Meter Specialist

Ameren; Mount Vernon (IL); On-site; USD 63,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Ameren Illinois is hiring a meter technician to service residential and commercial electric meters and gas meters in central and southern Illinois. You will respond to alarms, replace non-performing meters, install meters and gas modules, and perform routine meter exchanges while ensuring safety and customer focus.

The role requires a high school diploma, a valid driver's license, and company-sponsored training to become OQ certified; an Associate's degree in Electrical Technology (or

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Valid driver's license.
• Must pass company-sponsored gas training to become OQ certified.
• Associate's degree in Electrical Technology or minimum 8 hours technical math coursework preferred.

Responsibilities

• Respond to AMI alarms and replace meters/modules as needed.
• Install AMI meters and gas modules the deployment vendor cannot complete.
• Change out AMI/AMR meters and gas meters/modules on customer request.
• Perform routine electric and gas meter exchanges and gas module exchanges.
• Set and verify gas regulator pressure and inspect piping for leaks.
• Perform non-pay door knocks before disconnections when necessary.
• Execute electric and gas service disconnections and reconnections.
• Read electric and gas meters as requested, including monthly reads for non-standard metering.
• Identify potential diversion, tampering and theft of service situations.
• Relight gas appliances as part of the reconnection process.

Job description

About Ameren Illinois

Ameren Illinois provides electric transmission and distribution service and natural gas distribution service. Every day, we deliver electricity to 1.2 million electric and 816,000 natural gas customers in central and southern Illinois. We deliver safe, reliable energy to more than 1,200 communities.

Perform the following duties as they relate to residential and commercial electric meters and residential and commercial gas meters and modules for which employees are trained and capable of performing and in accordance with the 2012 Division Jurisdictional Agreement language as part of the IBEW Contract:

• Must maintain safety and customer focus at all times.
• Respond to alarms, flags, alerts, and events from the AMI system and replace non-performing electric meters and gas meters/modules/indexes as necessary.
• Install electric AMI meters and gas modules the deployment vendor is unable to complete (UTCs).
• Change out AMI/AMR electric meters and AMI gas meters/modules due to customer request for non-standard (non-AMI/AMR) metering.
• Perform routine electric and gas meter exchanges and AMI gas module exchanges.
• As part of gas meter exchanges, installations and removals, set and verify gas regulator pressure and lock-up pressure; and check meter-set piping for leaks with leak detector solution.
• Install/replace regulator vent screens.
• Perform non-pay door knocks in advance of non-payment disconnections, when necessary.
• Execute electric and gas service disconnections and reconnections as necessary.
• Respond to all requests for electric and gas physical meter reads as necessary, including but not limited to, monthly meter reading for non-standard metering.
• Identify, investigate and report potential diversion, tampering and theft of service situations.
• Relight gas appliances as necessary as part of the standard gas reconnection process.
• Perform all applicable voltage checks, meter base/socket/service wire/and service connections inspections associated with electric meter connect/disconnect/installations/removal and diversion/tampering inspections.
• Perform troubleshooting for non-communication electric meters and gas modules.
• Paint gas meter-sets and piping as necessary.
• Make safe a gas leak as necessary.

Position Requirements

• High School diploma or equivalent required
• Must possess a valid driver license.
• All candidates will be expected to pass company -sponsored training, including required gas training to become OQ certified.
• Associate's degree in a technical discipline (e.g. Electrical Technology) or minimum 8 hours technical math course work preferred.

This position is covered by the IBEW bargaining agreement.

Hourly Pay

Grade Step BE 094 Step 1 of 1 (Top Step) - 45.97 USD

Position is eligible for annual incentive payments based on company performance and subject to sole management discretion. Visit our Benefits & Perks Page for more information on benefits provided to regular full-time employees.

If end date is listed, the posting will come down at 12:00 am on that date

Friday September 18, 2026

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, genetic information, military service or status, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other class, trait, or status protected by law.