Regulator Technician II

Regulator Technician

This is an internal job posting. Only current City of Hamilton employees who are IUOE members are eligible to apply. This is skilled work installing, operating, and maintaining natural gas system pressure/flow regulation equipment. This includes supervisory and skilled labor in installation, maintenance, adjustment, inspection, and testing of gate stations, regulator stations, and relief sites. Regulator Technician is responsible for proper odorization of natural gas at City gate stations and installation, operation, and maintenance of all odorization equipment, including monitoring and adjusting odorant concentrations.

This position is also responsible for operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of the City Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) filling station.

Essential job functions include:

• Supervising crews/contractors in installation, operation, maintenance, and adjustment of regulators according to Department of Transportation (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). and requirements.
• Troubleshooting various natural gas system related service calls and promptly, effectively, and safely resolving service issues.
• Compiling and maintaining work and inspection records; compiling and maintaining various required records and reports.
• Installing, operating, maintaining, and replacing natural gas regulators and relief valves.
• Installing, operating, maintaining, and replacing natural gas odorization equipment.
• Operating and maintaining natural gas fired boilers.
• Operating and maintaining the City CNG filling station.
• Coordinating regulator and relief valve sizing and new regulator station design with Utility Engineering Department.
• Planning, coordinating, and completing all required tasks of rebuilding/installing new regulator/relief stations.
• Performing related work as required.

Skills/knowledge/abilities include:

• Thorough knowledge of mechanical operation of regulators and all associated equipment.
• Thorough knowledge of operation of all regulator stations.
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints, schematics, specifications, and construction plans/drawings.
• Thorough knowledge of construction and maintenance materials, tools, and equipment applicable to the required work.
• Thorough knowledge and understanding of pressure and temperature effects on natural gas volumes.
• Thorough knowledge of occupational hazards and safety requirements.
• Thorough knowledge of City natural gas system piping/pressure layout.
• Ability to meet/exceed DOT requirements.
• Ability to compile and maintain records and prepare various reports.

Minimum qualifications include:

• High school diploma, GED, or equivalent.
• Experience in gas operations and regulators.
• Valid Ohio driver's license.
• Must be OQ qualified.

Preferred qualifications include considerable experience and/or training in the above-mentioned examples.

The City offers comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage. The medical plan is a High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) with a Health Savings Account (HSA) to help cover eligible healthcare expenses. Health insurance coverage begins on your date of hire. For many employee groups, the City provides 17 days (136 hours/year) of paid holiday leave. These include:
New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and the Friday after, Christmas Eve Day, Christmas Day, and New Year's Eve. After six months of employment, employees are eligible for $10,000 coverage under our group life insurance policy. Additional coverage up to the employee's annual salary ($40,000 maximum) may be purchased.

Upon retirement this coverage will be reduced to $4,000. The premiums will be paid by the City. Life insurance (term and whole life), critical illness/cancer, accident, short/long term disability insurance. This plan allows employees to build a financial reserve for retirement by using pre-tax, payroll deducted contributions. This money is held and invested by the plan's trustees in options selected by the employee.

Risk levels vary depending on the options chosen. Participation is voluntary. The Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS) and the Police and Fire Disability and Pension Fund (PFDPF) are the two plans available to City employees. Both are established by Ohio law and participation is required. Both the employee and the City of Hamilton contribute a percentage (pre-tax) into the system.

Members do not pay into the Federal Social Security System. Employees and the City also contribute to Medicare.