Specialist II, Field QA QC; Gas Utility

Overview

Our purpose is sustaining energy and water for life, and it is demonstrated in everything we do as a business, and as an employee team.

At Liberty, we hire passionate people who care about doing the right thing for our customers. We are entrepreneurial, creative, and outcome-focused. Here, your natural talent and achievements will flourish in an inclusive environment of teamwork, trust and continuous learning. We are always pursuing excellence to exceed our ambitions goals, rewarding both the goal outcome and how we achieve it.

Purpose

This role will monitor field operations to ensure that Liberty Utilities operations activities comply and meet government standards and code requirements, company quality standards and customer expectations. This role is to ensure construction and operations activities provide safe, reliable, and compliant gas services. Observations and reporting toward identified improvements of work quality and effectiveness will also be required.

Company background

Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. is a growing renewable energy and utility company with over $15 billion of assets across North America and internationally. For more than 30 years, Algonquin has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to delivering clean energy and water solutions. Our rapid growth has led both our regulated utility services and renewable energy business groups into different geographies and commodities, but our purpose remains unchanged – Sustaining Energy and Water for Life.

Through our operating business (Liberty), we provide regulated electricity, water, and natural gas utility services to over 1 million customer connections, primarily in North America. And, our growing portfolio of clean, renewable wind, solar, hydro and thermal power generation facilities represent over 3 GW of renewable generation capacity in operation and under construction. With our robust, diversified, and growing presence in communities across North America and internationally, we are continually demonstrating our “Think Global, Act Local” business model.

• Manages high quality operating standards by reviewing and evaluating the work of employees. Identifies, troubleshoots, and communicates quality measures and expected performance levels.
• Ensure that all field related work activities are performed in accordance with both State and Federal Codes and Regulations and the Company’s Operations and Maintenance Plan.
• Assist in identifying where refresher or additional training is necessary based on direct field observations. This employee feedback seeks to enhance performance and enhance safety.
• Support company initiatives through the communication of expectations, goals and procedures as related to field activities and observations.
• Contribute toward developing and implementing work processes and practice improvements.
• Communicates with employees, customers and community officials concerning aspects of operations and service delivery.
• Ensures the safety of personnel by taking direct preventive measures and ensuring all related standards, rules and laws are understood and followed.
• Assist in annual reviews including shared communications related updates and incorporation of corporate standardization requirements.
• Contributes to audits by producing reports that quantify metrics
• Maintains in-depth knowledge of standards and requirements related to day-to-day quality risks and ensuring regulatory compliance.
• Partners with the Gas Technical Services as needed/required. Contributing to interpretation of matters related to compliance.

• College or professional program of 3 years or less
• Requirements include: successful completion of Operator Qualification tests related to the operation’s technical disciplines. Thorough knowledge of gas distribution system construction, operations, production plant operation, metering regulations and gas-fired equipment is required.
• Working knowledge of applicable government, legal and regulatory codes affecting natural gas distribution, production and metering and service activities.
• Working knowledge of GIS systems, schematics, blueprints and wiring diagrams, working…