AARON SWIFT

Tasked with aiding in the development of an Electric Network / SCADA curriculum for our Electric Safety Academy consisting of Fiber Optic cable installation & splicing, RTU install, HMI install & all associated equipment / wiring etc.

• Onboarded and manage a contract team of 6 SCADA / Network specialists.
• Generated estimates, scopes and schedules for associated work.
• Worked with our finance team to generate $2funding.
• Perform routine maintenance on SF & Oakland Network SCADA equipment to ensure functionality & communication.
• New installation programming & commissioning.
• Material & Equipment procurement.

• Supervised a team of 25 underground employees.
• Strong focus on underground reliability through aged cable replacements and eliminating abnormal circuit conditions.
• Introduced LEAN modeling to SF Electric team with a strong emphasis on Morale, Delivery, Cost, Quality & Safety.
• Received Lean Spirit Award by reducing Job documentation completion times by 25% with a savings of approx. $90K / yr.

• Supervised a team consisting of 2 crews in Fort Bragg and 1 crew in Point Arena
• Responsible for a service territory consisting of 90 mi. of Northern CA coastline.
• Bolstered Fort Bragg team by developing 2 additional crews, hiring Apprentices and stabilizing the Point Arena yard.
• OEC Ops chief for multiple severe winter storms that produced over 2500 emergency priority A EC tags all of which were accounted for and closed in a timely manner.
• Strong focus on Veg Management and system hardening.
• Improved facility & equipment conditions as the site owner.
• Accountable for team training compliance.

• Supervised a team comprised of 11 Troublemen & 7 Cablemen.
• First responders to Overhead, Underground & Network emergencies.
• Responsible for safe, reliable power delivery to approximately 412K meters.
• Responsible for the operation of approximately 18K streetlights.
• Accountable for annual critical operating equipment (COE) inspections.
• Monitored daily outages to minimize impact to customers and system reliability.
• Worked with Engineering & M&C to improve system reliability through the removal of abnormal circuit conditions.
• Overseen scheduling and resource capacity to ensure 24 hr. operational coverage.
• Enforced G.O 95 & G.O 128 compliance with 3rd party contractors.
• Worked with local government agencies to safeguard the public during emergent conditions.
• Partnered with Law Claims to resolve CPUC complaints and investigations.
• Had an active role in IC structure within PSPS events and Wildfire assessments / rebuilds.

• Supervised a team of 26 Overhead employees.
• Responsible for team safety, emergency response, restoration, schedule adherence, crew sizing, maintenance & construction execution (COE, new business, compliance, CCD).
• Accountable for team training compliance.
• Work to reduce & maintain emergency work order back log and order closure cycle time.
• Serve as OEC Ops Chief during emergent events.
• Monitor and approve tool and equipment needs.
• Work to resolve customer complaints.
• Participate in local recruitment processes and performance reviews.

Responsible for $25MM Capital project budget and $15MM Operations expense budget.

• Responsible for Civil, Mechanical & Electrical natural gas upstream production facility construction on 60 production facility locations containing over 600 natural gas wells.
• Managed a team of 6 staff Supervisors (Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, QAQC, Scheduling, Materials) and up to 200 contract employees during peak natural gas field development.
• Accountable for team safety training and performance.
• Worked with Project Engineers to establish project scope, budgets, and schedules.
• Responsible for communicating project status to stakeholders through weekly project report outs and quarterly Business Plan Reviews’.
• Responsible for monitoring & approving change orders & contractor spend rate.
• Participate in risk analysis & after-action reviews.

• 2004 – July 2008 Foreman – Sturgeon Electric
• 2001 – 2004 Journeyman Lineman – PacifiCorp / Rocky Mt Power
• 2000 – July 2001 Journeyman Lineman – Seattle City Light
• 1998 – March 2000 Journeyman Lineman – PacifiCorp
• 1997 – July 1998 Foreman - Mountain Power Construction
• 1993 – May 1997 Apprentice Lineman – IBEW / NJATC
• Accountable for safe, efficient execution on various utility construction and maintenance projects to include: Transmission, OH / UG Distribution, Substation & Emergent Restoration.
• Foreman of up to 10-12 employees.
• Assisted with project planning, estimating, and scheduling.
• Monitored and controlled project spend and changes to contract scope of work.