Job Description

Position Title: Gate Station Technician

Union: Yes

Collective Bargaining Unit: Local 96, International Brotherhood of Teamsters

Rate Classification/Pay Range: Grade 4A, $30.64 per hour

Number of Available Positions: 2

Safety Sensitive: Yes

Position Summary:

Washington Gas is seeking a Gate Station Technician for our Dranesville, VA Gate Station. The Gate Station Technician assists in the safe operation and maintenance of gate station facilities and pressure regulating equipment (GSO facilities). Under the direction of higher-graded personnel, this role involves operating, maintaining, calibrating, troubleshooting, and installing equipment of a less complex nature at GSO facilities. The Technician also operates a company vehicle and inputs time and data into the workforce management system electronically.

What You'll Do:

• Operations and Maintenance:

• Assist in the operations and maintenance of GSO facilities.

• Perform periodic station inspections and maintenance work on GSO facility equipment and machinery.

• Operate valves as required and handle miscellaneous duties around the stations, such as yard and building maintenance, snow removal, painting, grass cutting, and trimming.

• Install tubing, conduit, wiring, piping, and framework for all GSO facilities.

• Equipment and Tool Management:

• Maintain tools and equipment, ensuring they are in good working order.

• Stock and equip company vehicles as needed.

• Communication and Documentation:

• Interpret company records, including map books, station drawings, and work orders.

• Communicate effectively through company radio, verbal instructions, and other means.

• Input time and data accurately into the workforce management system electronically.

• Additional Responsibilities:

• Participate in related business support and administrative activities, such as backend meter processing, corrosion processing, leak/damage prevention processing, peer safety observations, vehicle clean-out, and cross-functional training.

• Safely operate company vehicles.

• Be available for shift work and report to various company facilities as required.

• Overnight travel may be necessary.

What You Bring:

• Education and Experience:

• High School Diploma or GED required.

• Minimum of 18 months of hands-on technical experience in mechanical trades, manufacturing equipment, pumps, compressors, automotive mechanics, small engine repair, HVAC, electronics, or above-ground gas piping and tubing.

• Formal technical training is preferred.

• Working knowledge of mathematics, physics, and electronics.

• Certifications and Testing:

• Must pass the ACT Work Keys Test before an interview.

• New hires must pass the Gate Station Technician I entrance-level testing and complete all training, testing, and Operator Qualifications for the Gate Station Technician II position within 18 months of hire.

• Must hold a valid driver’s license with a clean driving record.

• CDL holders are subject to testing under federal highway regulations.

• Skills and Abilities:

• Must be able to smell odorized natural gas.

• Basic mechanical aptitude and drawing interpretation skills are required.

• Intermediate computer skills required, including file management, data entry, creating and modifying spreadsheets and Word documents, and professional email communications skills.

At Washington Gas, we are proud to support the hiring of veterans and service members. We value the unique skills and experiences that they bring to our team and encourage all qualified veterans and service members to apply.

Why work at AltaGas?

AltaGas is a North American energy infrastructure company focused on owning and operating assets that provide clean and affordable energy to our customers. AltaGas assets include Washington Gas/WGL, SEMCO, and Petrogas. Our talented team, 3,000 strong, leverages the strength of our assets and expertise along the energy value chain to connect customers with premier energy solutions – from the well sites of upstream producers to the doorsteps of homes and businesses to new markets worldwide.

We deliver clean and affordable natural gas to approximately 1.7 million customers’ homes and businesses through regulated natural gas distribution utilities across four jurisdictions in the United States and two regulated natural gas storage utilities in the United States.

For Canadian hires : AltaGas hires personnel on the basis of job-related qualifications. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to a person's ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, record of offences, marital status, family status or disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

For U.S. hires : U.S. affiliates of AltaGas are committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, age, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, family responsibilities, matriculation, physical or mental disabilities, political affiliation, genetic information, status as a protected veteran or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

AltaGas is a leading energy infrastructure company with a footprint in some of North America’s most strategic energy markets. Our strategy is simple: to leverage the strength of our assets and expertise along the energy value chain to connect customers with premier energy solutions – from the well sites of upstream producers to the doorsteps of homes and businesses, and to new markets around the world.