United States
www.mge.com
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