Curtis Smith
Journeyman Lineman
Creswell,NC
Summary
Detailed Foreman skilled in planning, assigning and directing work tasks. Team-oriented professional with strong commitment to maintaining safe, clean job sites. Dedicated to quality and clear communication. Reliable Foreman with more than 30 years of construction site experience. Superb project oversight, team management, and blueprint interpretation skills. Successful in meeting tight job deadlines. Flexible hard worker ready to learn and contribute to team success. Effective at managing daily line work and emergency call-outs in all types of environments. Experienced with skills such as sagging, guying and tower erection. Dependable, hardworking and safety-focused.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Foreman
River City Construction Co
Washington, NC
03.2022 - 08.2024
- Tracked and reported units and labor hours prior to submission of timecards.
- Supervised projects to uphold schedule requirements and quality demands.
- Defined and monitored personnel and project schedules to ensure on-time project completion.
- Inspected rigging and scaffolding for safety and reliability.
- Assessed work area conditions for potential hazards or risks.
- Conducted regular performance reviews with crew members.
- Monitored equipment operation during extraction process to detect problems.
- Kept production team moving forward for progress in daily site operations.
- Established and enforced procedures and work standards, promoting team performance and safety.
- Reviewed project blueprints and specifications to determine number of workers needed to complete jobs.
- Resolved conflicts between workers in a timely manner.
- Monitored job progress and ensured completion within budget constraints.
- Viewed and checked job equipment to determine maintenance requirements.
- Created work crew schedules and delegated assignments.
- Monitored processes for continuous improvement and implemented changes to promote quicker task completion.
- Inspected tools, materials, and equipment to ensure quality standards were met.
- Provided leadership, insight and mentoring to newly hired employees to supply knowledge of various company programs.
- Adjusted equipment to prepare for excavating and boring geological materials.
- Checked project details to verify job site materials and equipment.
- Trained and monitored employees to teach daily tasks and improve performance.
- Understood and followed oral and written directions.
- Planned and completed group projects, working smoothly with others.
- Prioritized and organized tasks to efficiently accomplish service goals.
- Worked successfully with diverse group of coworkers to accomplish goals and address issues related to our products and services.
- Completed day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently.
- Conferred with senior management, owners, contractors, and design professionals to discuss project goals and problem solve.
- Maintained daily logs of labor and equipment used on-site.
- Delegated work to staff, setting priorities and goals.
- Supervised activities of personnel assigned to various tasks during construction jobs.
- Managed sites by focusing on safety, operations and productivity.
- Ensured all workers adhered to company policies and procedures.
- Managed inventory levels of supplies necessary for job completion.
- Complied with federal and company regulations to maintain high level of job site safety.
- Prepared and planned worksites to help jobs run smoothly.
- Allocated material and labor resources to promote on-time and under-budget project completion.
- Obtained specifications and directed work for construction crews.
- Communicated with employees to demonstrate high standards and mitigate issues.
- Monitored job site parts and equipment.
- Established expectations and motivated crews to consistently meet or beat goals.
Crew Leader
Team Fishel
Chesapeake, VA
12/18/23 - 1/17/24
- Worked successfully with diverse group of coworkers to accomplish goals and address issues related to our products and services.
- Understood and followed oral and written directions.
- Completed day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently.
- Maintained schedule of class assignments to meet deadlines.
- Prioritized and organized tasks to efficiently accomplish service goals.
- Worked with cross-functional teams to achieve goals.
- Worked productively as lead or helping team member to drive customer satisfaction.
- Established and maintained professional working relationships with employees.
- Enforced safety mandates and OSHA restrictions with good leadership skills.
- Measured, marked or recorded openings or distances to construction layout areas.
- Completed minor adjustments and repairs to assigned equipment.
- Inspected sites before and after construction projects.
- Loaded or unloaded building materials to distribute machinery or tools.
- Demonstrated best safety practices working at heights and lifting various objects.
- Tended pumps, compressors or generators to provide power or heat or move materials.
- Installed sewer, water or storm drain pipes using pipe-laying machinery or laser guidance equipment.
- Loaded materials and tools into vehicles and unloaded upon arrival at jobsites.
- Performed general maintenance on tools and equipment used by the crew.
- Observed safety protocols and manufacturer's instructions when using heavy machinery and equipment.
- Performed demanding physical work over extended periods and modeled positive attitude.
- Displayed high standards for quality workmanship and routinely double-checked work.
- Cleaned or prepared construction sites to eliminate hazards.
- Ensured compliance with all health and safety regulations.
- Operated equipment with strong focus on safety and ground communication.
- Understood how to operate and maintain job site equipment safely and for maximum productivity.
- Controlled traffic passing near, in or around work zones.
- Inspected cleanliness, organization and safety of job sites after every shift.
- Dug ditches or trenches, backfilled excavations or compacted and leveled earth to grade specifications.
- Reviewed blueprints and plans prior to beginning a job to ensure accuracy of measurements and specifications.
Journeyman Lineman
Local Union 70
Forestville, MD
2008 - 2022
- Replaced faulty components such as insulators, conductors and related hardware on energized circuits up to 69KV.
- Climbed poles to compare printed data on transformers with work orders and examine wires and auxiliary equipment on poles.
