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kakampers
Explorer
May 21, 2013

Mobile Survey Technicians Needed!!

We have been working for a company called Southern Cross Corporation since last October performing gas leak surveys for natural gas companies around the country. Southern Cross is a need of more traveling technicians and pay a reasonable salary, per diem and travel expenses. They are looking for singles or couples who can relocate in their RV and perform leak surveys in each location. If both people work you will each draw a salary, per diem and travel expense, but two vehicles are required. Most jobs run from 2-3 months or longer. Our current job is a 6-8 month job that looks like we will complete in about seven months.

Here is a link to the information and online application....They provide all training, equipment, etc. Southern Cross

Anyone who gets hired, please use our names as the company also pays referral bonuses...Thank, Ken and Kathy Adams
  • kakampers's avatar
    kakampers
    Explorer
    May 26, 2013
    To clarify the compensation....for a 40 hour week it would be as follows:

    $360.00 ($9.00 x 40 hours salary)
    $200.00 (Weekly housing/travel reimbursement)
    $ 92.00 (minimum $2.30 x 40 hour vehicle use reimbursement)

    =$652.00 (40 hour week income of which only the $360.00 is reported and taxed
    as the other amounts are considered expense reimbursements)

    This equates to $16.30 per hour...in addition, when relocating from one job location to another, you are paid $ .80 per mile for truck and trailer or MH and toad AND $ .55 per mile for additional vehicle if driven to new job site.

    We have found this to MORE than cover our relocation expense and our weekly housing and living expenses, which in most other jobs is usually the responsibility of the employee.
  • wanderingbob's avatar
    wanderingbob
    Explorer II
    May 28, 2013
    What do ya have to do ? Walk a pipeline with a leak detector ? How many miles ?
  • kakampers's avatar
    kakampers
    Explorer
    May 29, 2013
    We walk distribution mains and service lines to the meter sets...we average between six and eight mikes a day carrying an 8 pound "detector".
  • wanderingbob's avatar
    wanderingbob
    Explorer II
    May 29, 2013
    We might be interested.I was going to ask privately but I figger that some one else may be curious!
    In rural areas, down town or just wherever they send ya ?
    How do ya get back to your auto ?
    Would a 4 wheeler be useful or small dirt bike ?
    Snow , rain,heat, bad dogs ?
    I am 69 years olde , but we walk 3 miles ever day and bike several more .I believe that I could handle six or eight miles a day. I can leap short buildings in a single bound !
  • kakampers's avatar
    kakampers
    Explorer
    May 29, 2013
    The locations can be wherever they have a contract....big cities, towns, rural, etc. You go where they need coverage.


    Sometimes we do park and loops back to the vehicle. Sometimes we hop scotch each other and move the vehicle each time someone gets to it. Right now one of us walking mains and the other is riding off service lines...all depends on the situation. Cannot ride the mains unless the survey calls for it...so far all of ours have been walking, and that is how we are required to do it.

    All weather and dogs, if safe...except rain...equipment sucks water into it and that will ruin it.

    Walking down the street is much different than walking on all types of terrain...this job is quite physical and is becoming more so as the heat increases

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