George Montana

Contractor Oversight, Damage Prevention, Dispatch, Gas Construction.

• Learn and use all programs used by the supervision of the four various departments to which I am assigned.
• Conduct Pre and Post installation checks on various types of gas service and main installations.
• Oversee contractors and in-house crews to ensure all work-related compliance.
• Ensure all crews, both contractor and in-house, are Operator Qualified compliant.
• Investigate and report damages done to our infrastructure by third parties.
• Oversee line locating contractors for compliance with PSC.
• Supervised Dispatchers and managed the Leak Board accompanying dispatchers to all urgent leaks and appointments.
• Perform daily leak counts for all regions of Long Island.
• Conduct daily yard briefing and safety messages to in-house construction crews.
• Organize and create crew sheets for in-house construction crews for daily work and projects.
• Conduct pre and post construction walkdowns.
• Responsible for assisting crews by providing equipment and tools to jobsites as needed.
• Performing all clerical duties that are involved with all aspects of the various departments.
• Working with vendors and managing deliveries of tools and supplies to associated departments.

• Responsible for all routines associated with the replacement of paving removed for construction work.
• Handle field inspection and coordination work for the installation of customer services.
• Inspect job sites to determine field conditions, prepare orders, obtain permits, and check contractor crews to ensure work meets Company Standards.
• Handle correspondence, clerical work, and complaints regarding the above, and check contractors' bills for accuracy.
• Form records and plans, complete through field inspection, and determine points of interference between public property and company facilities.
• Recommend changes; maintain close contact with public authorities, builders, contractors, etc., regarding complaints and requirements.
• Plan work, maintain records, and dispatch crews for PSC programs such as leak detection surveys, main inspections, etc.
• Make minor repairs to instruments and tools.
• Inspect contractor crews performing limited construction work.
• Use pressure recorders and other instruments necessary to perform this work.
• Check work orders for the availability of material, and when work is completed, check for the completeness and accuracy of papers and sketches.
• Prepare, design, and estimate gas facilities as directed.
• Analyze load demand, required equipment, estimates, sketches, permit application, and resolution of conflicts.
• Maintain office maps, and work as an inside field inspector, utilizing aerial technology to perform customer contact reviews.

• Locate gas mains, gas services, and their appurtenances, electric substructures, and other substructures on both public and private property in advance of, and during, construction operations with the use of underground pipe locators, box locators, or similar equipment.
• Identify all located substructures with paint, stakes, locating devices, and other means.
• Break pavement and excavate to expose our gas mains, gas services, electric duct, conduit, or other substructures.
• Take measurements using hand tools, break pavement, excavate, backfill, and temporarily pave all excavation.
• Work with higher-classified personnel in the performance of their duties.
• Read and interpret sketches, maps, CPR cards, historicals, and system operating procedures.
• Responsible for attaching all types of trailers to trucks and towing them.
• Deliver material and equipment in compliance with all safety rules
• Clear and/or regrade the valve, curb, purge, drip, anode boxes, or other similar equipment.
• Repair valve and curb cock leaks by lubricating with a hyper-gun or hand grease gun.
• Discontinue service to our customers in emergency situations and discontinue and restore service during planned shutdowns (including relighting appliances).
• Operate all types of equipment assigned to the mechanic classification.
• Operate power equipment i.e.., generators, compressors, chain saws, hyper-guns, concrete saws.
• Adjust, oil, grease, and clean all tools and equipment, and make minor adjustments, minor repairs, and replacements of those parts expected to be worn or broken in everyday usage, i.e., digging teeth, or shear pin

• Performed traffic control, flagging functions.
• Performed manual labor such as digging, backfilling, breaking, and removing pavement (asphalt/concrete).
• Worked with heavy pneumatic tools; provided physical assistance for setting up and operating underground tools; worked with higher-classified personnel by performing laboring functions in connection with the higher classification.
• Endured strenuous work throughout the day, including but not limited to squatting, walking, and lifting tools and materials greater than 80 lbs.
• Performed similar or less-skilled work as assigned.
• Qualifications: Regulatory safety training, flagger/traffic control training, Gas Fundamentals Training, Abnormal Operating Condition Operator qualification training, and Soft-Tissue Prevention training.