Job Description
Job Description
Insight Global is assisting a client in Cobb County, Ga with an ongoing project that is providing meter reading services for gas, electric, and water companies. The collected information is used to ensure that residents are correctly charged on their utility bills by reporting the data to local government resources. The Meter Readers will be driving on specified routes throughout Cobb County gathering data within residential areas and inspecting gas, electric, and/or water meters.
Meter Reading:
• Read meters on a daily and/or special basis, typically on a customer’s premises for service bills
• Carry out assigned duties in the required time frame for cycle readings, assign sequence numbers to new services, and rearrange meter reading routes as necessary.
• Inspect meters and report damage or apparent malfunctions to assigned supervisor
• Evaluate unsafe conditions or clean out meter boxes
• Use electric, gas, water meter reading devices
• Use hand tools such as a screwdriver, pliers, flashlights, keys, gas detectors, generators, pumps, hand pumps, shovels, lid handles, etc.
• Use printed materials such as service orders, maps, manuals, and computer printouts
Must haves:
• Education: Some high school education, must be 18 years of age or older
• Experience: No experience necessary, employees will be trained.
• Must possess a valid driver’s license.
Your Skills:
• Ability to multi-task, and work independently and as a team
• Exceptional flexibility in daily routines and route scheduling
• Adequate time management skills to finish daily meter reads in a timely manner, figuring out an efficient way to read meters for that day
• Ability to interact with unhappy or negative customers in a professional manner
• Ability to walk long distances and prepare for weather conditions, accordingly
Hourly Rate: $17/hr + $3.34 (gas stipend)
This is a short-term project last a month, potentially extending longer!