UniSource provides safe, reliable services to more than 165,000 customers throughout Northern, Southern and Central Arizona. If you’re looking for a career with an employee oriented company that promotes teamwork, and a safe, inclusive work environment and makes a difference in the communities it serves, then you’ve come to the right place. UniSource Energy Services offers opportunities for advancement throughout all of the areas we serve, a rich benefit package including a pension and 401k with company match.

Job Summary

A Utility Technician is primarily responsible for performing compliance related tasks associated with natural gas distribution as well as general warehouse related duties. Although not an exhaustive list, the following duties will/may be performed by a Utility Technician:

Assist in maintaining A.C.C. Code Compliance which includes data input, record keeping, tracking and monitoring of Code Compliance requirements for completion. Responsible for field activities associated with Code Compliance including gauge and pressure recorder calibrations and record keeping, patrolling, atmospheric patrols records, and odorant tests.

Responsible for keeping maintaining all ACC/DOT compliance records such as underground leaks, atmospheric leak maps, corrosion maps, system surveillance, and isolation maps. Also includes all inspection documents such as patrolling, valves, and meters. Maintains emergency material lists, DIRT log, and Leak Logs. Always provides exceptional customer service to both internal and external customers.

Utility Technicians may review and may certain types of documents such as maintenance CIR’s, leak cards, anode cards, SRO’s, leak surveys, atmospheric corrosion surveys, monthly paper charts and electronic pressure records, dig-in’s and equipment and gauge inspections. Responsibly for ensuring completeness and accuracy in all aspects of work.

Required to ensure equipment checks, pipeline patrolling and leak surveys, paper and electronic pressure recording device maintenance and calibrations are done accurately and completed on schedule.

Responsible for assisting with preparation for compliance QA Audits, Pre-Audits and Audits. Responsible for maintaining the records room which includes creating annual binders, moving out old records and purging files as needed. Responsible for reporting changes to emergency plan, as necessary, such as maintaining the Curtailment Plan, the Emergency Equipment List and the Emergency Valve List in the Emergency Plan.

Utility Technicians may assist or be fully responsible for warehouse activities including inventory, daily transactions, material ordering, issuing and receiving, maintain daily manual/computer records used to compile monthly statistical report, maintain time and material invoice log for billing damage to company property.

Perform other duties as assigned by Supervisor.

This position may provide services to affiliates of the Company subject to the UNS Energy Code of Conduct and the related Policies and Procedures.

Additional Requirements

• Must be a high school graduate or equivalent.
• Prefer experience in gas transmission, distribution, construction & operations preferred.
• Prefer experience in performing compliance, financial or operational reviews preferred.
• Must have good oral and written communication skills and knowledge of basic computer programs such as MS Office.
• A combination of education and work experience will also be considered.
• Must be detail oriented and have ability to meet deadlines.
• Prefer forklift certification, or able to acquire certification immediately.
• Each employee who may be required to perform an operation, maintenance, or emergency-response function on a pipeline and/or pipeline facility shall be subject to pre-employment drug testing and then be placed in the company's DOT random testing pool and subject to all phases of DOT testing. This requirement will remain in force even if the employee performing the "covered functions" and/or "safety-sensitive functions" could/would only perform this function one a week, month, or even once a year.

Qualified applicants will be given a written test and must get 75% or better to proceed in the interview process.

All employees are expected and required to adhere to the Company Code of Ethics and Principals of Conduct.

Salary Zone : FR ( $26.14)

Last HR Review Date : 5-1-19

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