- Operated bucket trucks to access high voltage lines for repairs or maintenance activities.
- Performed pre-installation procedures to attach cross-arms, insulators and auxiliary equipment to poles.
- Coordinated with utility crews regarding joint use of right-of-ways.
- Performed work on both dead and energized lines of different voltages.
- Adhered to strict federal and corporate rules to promote overall safety of workers and members of public.
- Handled repair work for overhead and underground electrical power lines.
- Utilized specialized tools including hot sticks, rubber gloves, cable slings and lineman pliers.
- Inspected transmission line structures to ensure compliance with safety standards.
- Assessed power lines, poles and electrical equipment for wear and damage and reported deficiencies to appropriate supervisor.
- Assigned tasks to employees and monitored productivity, performance and task completion.
- Identified site hazards and utilized safety and protective equipment to comply with safety rules.
- Patrolled lines and reported defective equipment or unsafe conditions to supervisor for resolution.
- Conducted fault location on all types of distribution systems using various testing equipment.
- Tested and operated switches, cutouts, regulators and voltage controllers for proper operation.
- Worked with team to install cables, poles and transformers.
- Participated in training sessions to learn new techniques in line operations.
- Reviewed safety regulations prior to commencing any job tasks.
- Installed transformers and other electrical apparatus in substations, switchyards and along rights-of-way.
- Opened switches or attached grounding devices to remove electrical hazards from disturbed or fallen lines.
- Assessed job sites for cleanliness and organization and loaded trucks with materials at completion of shift.
- Maintained electric work tools and equipment.
- Completed resagging on older or improperly installed lines.
- Assisted in the construction of new transmission lines by erecting poles, setting crossarms, stringing wire and installing fixtures.
- Climbed wood poles using approved climbing methods while wearing proper safety gear.
- Tested conductors to identify corresponding conductors and prevent incorrect connections.
- Installed electric watthour meters in pre-installed meter-connection boxes to connect service.
- Maintained records of work performed such as material used, labor hours utilized.
- Responded quickly during emergency situations such as storms or downed poles and lines.
- Worked quickly and safely to maintain and reconduct lines.
- Provided technical guidance to apprentice linemen when needed.
- Climbed wooden poles, ladders and towers or used bucket trucks to reach power lines and complete work.
- Attached transformers to poles and connected to power lines.
- Compared layout and methods of installation to blueprints and sketches and marked differentiations on drawings.
- Removed trees from around high voltage power lines to prevent outages caused by tree limbs touching wires.
- Helped out by participating in extra shifts when emergencies or outages required additional assistance in adverse weather conditions.
- Performed installation, maintenance and repair of overhead and underground power lines.
- Used computer based software to configure metering and protection devices.
- Shortened or lengthened wires by removing or adding wire and used different types of splices, connectors and clamps.
- Tested and inspected electric distribution equipment and wiring outside and within buildings to verify conformance of installation with construction and building code specifications.
- Ensured that all necessary documents were completed accurately before leaving a job site.
- Replaced transmission poles and associated hardware with new equipment.
- Implemented preventive maintenance procedures on all electrical equipment used on the job site.
- Read blueprints to determine locations of power line routes.
- Assisted in constructing fiber optic networks by pulling cables through conduit runs.
- Assisted in various capacities during construction, repair and maintenance of electrical lines.
- Repaired or replaced damaged poles and anchors following storm damage or vehicle accidents.
- Rebuilt transformers by dismantling, removing and assembling core components.
- Troubleshot overhead distribution lines to restore power service.
- Maintained schedule of class assignments to meet deadlines.
- Collaborated with others to discuss new opportunities.
- Collaborated with cross-functional team to define features and build powerful and easy-to-use products and customer-facing workflow tools.
- Prioritized and organized tasks to efficiently accomplish service goals.
- Maintained open communication with team members and stakeholders, resulting in successful project outcomes.
- Planned and completed group projects, working smoothly with others.
- Understood and followed oral and written directions.
- Completed day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently.
- Worked successfully with diverse group of coworkers to accomplish goals and address issues related to our products and services.
- Maintained updated knowledge through continuing education and advanced training.
- Worked with cross-functional teams to achieve goals.
Education
High School Diploma -
Great Bridge High School
Chesapeake, VA06-1996
Skills
- Work Planning and Prioritization
- Crew Scheduling
- Site Inspection
- Schematics and Blueprints
- Effective Communication
- OSHA Compliance
- Dedicated Work Ethic
- Commercial Construction Experience
Certification
Class A Commercial Drivers License (CDL-A)
OSHA 30 Hour Card
Red Cross CPR/First Aid/AED Certificate
Pole Top Rescue Certificate
Journeyman Card
Underground Primary Fiber Splicing Certificate
Timeline
Foreman
River City Construction Co
03.2022 - 08.2024
Crew Leader
Team Fishel
12/18/23 - 1/17/24
Journeyman Lineman
Local Union 70
2008 - 2022
High School Diploma -
Great Bridge High School
Class A Commercial Drivers License (CDL-A)
OSHA 30 Hour Card
Red Cross CPR/First Aid/AED Certificate
Pole Top Rescue Certificate
Journeyman Card
Underground Primary Fiber Splicing Certificate
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