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Utility Gas Service Representative

Requisition ID # 148533

Job Category: Maintenance / Construction / Operations
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Business Unit: Gas Operations
Work Type: Onsite
Job Location: San Rafael

Department Overview
Gas Service is a department within Customer Field Service that is responsible for the establishment of gas and electric service for PG&E's residential and small commercial customers.

Pacific Gas and Electric Company is an AA/EEO employer that actively pursues and hires a diverse workforce. Pacific Gas and Electric Company is an AA/EEO employer that actively pursues and hires a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

Position Summary
This is an International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 1245 represented classification, which has over 100 years of experience representing employees at PG&E. This job is subject to collective bargaining.

We are seeking a highly motivated, capable individual with excellent safety and customer focus skills, as well as mechanical skills, for our Utility Gas Service Representative (UGSR) position. UGSRs respond to gas emergencies and provide safety check and adjustment service on customer-owned gas appliances.

The work environment may include working in confined spaces. Shift work, weekends and overtime may be required. This position is subject to union dues.

This position is a DOT (Department of Transportation) covered classification and is subject to random drug and/or alcohol screening.

Job Responsibilities
Affixes approved dead end fittings to squeezed-off plastic services.
Conducts leak survey work.
Connects and disconnects services at the weather head on new business accounts, including panel upgrades.
Performs installation and alteration of all domestic and commercial gas meter and regulator sets and equipment.
Squeezes off (pinch-off) ruptured plastic services which are visible (and which can be accessed safely) to protect life and property.
Grades leaks for customer-generated tags.
Handles single-phase complete outs and voltage complaints high or low, and flickering lights.
Performs gas appliance parts replacement in conjunction with their regular work.
Performs turn-ons or shut-offs up to 2 lbs.
DOT-Operations/Maintenance AND Emergency

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:
Must be at least 18 years of age
Must possess a High School diploma, GED or equivalent work experience
Must possess a valid California Driver’s License
Ability to work in all types of weather extremes
Ability to drive safely in all weather and road conditions
Ability to work extended hours, nights, weekends and holidays
Must be able to wear company provided Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Ability to work shift schedule

Desired Qualifications:
Experience in construction, plumbing, law enforcement, or basic electrical skills
Graduate from the Bridge to Utility Worker Power Pathway Program
Current or previous PG&E employee
Current or previous Hiring Hall employee

Pre-Employment Testing
PG&E Employees: You must have qualified on all prerequisite tests prior to submitting an application; and all secondary tests prior to interviewing. For more information on prerequisite and secondary exams, including study guides, please visit the Pre-employment testing program website.
Industrial Skills Test
Physical Test Battery
Work Orientation Inventory-Physical/Technical Driving
Post-Offer Phys Assessment Gas Srv Rep

PG&E is providing the hourly rate range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual hourly rate paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, collective bargaining agreement, and internal equity. Although we estimate the successful candidate hired into this role will be placed towards the middle or entry point of the range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors. ​
Under the terms of the collective bargaining agreement, the starting hourly rate range for this position is $33.28 to $48.96, subject to collectively bargained wage increases.
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Based in San Francisco, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a subsidiary of PG&E Corporation (NYSE:PCG), is one of the largest combined natural gas and electric utilities in the United States. And we deliver some of the nation’s cleanest energy to o...

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