Benjamin Ballard
Kingfisher,OK
Summary
My name is Benjamin Ballard. I am a transmission lineman and foreman with nineteen years experience in the field. I might have started in this industry a little later than most, but from day one I knew that this is where i belonged. I started from the bottom and soaked up all the experience and training available to me. I moved up in the ranks quickly and was in the bucket working out structures by the third day. I was trained and certified in everything that was available to me and some that wasn't that i did on my own. Before long I was a lead lineman and crew leader managing all the daily tasks assigned to me. I started training all the new hirers everything I was taught. Before long we were the top producing crew in the company. Soon after I was promoted to Foreman and was overseeing the entire scope of the projects from start to finish. I always retained a good working relationship with my project managers, management, customers and the inspection teams one the projects.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Foreman
Higher Power Electrical Contractor
Oklahoma City, OK
10.2017 - Current
- Schedule job tasks daily for several crews and sub contractors.
- Keep detailed daily production reports and tracked job costs.
- Keep track of materiel arriving and being sent out to location.
- Production meetings with customers, engineers, and management.
- Figured wire pulls including midspans and one shots.
- Training for all new heirs on equipment, crane, barehand and hotstick.
- Dealing with land owners for access points and riteaway issues.
- Estimated time, employee expenses and material costs for projects.
- Managed sites by focusing on safety, operations and productivity.
- Delegated duties to employees based on skillset.
Lineman/Operator
RES
Houston, TX
02.2013 - 10.2017
- In depth knowledge of ariel work including clipping in tangent structures, angle structures, soft side and dead end.
- Understanding rigging needs according to weight and tension.
- Working both sides of a wire pull. including pullers, tensioners, letups and sagging wire.
- Trained and certified in bare hand and hot stick work up to 500KV.
- operated cranes up to 600 ton.
- Organized crews and material for daily tasks.
- Trained new apprentices.
Groundhand to Lineman
Team Power
Dewey, OK
01.2004 - 02.2013
- All aspects of ground and ariel work
- working both sides of a wire pull including tensinors and pullers.
- Received my crane certification and began to run cranes of all types. Setting poles and loading wire.
- Learned to run every pice of equipment on a transmission crew.
Skills
- Journeyman and DOL card
- NCCO crane and rigging certified
- OSHA 30
- Three leadership courses
- Barehand and hotstick certified
- First Aid and CPR
- Bachelors degree in graphic arts
- Lockout and tagout procedures
Timeline
Foreman
Higher Power Electrical Contractor
10.2017 - Current
Lineman/Operator
RES
02.2013 - 10.2017
Groundhand to Lineman
Team Power
01.2004 - 02.2013