Darin Koehler
Fredericksburg,TX
Summary
My areas of expertise include twenty-five and a half years’ experience in the Electric Utility Industry and another prior eighteen Years in the Retail Hardware Industry. During this time I have become proficient in many skills with the desire the acquire more. I have four areas that I work diligently on every day to build and improve on. They include: 1. Safety 2. Customer Service 3. Attitude 4. Accountability
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Supervisor
City of San Marcos Electric Utility
San Marcos, TX
02.2016 - Current
- Supervised daily operations among city employees and contractors, ensuring adherence to safety protocols and efficient workflow management.
- Trained and mentored Lineworker and Apprentice's, fostering skill development and enhancing overall performance.
- Optimized resource allocation, improving productivity across multiple departments through strategic scheduling.
- Implemented process improvements that reduced waste and increased operational efficiency within the team.
- Work closely with engineering department on many levels: Mentor designers in creating and drawing overhead and underground jobs and ensuring materials list are accurate.
- Working with Electric Department Engineer with system design, loading, switching and currently in the process of trying to implement automation and self healing.
- Work with other departments with small projects that include bucket trucks.
- Oversee the cities street lighting maintenance and work with downtown facilities on a regular basis.
- Oversee the apprenticeship training, scheduling and travel scheduling.
- Work closely with the Electric Department Manager on contracts, budgets, employee hiring and the department in general.
Lineman, Journeyman, Supervisor
New Braunfels Utilities
New Braunfels, TX
06.2007 - 12.2015
- Before my promotion to supervisor, I worked on both the underground and overhead crews. As a supervisor, I oversaw two service trucks and a contracting crew while maintaining the street lights in town. I managed the Apprenticeship Program. I became familiar with the new OMS system that was being implemented. I started working in GIS and with GIS personnel to field verify the system to mapping. My duties as a supervisor also included customer service by scheduling new connects and small job and troubleshooting customer complaints and problems when crews could not figure things out. I worked in our accounting program software to reconcile invoices by creating requisitions for payment. I completed meter orders in M-Care and became proficient in working in Harris to generate customer orders. I became proficient in City Works to create service request and generate work orders.
Apprentice and Lineman
Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative
Seguin, TX
09.2000 - 05.2007
Education
BBA - Business Administration / Management
Florida Tech University - On Line
Melbourne, Florida01.2012
Skills
- Flexible
- Team building
- Solid independent worker
- Consistent work history
- Organizational skills
- Team player
- Process improvement strategies
- Managing crews
- Customer service experience
- Establishing goals and setting priorities
- Quick learner
- Good mechanical aptitude
- Strong work ethic
- Training and mentoring
- Goal oriented
- Staff management
- Customer service
- Attention to detail
- Complex Problem-solving
- Process monitoring and improvement
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Multitasking
- Time management
- Micro Soft Office, Milsoft OMS, Survelant - Scada experience
Accomplishments
- Took over the responsibilities of restructuring and managing a new Apprenticeship Program for NBU and San Marcos.
- Represented San Marcos, NBU and GVEC at Lineman's Rodeos by; competing as an Apprentice, judging, mentoring Apprentices for competition, participating on a three man Lineman team, member of the Advisory Committee, assistant field coordinator and current Board Treasure.
- Completed a Bachelor's Degree in four years while working full time as a supervisor managing three crews, participating in Lineman's Rodeos, keeping up with the basic household duties and driving my son to baseball practices and games.
- Proactive in building and performing working relationships between internal company departments to build a team environment and enhance the workflow process.
Timeline
Supervisor
City of San Marcos Electric Utility
02.2016 - Current
Lineman, Journeyman, Supervisor
New Braunfels Utilities
06.2007 - 12.2015
Apprentice and Lineman
Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative
09.2000 - 05.2007
BBA - Business Administration / Management
Florida Tech University - On Line