Description
Requisition: 83624
Summary
Under general supervision in the field, installs meters, service regulators, appliances, and associated pipings maintains gas installations and appliances as qualified through formalized and/or on-the-job training, carries through assignments, at times with the assistance of other employees; under general supervision in the shop, does other Service Department work.
Job Responsibilities
- Installing, renewing, and repairing gas piping on customers' premises; extending service piping, installing meter spacings; setting meters on new spacings, including the fitting of pipe from meter outlet connection to house piping; checking completed work for tightness and compliance with Company's specifications, including the piping installed by plumbers.
- Installing all types of gas appliances and turning on for normal operation.
- Installing, inspecting, and changing service regulators; testing and adjusting operation of service regulators in the field, excluding industrial regulators used in complicated installations.
- Making repairs to and installing repair parts on non-automatic appliances such as water heaters, space heaters, and ranges, excluding repairs to and installation of electrically operated controls; making repairs to, and installing those repair parts on automatic type appliances which do not involve the adjustment of automatic gas controls.
- Clearing services and house piping of stoppages with or without the use of compressed gasses or vacuum tank, investigating complaints of no gas, insufficient gas at customers' premises, correcting same.
- Taking and interpreting U-gauge pressure readings in order to locate small leaks and stoppages in service and house piping, and in order to determine adequacy of such piping.
- Setting or removing pressure or temperature recording gauges, on customers' premises.
- Stopping flow of gas by such methods as inserting rags or expansion plugs.
- Shutting off, cleaning and re-lighting central building heating furnaces and boilers.
- Re-lighting residential, commercial and industrial appliances in conjunction with active orders, meter change work and Street Department work.
- Making simple sketches of piping and equipment layout on customers' premises to explain unusual condition to supervisor in shop.
- Investigating gas leaks at customers' premises, using approved devices; making same safe.
Job Qualifications
- High school diploma or GED
- Possess and maintain a valid U.S. driver's license with a safe and satisfactory driving record
- Successfully pass the hiring tests administered by the Company (Gas Battery Test)
- Per the Bargaining Unit Contract, this position has a 5 year lock-in period.
Desired
- Universal Refrigeration Certification
- Experience in plumbing, pipefitting, HVAC, or appliance repair trades
Contact
Public Service Enterprise Group
80 Park Plaza P.O. Box 570
Newark
New Jersey United States
www.pseg.com
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