Meter Reader | Lawrenceville, GA

Bermex, Inc.; Lawrenceville (GA); Híbrido; USD 21.000 - 30.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Company vehicle

Gas card for company vehicle

Company mobile phone or allowance

Boot allowance

Daily per diem for travel

Descripción de la vacante

Bermex is seeking a Meter Reader to read gas, electric, and water meters, often on customers’ premises. The role requires extensive walking in outdoor conditions and strong time management. You will use meter reading devices and hand tools, with training provided.

The position offers a hybrid pay scale with a fixed hourly rate plus piece-rate compensation after training, and opportunities to assist in training new readers. A valid driver’s license is required.

Formación

• High School Diploma or GED is required.
• 1 year experience outdoors preferred; training provided.
• Must possess a valid driver’s license.

Responsabilidades

• Read meters daily and on special readings for customer bills.
• Maintain and organize reading routes; ensure timely completion.
• Inspect meters and report issues to supervisor.
• Assist training of new meter readers.

Conocimientos

Multi-tasking

Time management

Communication skills

Outdoor adaptability

Educación

High School Diploma or GED

Herramientas

Meter reading devices

Hand tools

Descripción del empleo

About The Team

At Bermex, we put value on our customer relationships. We’re always looking for a way that we can delight our customers by going the extra mile. Bermex offers expert meter reading services and solutions to utilities and associated organizations throughout the United States, including leak detection, atmospheric corrosion, line location, software service solutions, as well as water, gas, and electric meter reading. At Bermex, we are always looking for motivated individuals who enjoy working independently and love the outdoors to become a part of our team.

About the Role

The Meter Reader reports to the Meter Services Supervisor at Bermex. This position plays a key role in reading and inspecting gas, electric, and/or water meters. This position also requires a high degree of walking in outdoor environmental conditions, excellent time management, and exceptional flexibility day to day. This role has a hybrid pay scale paying a fixed hourly rate alongside a pay per piece rate once training is completed.

What You’ll Do

• Read meters on a daily and/or special basis, typically on a customer’s premises for service bills
• Carry out assigned duties in the required time frame for cycle readings, assign sequence numbers to new services, and rearrange meter reading routes as necessary
• Inspect meters and report damage or apparent malfunctions to assigned supervisor
• Evaluate unsafe conditions or clean out meter boxes
• Use electric, gas, water meter reading devices
• Use hand tools such as a screwdriver, pliers, flashlights, keys, gas detectors, generators, pumps, hand pumps, shovels, lid handles, etc.
• Use printed materials such as service orders, maps, manuals, and computer printouts
• Assist with training of new meter readers

Read Meters in Various Environmental Conditions

• Extensively walk and stand for much of the workday
• Walk for long distances (occasionally up to 20 miles per day) in various weather conditions (rain, sleet, hail, snow, extreme heat or cold, etc.)
• Exert physical force moving objects (routinely 10lbs of force, up to an occasional 50lbs of force)

Customer Communication

• Refer all consumer complaints to the appropriate authorities
• Provide general information about the meter services to customers, when applicable
• Use telephones, tablets, and/or computers to communicate
• Other duties as assigned

About You Must haves

• Education: High School Diploma or GED, must be 18 years of age or older
• Experience: 1 year experience working in outdoor conditions. Employees will be trained in meter reading. Must possess a valid driver’s license

Nice to haves

• Experience: 1 year of experience in meter reading

Your Skills

• Ability to multi-task, and work independently and as a team
• Exceptional flexibility in daily routines and route scheduling
• Adequate time management skills to finish daily meter reads in a timely manner, figuring out an efficient way to read meters for that day
• Excellent communication skills, comfortable interacting with management and customers
• Ability to interact with unhappy or negative customers in a professional manner
• Excellent attention to detail for problem solving and finding
• Ability to walk long distances and prepare for weather conditions, accordingly

This role would not be a good fit if you

• Do not enjoy working independently
• Do not enjoy working in outdoor conditions
• Do not enjoy walking long distances
• Are not flexible and do not enjoy adapting to your current work schedule or routine
• Do not have adequate planning and time management skills to finish a days work in a timely manner

Drug/Alcohol Testing

• Drug/alcohol testing is required
• Drug/alcohol testing required per Non-Regulatory requirements for employees working with water, electric, and meters
• Drug/alcohol testing required per Federal DOT regulations for employees working with gas meters

Benefits

• Health and Safety: Group health plans including medical/prescription, dental, vision and a variety of other coverage options
• Company paid group life insurance, accidental death & dismemberment insurance, short and long term disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts or an option for a Health Saving Account with company match
• Company paid Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for all employees and eligible family members
• Retirement: Automatic enrollment in the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) at no cost Roth or Traditional 401(k) Retirement plan with company match
• PTO Plans (after 90 completed days of service for full-time employees): Paid Vacation
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Wedding Day
• Veterans Day paid time off for our veterans
• Paid Sick Time (New York based positions ONLY)

Perks/Allowances

• Company vehicle (for all driver-based positions)
• Gas card for company vehicle (if applicable)
• Company provided cell phone or mobile allowance (if applicable)
• Boot allowance from approved vendors
• Daily per diem for travel-based positions

Where We Work

Employees will begin their day at the local office where they will pick up their company vehicle, equipment, and assignments for the day.

Equal Employment

We are an Equal Employment/Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

If you require reasonable accommodations for any part of the application or hiring process due to disability, you may submit your request by calling 800.622.2562.

Company: ACRT, Inc.

From coast to coast and everywhere in between, ACRT Services and its family of companies is looking to hire the industry’s best talent. We’re looking for independent, self-driven people who turn challenges into solutions. People who want to use their careers to help utilities keep their customers in power. People who want to help us sustain our world.

Accountable to self and others Customer and company fairness Responsibility of ownership Trustworthy in all things.

Mission: To engage the best people and make them better to foster resiliency, environmental stewardship, compliance, stakeholder partnerships, and safer communities.

Vision: To be the leader for innovation and industry-shaping solutions within the infrastructure and environmental space.

ACRT Services and our family of companies are fully committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action. We seek to hire and empower the best people, providing exceptional service no matter where and when duty calls. We also believe in our people and invest in them through continuing education and believe in a positive, active workplace culture.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities