Meter Specialist III

Meter Specialist III

Primary Location: 960 Key St. Macon, GA 

Location: Candidate must currently reside within a reasonable commuting distance from the assigned Operating Headquarters or be willing to quickly relocate to this area. Relocation benefits may be provided.

Position will be filled at Exempt 5 level. 

JOB SUMMARY 

Performs analysis to develop design options or recommendations for electrical metering systems and components, including coordinating with commercial and industrial customers and GPC personnel to meet all rate, tariffs, regulatory, and customer related metering. Responsible for advanced troubleshooting, repairing, and calibrating electrical metering equipment to include, meters, recorders, totalizers, power quality monitoring equipment, and computers. 

Other duties include: 

-- Setting up electrical metering equipment and conduct performance and accuracy tests. 

- Operator of electronic and high voltage electrical metering test equipment. 

- Responsible for installation, maintenance and testing of special service customer accounts; non-revenue electrical metering systems on special service customer accounts. Provide technical assistance for advanced electrical metering projects. 

- Point of contact with GPC account executives, engineers, line supervisors, and GPC's largest commercial and industrial customers to provide electrical metering system cost analysis and additional energy information options. 

- Manage electrical metering projects, direct Meter Tech work and crew when supervisors are not present. Also, develops electrical metering system options and calculates cost estimates to GPC marketing and customers. 

- Provides classroom and on-the-job technical training on electrical metering hardware, vendor software, and troubleshooting/diagnostic computer tools. 

- Provides technical direction on the planning, installation, and operation of automatic electrical meter reading systems. 

- Installs, maintains, and tests communication equipment for field electrical metering systems including cellular, 900 MHz radio, fiber optic cable and conventional land lines. 

- The Meter Specialist is also considered a "subject matter expert" in the electrical metering field for all region personnel. 

JOB REQUIREMENTS 

Education 

-- 2-year Technical Associate Degree/Certificate (or equivalent electrical/electronic experience) preferred Experience Requirements 

-- 5 years minimum experience in "Meter Tech" classification, preferred. 

- Experience with installation, maintenance, testing commercial and industrial electrical meter systems and current meter technologies including AMI and solar applications Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities 

-- Thorough understanding of advanced commercial and industrial systems 

- Knowledge of installation and operations procedures for hardware and user applications, common business practices related to metering services, company operations, policies and procedures 

- Excellent communications skills 

- Excellent computer skills 

- Produce quality work within deadlines 

- Analytical, problem-solving skills 

- Strong leadership abilities with supervisory potential 

- Good organizational capabilities 

- Project Management 

- Ability to demonstrate safety excellence 

 -- Valid Drivers' license is required.

This position has been identified as a role that will require the use of a Georgia Power fleet vehicle.  The following will be required if you are selected for this position: 

Must have at least one year of verifiable driving experience as a licensed driver (Must hold a valid driver's license for the class vehicle to be operated. Driving permits are not typically considered a valid driver's license).  

Must have no revocation of driving privileges within the 36 months prior to application, no convictions of major traffic violations (DUI, hit and run, reckless driving, etc.) within the 12 months prior to application, or any pending charges for a major traffic violation at the time of application. 

Must consent to a continuous monitoring of your Motor Vehicle Record