Dylan Connell
Hartford,Alabama
Summary
- 13 years of distribution experience encompassing overhead & underground
- Treating every day as an opportunity to learn more and be better than yesterday
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Construction Foreman
Coastal Electrical Construction
Bonifay, FL
02.2021 - 05.2026
- Work performed for Gulf Power/ Florida Power & Light
- Supervised daily on-site operations and coordinated tasks among crew members for efficiency
- Ensured compliance with safety regulations and implemented best safe work practices to minimize workplace hazards
- Collaborated with project managers to develop schedules and manage timelines effectively
- Supervised field crews to maximize quality and work efficiency
- Executed 811 locate requests to ensure accurate identification of underground utilities
- Interpret & execute job packets
- Communicate with the Distribution Control Center to execute system switching
- Communicate with businesses & residents to facilitate customer satisfaction & job completion
Lead Class A Lineman
PowerGrid Services
Ozark, AL
06.2018 - 02.2021
- Work performed for Alabama Power
- Communicate with the Distribution Control Center to perform system switching
- Train apprentices on Insulate & Isolate techniques, moving energized & de-energized conductor, setting/pulling poles & associated safe work practices
- Install various equipment such as transformer banks, hydraulic reclosers, electronic reclosers & capacitor banks
- Perform the duties of Crew Foreman in the absence of the Crew Foreman
Class A Lineman
Diversified Services Inc
Ashford, AL
06.2017 - 06.2018
- Work performed for Wiregrass Electric Cooperative
- Set/remove poles in & near energized conductor under supervision of Crew Foreman
- Move energized conductor using hoists and material handling jib & replace poles under supervision of Crew Foreman
- Teach apprentices safe work practices
Level 5 Apprentice Lineman
Southern Electric Corporation of MS
Ocala, FL
08.2016 - 06.2017
- Work performed for Duke Energy FL
- Lay out energized conductor for reconductoring projects under supervision of Journeyman Lineman & Crew Foreman
- Install/remove mechanical jumpers under supervision of Journeyman Lineman & Crew Foreman
- Set/pull poles in & near energized conductor under supervision of Journeyman Lineman & Crew Foreman
- Install/remove single phase & three phase transformer installations under supervision of Journeyman Lineman & Foreman
Apprentice Lineman
Diversified Services Inc
Ozark, AL
07.2013 - 08.2016
- Work performed for Alabama Power
- Stocked material and maintained clean work spaces on bucket truck
- Learned equipment set-up of bucket trucks, digger derricks, & conductor pulling machines
- Learned various pole setting/pulling techniques & skills through observation & execution under supervision of Journeyman Linemen
- Learned Insulate & Isolate techniques through observation and execution under supervision of Journeyman Linemen
- Learned various techniques to move energized & de-energized conductors to replace poles & conductors through observation & execution under supervision of Journeyman Linemen
Education
Pre-Apprentice Lineworker Program -
George C Wallace Community College
Dothan, AL06-2013
High School Diploma -
Geneva County High School
Hartford, AL05-2012
Skills
- Pole Setting
- Reconducting
- Troubleshooting
- Rigging
- Transformer Banks
- UG Splicing & Termination
Certification
- OSHA 10
- OSHA 30
- Class A CDL
- CPR
Timeline
Construction Foreman
Coastal Electrical Construction
02.2021 - 05.2026
Lead Class A Lineman
PowerGrid Services
06.2018 - 02.2021
Class A Lineman
Diversified Services Inc
06.2017 - 06.2018
Level 5 Apprentice Lineman
Southern Electric Corporation of MS
08.2016 - 06.2017
Apprentice Lineman
Diversified Services Inc
07.2013 - 08.2016
Pre-Apprentice Lineworker Program -
George C Wallace Community College
High School Diploma -
Geneva County High School