About this role
<p><span style="font-size:16.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been in business for more than 150 years. </strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Our Vision:</strong> Our vision is to become the most admired utility in the United States through the execution of our long-term growth strategy. We have an unwavering commitment to safely and reliably deliver electricity and natural gas to millions of people. </span></span></p><div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Job Summary</b></H2> </div><div><p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> Performs company field operations including manual labor and other duties necessary to accomplish the repair and maintenance of our natural gas distribution facilities.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span>Performs company field operations including manual labor and other duties necessary to accomplish the repair and maintenance of our natural gas distribution facilities. Fabricates, installs, removes, adjusts gas meters, regulators and related piping to assure the customer a safe, cost effective and reliable gas supply including large commercial and industrial work. </span><span> </span> </span></p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Essential Functions</b></H2> </div><div><ul> <li style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Responds to and investigates emergency calls to ensure safe delivery of natural gas and to maintain public and personal safety.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Responds to utility related calls for all customers, locates gas leaks at customer’s premise, and takes necessary steps to maintain public and personal safety.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Maintains and repairs the gas distribution system as needed. Work will be performed in an efficient, accurate and productive manner.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Performs other related tasks including, but not limited to leak survey work, line locating, meter reading, meter painting, and work order system documentation.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Participates in training externally and internally, both field and classroom to increase job knowledge and competency. Advises and assists other employees on the job to provide technical, safety and procedural knowledge.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Operates and maintains company vehicle in a safe manner, controls parts inventory, and is responsible for tool and equipment condition in order to ensure safe efficient service.</span></span></li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Essential Functions Level III</H2> </div><div><div> <ul> <li><span>Responds to and investigates emergency calls to ensure safe delivery of natural gas and to maintain public and personal safety. </span></li> <li><span>Responds to utility related calls for all customers, locates gas leaks at customer’s premise, and takes necessary steps to maintain public and personal safety.</span><span> </span></li> <li><span>Maintains and repairs the gas distribution system as needed. Work will be performed in an efficient, accurate and productive manner.</span><span> </span></li> <li><span>Performs other related tasks including, but not limited to leak survey work, line locating, meter reading, meter painting, and work order system documentation. </span><span> </span></li> <li><span>Participates in training externally and internally, both field and classroom to increase job knowledge and competency. Advises and assists other employees on the job to provide technical, safety and procedural knowledge.</span><span> </span></li> <li><span>Operates and maintains company vehicle in a safe manner, controls parts inventory, and is responsible for tool and equipment condition in order to ensure safe efficient service.</span><span> </span></li> <li><span>Able to provide a Journeyman Gasfitter’s Certificate of Competency </span><span> </span></li> <li><span>Locates and repairs gas leaks on </span><span>residential or commercial</span><span> meter and regulation equipment and related piping to assure customer safety and distribution system integrity. </span><span> </span></li> <li><span>Conducts customer field surveys to obtain customer expectations and accurate customer load information for the design, planning, scheduling and installation process to ensure customer satisfaction. </span></li> <li><span>Fabricates, tests, codes and fills orders on time to meet customer requested installation dates for meter installation activity in order to provide installation crews with meter and regulation equipment that conform to CenterPoint Energy standards. </span><span> </span></li> <li><span>Reads and records meter readings. Locks and unlocks meter assemblies as requested.</span><span> </span></li> </ul> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div><div> <ul> <li><span>Responds to and investigates emergency calls to ensure safe delivery of natural gas and to maintain public and personal safety. </span></li> <li><span>Responds to utility related calls for all customers, locates gas leaks at customer’s premise, and takes necessary steps to maintain public and personal safety.</span><span> </span></li> <li><span>Maintains and repairs the gas distribution system as needed. Work will be performed in an efficient, accurate and productive manner.</span><span> </span></li> <li><span>Performs other related tasks including, but not limited to leak survey work, line locating, meter reading, meter painting, and work order system documentation. </span><span> </span></li> <li><span>Participates in training externally and internally, both field and classroom to increase job knowledge and competency. Advises and assists other employees on the job to provide technical, safety and procedural knowledge.</span><span> </span></li> <li><span>Operates and maintains company vehicle in a safe manner, controls parts inventory, and is responsible for tool and equipment condition in order to ensure safe efficient service.</span><span> </span></li> <li><span>Able to provide a Journeyman Gasfitter’s Certificate of Competency </span><span> </span></li> <li><span>Locates and repairs gas leaks on </span><span>residential or commercial</span><span> meter and regulation equipment and related piping to assure customer safety and distribution system integrity. </span><span> </span></li> <li><span>Conducts customer field surveys to obtain customer expectations and accurate customer load information for the design, planning, scheduling and installation process to ensure customer satisfaction. </span></li> <li><span>Fabricates, tests, codes and fills orders on time to meet customer requested installation dates for meter installation activity in order to provide installation crews with meter and regulation equipment that conform to CenterPoint Energy standards. </span><span> </span></li> <li><span>Reads and records meter readings. Locks and unlocks meter assemblies as requested.