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Meter Technician

City of Pensacola
Pensacola, FL Full Time
POSTED ON 12/5/2025 CLOSED ON 12/19/2025

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Meter Technician position at City of Pensacola?

Pay Range: $46,592.00-$54,163.20 annually, depending on knowledge and experience. 

QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Experience:
  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • Two (2) years of experience in construction, piping, plumbing, building maintenance, or repair of appliances.
 Licenses or Certifications:
  • Successful completion of requirements and standards for Operator Qualifications as prescribed by departmental standards and any other license, training, or certification required by law or regulation. 

Special Requirements:
  • None.

JOB SUMMARY
The Meter Technician performs responsible technical and administrative work under the general direction of the Utility Meter Manager.  Employee has considerable latitude for exercise of judgment. Work is evaluated upon completion. The employee is subject to emergency call as a routine part of regular duties. 

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
  • Sets and removes residential and commercial meters and regulators, including the fittings of pipes and connections. 
  • Terminates service in situations of potential hazard. 
  • Enforces safety rules and other accident measures as required by Part 192, Pipeline Safety Act, Chapter 25.12, Florida Statutes, OSHA, and other regulatory rules effecting the natural gas industry. 
  • Responds to gas leaks at the airport, hospitals, restaurants, gate stations, regulator stations, industrial facilities, commercial buildings and residential homes and completes associated reports.
  • Repairs, maintains, and monitors odorization injection pumps.
  • Assists with daily operations of natural gas service to customers.
  • Calibrates gas meters and regulators and ensures accuracy.
  • Reports to gate stations for pressure and odorant situations.
  • Drives and maintains vehicle and equipment.
  • Attends safety meetings.
  • Performs other related duties as assigned. 
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily.   Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions herein described. Since every duty associated with this position may not be described herein, employees may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out in the job description, but which may be reasonably considered to be incidental in the performing of their duties just as though they were actually written out in this job description. 

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
  • Considerable knowledge of the methods, tools, materials, and equipment used in pipefitting and in the installation and repair of meters and appliances. 
  • Knowledge of Federal, State, and local procedures, codes, and regulations which pertain to gas distribution. 
  • Knowledge of operation and application of various types of leak detection equipment. 
  • Thorough knowledge of gas fired appliances both residential and commercial. 
  • Thorough knowledge of methods, materials, supplies, tools, and practices used in the natural gas operations. 
  • Thorough knowledge of Part 192, Federal Pipeline Safety Act, Chapter 25.12, Florida Statutes, OSHA Regulations and other regulatory rules effecting the natural gas industry. 
  • Ability to understand and carry out oral and written instructions. 
  • Ability to prepare oral and written reports. 
  • Ability to maintain records. 
  • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates and the general public. 
  • Ability to withstand working out-of-doors under variable weather conditions. 
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands and fingers to hold or feel, reach with hands and arms, walk, talk, smell, and hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, sit, climb, balance, stoop, crouch, and crawl. Specific vision abilities include close, distance, color, and peripheral vision, and depth perception. 

The employee regularly lifts and/or moves up to 50 pounds and occasionally lifts and/or moves up to 100 pounds.

WORK ENVIRONMENT
An employee in this job is frequently exposed to outside weather conditions, occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, toxic or caustic chemicals, and has a risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment may be loud. 

The City of Pensacola provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, and pregnancy-related conditions), gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability,  genetic information,  service in the military, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances. Equal employment opportunity applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leave of absence, compensation, and training.

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