What are the responsibilities and job description for the Meter Technician position at City of Concord?
The purpose of this position is to provide service for customers with the City of Concord by connecting, disconnecting, installing, replacing, and reading water and electric meters.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Connects, disconnects, installs, replaces, and reads water and electric meters.
- Investigates reports of tampering, leaking, and broken meters and determines charges and/or damages to customer.
- Schedules work load and dispatches work orders to other technicians.
- Prepares and maintains a variety of records and/or logs related to daily activities, inventory, and/or other related items.
Supplemental Functions:
- Performs other similar duties as required.
Job Specifications and Qualifications:
Knowledge:
- Customer service principles;
- Recordkeeping principles;
- Basic mathematical concepts;
- Safe work practices;
- City and county streets.
Licensing and Certifications:
- Valid North Carolina Driver’s License
PLEASE NOTE: Applicants must meet the City criteria for an acceptable driving record.
Working Conditions / Physical Requirements:
- Positions in this class require: standing, fine dexterity, walking, lifting, carrying, sitting, reaching, handling, kneeling, vision, foot controls, bending, crouching, hearing, twisting, talking.
- Medium Work: Exerting 20 - 50 pounds occasionally, 10-25 pounds frequently, or up to 10 pounds constantly.
- Incumbents may be subjected to extreme temperature, wetness and/or humidity, respiratory hazards, noise and vibration, physical hazards.
Required Skills
- Applying local, state and federal laws, rules and regulations
- Providing customer service
- Preparing a variety of reports and/or logs
- Communication, interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, the general public, etc. sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction.
Required Experience
High school diploma or equivalency, with at least one year experience; or the City may consider an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job.
Please be sure to complete the application in full. Resumes may be uploaded with your application but will not be accepted in lieu of a fully completed application and will not be considered for qualifying credit. "See Resume" or "See Attachment" will NOT be accepted.
If multiple applications are submitted to an individual position, only the most recent application received prior to the posting closing date will be accepted. Applications must be submitted by 11:59 PM on the closing date.
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The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of the positions given this title and shall not be construed as a declaration of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description. Fair Labor Standards Act (exempt/non-exempt) is designated by position. The employer actively supports Americans with Disabilities Act and will consider reasonable accommodations.
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