We are pleased to announce the addition of Jason Garland to the EGW family as Director of Business Development for our Gas Solutions Group. Jason brings over 13 years of experience in the gas industry and a wealth of knowledge to this new role. He will be focused on growing all aspects of EGW’s Service Delivery Business, including Operator and Contractor qualification (OQ), Compliance Services Training, Field Services, and Repair. We are very excited to add Jason to our team of gas industry professionals and hope you will join us in welcoming him aboard!
You can reach Jason at jgarland@egwusa.com, and please visit www.egwutilitysolutions.com/services/ to see all of the services EGW Gas Solutions can offer your organization!
Natural gas pipeline operators are required by federal law to have an Operator Qualification and Training Programs in place to help employees reduce job errors and protect life and property. Ensuring a properly trained and qualified workforce should be a priority for all Operators of natural gas systems and the contractors they hire. EGW Gas Solution’s Compliance Services group is here to help! We are a full-service, third-party provider of compliance solutions and our mobile workforce can meet these needs on the customer’s site or at our training facility in Carrollton, Texas.
Why Third-Party Services?
If you have ever had to sit through a State, Federal or even a client’s inspection of your employee’s training and qualification records, or had your training and evaluation programs combed over with a fine tooth comb, you would see the true value to having a highly qualified, organized, and efficient third-party provider for these services. The integrity of how these processes are conducted are always of major concern for these oversight agencies and your customers. Having a qualified, independent third-party provider train and evaluate your workforce goes a long way to remove any questions of process integrity, and offers a high level of confidence in your workforce’s ability to safely perform their assigned tasks.
Our workforce is made up of seasoned veterans from the pipeline industry. They are experienced and highly qualified trainers/evaluators, focused on the safety and integrity of the compliance processes. We will assist your organization in meeting its complex Federal DOT and State pipeline safety requirements. Additionally, we can support any bilingual training and testing needs you may have.
EGW’s highly trained field staff administers Operator Qualification Training, Proctoring and Performance Evaluations for both utility and contractor employees in the Natural Gas industry. They can teach, train, and evaluate your employees in the use of a wide variety of industry tooling and tasks. Our evaluators are fully qualified in a variety of Polyethylene (PE) Pipe Joining and Steel Welding methods and can provide your employees their required training and certifications. Additionally, our experienced staff is capable to assist you with compliance solutions for your organization’s Operator Qualification and Public Awareness Plans.
Provided Services
Among the 3rd party compliance services we offer include:
• OQ Training and Test Proctoring
• OQ Performance (Field) Evaluations
• Company Plan/Program Reviews
• Industrial Training Services (ITS) Approved Provider
• Energy Worldnet (EWN) Approved Provider
• Structural and Pipeline Welding Training and Certification
• PE Fusion Training
• PE Fusion Certifications
• PE Destructive Testing
• Bilingual Trainers/Evaluators
If your organization is looking for professional Operator Qualification Training, Proctoring and Evaluations, as well as Fusion and Welding Training Services, or are needing assistance with Operator Qualification and Public Awareness Plans, give us a call today at 479-651-1253 or contact Steve Griffin, our Director of Compliance Services at sgriffin@egwusa.com.
With utility providers working hard to keep our water and energy infrastructure safe and intact, EGW Utilities is continuing to do our part to ensure that they have the products and equipment needed to continue their essential duties.
During these challenging times, our primary goal is putting the health and safety of our employees, customers and community first, while continuing to provide the same outstanding customer service you’ve come to expect. Proper social distancing is being practiced with most of our employees working from home, while a number of measures outlined by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have been implemented to help keep customers and integral on-site staff healthy and safe.
We’re here for you! Don’t hesitate to contact us for any underground utility product needs. Call today at 972.446.1655 or send us a message through our contact form.
EGW is extremely proud to have been named a 2019 Certified Best Workplace by the Best Christian Workplaces Institute! Through proactive planning and hard work, we strive to create a workplace culture that promotes integrity, authenticity and selflessness. This was achieved through listening to our employees and enacting programs to improve, not just their work lives, but their everyday lives in general.
We started our journey to becoming a Certified Best Workplace in 2018 with an anonymous survey that all employees completed. Questions were wide ranging, from benefits satisfaction to management processes, with the main goal of getting honest feedback about all aspects of their jobs. Once responses were received, we reviewed our strengths and weaknesses and didn’t shy away from tackling the issues that were put forward. Those included improving benefits, having more social events to bring employees together during and outside of work, and ensuring that everyone’s voice is heard when it comes to improving work processes. Listening to your employees is just one step. Nothing will improve if not acted upon!
After implementing changes throughout the year, the survey was sent out again to measure our progress. We were excited to see that the advancements brought upon by the original survey created such a positive shift in culture. And we’re not done! Our commitment is to keep listening to our employees and continuing to improve based on their feedback. A healthy workplace culture leads to a greater focus on our companies’ mission, core values and customers. With everyone working with the right attitude towards the same goal, we’ll continue to build towards further success!
