Description
Purpose
To install, maintain, and repair electromechanical and electronic meters and associated equipment. An employee in this classification receives limited supervision, works alone, is expected to perform the work in a safe and timely manner, maximizes service reliability, ensures measurement accuracy, and maintains good customer relations.
To install, maintain, and repair electromechanical and electronic meters and associated equipment. An employee in this classification receives limited supervision, works alone, is expected to perform the work in a safe and timely manner, maximizes service reliability, ensures measurement accuracy, and maintains good customer relations.
Major Duties & Responsibilities
- Installs, tests, trouble-shoots, and repairs electronic and electromechanical kWh meters and various electronic data recorders.
- Removes single phase residential electric meters.
- Verifies proper voltage at meter panel using voltage tester.
- Installs single-phase residential electric meter and checks for proper operation.
- Installs and maintains solid-state isolation relays used for data acquisition and customer load management.
- Wires, installs, tests, and maintains all new commercial metering installations, including 12kV primary voltage revenue metering installations.
- Tests and installs buss type and doughnut type current transformers.
- Verifies the wiring and meter accuracy of all new and existing commercial revenue metering installations.
- Installs, maintains, and tests residential kWh meters.
- Investigates the causes of commercial and residential metering problems, makes repairs, and/or advises customers on possible solutions their problems.
- Trains apprentices on all aspects of the installation and maintenance of the various types of electronic data records, transducers, current transformers and temperature sensors and flow sensors on the customers electric panels and equipment used for data collection. Provides training to apprentices on meter testing in the field using a portable test kit. Provides training to apprentices in the field as to the installation and wiring of current transformers and test switches used with transformer rated metering systems.
- Inspects new meter panels to verify adherence to SMUD regulations, NEC codes and local inspect agencies.
- Maintains good public relations while interacting with SMUD customers, local contractors, and county and city electrical inspectors.
- Completes work in a safe, professional and timely manner.
- Performs other related duties similar in scope and function to the above, as required.
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Contact
Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD)
6201 S St
Sacramento
California United States
www.smud.org
