What are the responsibilities and job description for the Apprentice Clerk position at PSEG?
Requisition: 77018
PSEG Company: Public Service Electric & Gas Co.
Salary Range: $ 21.103 - $ 27.266
Incentive: Not applicable
Work Location Category: Onsite
PSEG operates under a Flexible Work Model where flexible work is offered when job requirements allow. In support of this model, roles have been categorized into one of four work location categories: onsite roles, hybrid roles that are a blend of onsite and remote work, remote local roles that are primarily home-based but require some level of purpose-driven in-person interaction and living within a commutable distance, and remote non-local roles that can be effectively performed remotely with the ability to work in approved states.
PSEG offers a unique experience to our more than 12,000 employees – we provide the resources and opportunities for career development that come with being a Fortune 500 company, as well as the attention, camaraderie and care for one another you might typically associate with a small business. Our focus on combatting climate change through clean energy technology, our new net zero climate vision for 2030 and enhanced commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion; and supporting the communities we serve make this a particularly exciting time to join PSEG.
Union Local
OPEIU 153
Summary
Performs advanced clerical work requiring the exercise of judgment and initiative as qualified through formalized and/or on the job training.
Job Duties & Responsibilities
1. Complete, consolidate, or verify the work of others such as payrolls, general stores reports, reports of value of material carried in general stores, authorization completion reports, and Meter Group operation.
2. Compute costs, such as sundry sales, accident costs, interchange and auditors' charges, Telephone Company or other utility company billing.
3. Assign account numbers on various documents in accordance with the appropriate accounting guidelines.
4. Perform posting and clerical work, such as compilations and computations, prepare requisitions from material orders, and check purchase order information.
5. Maintain continuing property records and maintain and validate inventory levels.
6. Prepare scrap recommendations, issue credit tickets with line material tally sheet, and post and process time sheets.
7. Prepare and check work orders and material lists from sketches prepared by others.
8. Compile and record data on maps and records such as substation apparatus records, meter history records, and transformer records.
9. Prepare reports from information posted on summary sheets such as retirement reports, payroll analyses, reports of work for customers covered by blanket policies, watt hour meters on lines and in stock, watt hour meter performance, meters with billing constants, transformer reports, reports of poles replaced and construction transferred, street lamp reports, petty cash reports and summaries of fuel issues.
10. Perform other office duties including but not limited to: meter, wiring inspection and externally generated work and underground utility facility location functions.
11. Arrange, file and handle correspondence; compose correspondence for approvals, utilize computer applications such as word processing, spread sheets and graphic programs to prepare letters and charts from information gathered and/or provided.
12. Operate automated office equipment.
13. Duplicate engineering drawings on engineering copiers and plotting equipment.
14. Assist others by driving car or light truck, process mail, serve as messenger, and run errands.
15. Assist other employees in office work.
16. Perform other similar skilled work.
Job Qualifications
Must meet the Company’s general requirements:
1. Must be a high school graduate or the equivalent and be able to operate automated office equipment, perform operations in arithmetic, such as add, subtract, multiply, divide, use decimals and fractions, and figure percentages.
2. Must pass the Company clerical proficiency and typing test.
3. Must have the ability to acquire a working knowledge of the information associated with the department or section to which assigned, and to perform the work in an acceptable manner.
4. Must have the ability to acquire a working knowledge of the application of corporate and departmental administrative and accounting procedures.
5. Must be patient, neat, clean, orderly, precise and able to exercise care in work performance.
6. Must possess a valid auto driver’s license to operate motor vehicles in the State of New Jersey.
7. Must be able to learn to apply the approved methods of manual artificial respiration, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Education
PSEG is an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment, including the hiring process, based on any legally protected characteristic. Legally protected characteristics include race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, sexual orientation, disability or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law in locations where PSEG employs individuals.
As an employee of PSEG you should be aware that during storm restoration efforts, you may be required to perform functions outside of your routine duties and on a schedule that may be different from normal operations.
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