</span><span> </span></li> </ul> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Education Description</b></H2> </div><div><ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li>High School Diploma </li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Experience</b></H2> </div><div><p><strong>Level I</strong></p> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li>No prior experience needed</li> </ul> <p><strong>Level II</strong></p> <ul> <li><span>Must have a Gas Fitters card</span></li> <li><span>1yr primary emergency response</span></li> </ul> <p><strong><span>Level III</span></strong></p> <ul> <li><span>Requires Minneapolis Gasfitter’s Card</span> </li> <li><span><span>7 years of gas utility experience</span><span> including </span><span>at least</span><span> one</span><span> year </span><span>at Level II</span></span></li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Physical Requirements</H2> </div><div><ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li>Able to hear oral communication either in person or via electronic device not limited to telephone, cell phone or laptop/tablet/computer. </li> <li>Able to obtain a valid driver’s license.</li> <li>Able to operate a motor vehicle including ability enter and exit the vehicle.</li> <li>Able to operate a personal computer, either desktop or laptop.</li> <li>Able to bend, stoop, kneel, crouch, balance, climb, crawl, reach, stand, walk, pull, lift, use fingers and grasp on a daily basis. </li> <li>Able to exert up to 75 pounds of force occasionally and/or minimal amount of force frequently to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise maneuver objects.</li> <li>Able to distinguish the differences between all colors.</li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Working Conditions</H2> </div><div><ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li>Able to work rotating shifts, assigned holidays and overtime when required.</li> <li>Able to work outdoors with some exposure to all weather conditions.</li> <li>Able to handle emergency situations including possible exposure to explosive environment.</li> <li>Able to be included in a random drug screen pool required for DOT safety sensitive positions. </li> <li>Able to respond to emergency calls and/or callouts and occasionally return to work while off duty.</li> </ul> <p><br>This job description reflects an assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks for this position. Other duties and tasks may be assigned to this position at the Company’s discretion.</p></div></div></div><p><span style="font-size:16.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>We want you to know</strong><br>Being a part of the CenterPoint Energy team is more than a career alone. It's an opportunity to make a positive impact. You will be an integral part of enabling everyday life and the pursuit of possibilities for the customers we serve and the communities we share. The vital services we provide are at the core of making our world work, and by sharing your energy with us, we'll create a better tomorrow together. </span></span><br> </p> <p><span style="font-size:16.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>What we bring to you</strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size:16.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Competitive pay</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:16.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Benefits eligibility begins on your first day</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:16.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Medical, Dental, Vision Benefits</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:16.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company contribution</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:16.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Health/Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:16.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">401(k) Savings Plan featuring a company match dollar-for-dollar up to 6% and a company contribution of 3% regardless of your contribution</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:16.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Flexible work schedule, paid holidays and paid time off</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:16.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Paid training</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:16.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Professional growth and development programs including tuition reimbursement</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:16.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Life, AD&D, Disability</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:16.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Employee Assistance Program (EAP)</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:16.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Transit subsidies</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:16.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Access to discounts at fitness clubs and an on-site wellness center at our headquarters in Houston<br> </span></span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size:16.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Job Type:</strong> Full Time <br><strong>Posting Start Date:</strong> 07/21/2026 <br><strong>Posting End Date:</strong> 07/31/2026 </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This contractor and subcontractor shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR §§ 60-1.4(a), 60-300.5(a), and 60-741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin. Moreover, these regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or disability.<br> <br><strong>Compensation Rate:</strong> 36.05 Hourly<br>CenterPoint Energy is required by Minnesota law to provide a good faith estimate of the starting fixed pay rate at the time of posting for the opportunity. This hourly compensation is specific to Minnesota and the pay rate negotiated in the applicable Collective Bargaining Agreement.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:8.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">#LI-CNP</span></span></p>