(MMSH)-Meter Setter Helper

Job Information

General Responsibilities:

Assist Meter Setter II in digging and backfilling holes, installing water meters, meter boxes, meter vaults, stopcocks and various meter fittings and supplies.

Essential Job Functions:

• Perform various tasks utilizing tools such as pipe wrenches, crescent wrenches, shovels, hammers, sledgehammers, stopcock keys, and valve keys
• Assist in operating drilling and tapping machines and make taps on pressurized mains Tap sizes range from ¾” to ” Tie in corporation cock and copper and connect to meter yoke or copper setter
• Assist in repairing leaks inside the meter box
• Assist in operating main valves, tapping valves, and stopcocks
• Assist with fire services and domestic services vault
• Load and unload meters on trucks
• Locate, uncover and clean around meter boxes and vaults
• Assist in setting, raising, lowering, and replacing meter boxes
• Assist in changing, setting, and removing water meters
• Excavate and remove abandoned meter boxes using a sledgehammer, clay spade or compressed air-powered jackhammer and fill the resulting hole with proper backfill
• Keep assigned vehicle clean and report all mechanical problems Maintain a valid driver's license
• Adhere to all traffic laws and safety policies and procedures when driving company vehicles
• Work an on-call rotating schedule outside the regular schedule on a rotating basis to support business continuity when responding to emergencies
• Perform all work safely in accordance with established safety policies and procedures Comply with all safety and health standards and guidelines issued by management
• Perform other duties as assigned..

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Education:

High school diploma or equivalent is required

Certifications

Experience:

Six (6) months of related work experience, including machines and field equipment, construction, pipefitting, map reading, and basic math.

Supervision:

None

Physical Demands:

• Ability to stand, walk or sit for extended periods
• Ability to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Ability to climb or balance
• Reaching by excreting hand(s) or arms(s) in any direction
• Finger dexterity is required to manipulate objects with fingers rather than with whole hand(s) or arm(s), for example, using a keyboard
• Communication skills using the spoken word
• Ability to see within normal parameters
• Ability to hear within normal parameters
• Ability to lift 100 pounds
• Ability to move about

Working Environment:

• Loud noise; work indoors and outdoors, exposed to extreme hot/cold/wet weather conditions  
• Work in a field setting in pits up to 10 feet deep. Confined spaces, including vaults up to 11 feet by 13 feet by 9 feet