Zachary Rohde
South Sioux City,NE
Summary
Accomplished leader with a proven track record at Summit Utility Services, LLC, excelling in strategic decision-making and fostering professional relationships. Expert in quality assurance and efficient in Utilisphere, demonstrating a unique blend of technical and interpersonal skills. Achieved significant cost savings, ensuring projects exceed budget expectations with a focus on safety and efficiency.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
State Director
Summit Utility Services, LLC
05.2022 - Current
- Manage daily operations within Iowa and Nebraska.
- Monitor performance metrics related to accuracy, timeliness, and safety of locate activities.
- Supervise up to 30 field employees and supervisors to ensure all operations are completed safely and in a timely manner, maintaining quality and production.
- Monitor the state auditor and trainer to ensure all procedures and audits are being enforced.
- Keep daily records for all production, inventory, income, and expenses.
- Establish great professional relationships with clients, customers, and contractors.
- Facilitating contract negotiation and developing of marketing and sales strategies.
- Provide yearly bids and RFP proposals on locating contracts, as well as private locate contracts.
- Interview, hire, mentor, train, and supervise new employees.
- Conduct weekly and monthly locate audits to determine quality locates.
- Meet and exceed budget expectations.
Operations Manager and Business Owner
1st Call Locates, LLC
03.2014 - 04.2022
- Manage day to day operations, including daily locates as well as underground installs.
- Supervising up to 8 field employees to ensure quality, safety, efficient production, and compliance with all applicable regulations.
- Record all production, inventory, income, and expenses on a daily basis.
- Set, as well as keep up with pricing structures to stay competitive in the field.
- Establish and maintain great professional relationships with clients, customers, and contractors.
- These close working relationships facilitate contract negotiation as well as development of marketing and sales strategies.
- Provide daily, as well as yearly bids and RFP proposals on locating contracts, as well as private locate contracts and underground fiber projects.
- Interview, hire, mentor, train, and supervise new employees.
- Perform weekly and monthly locate audits to ensure quality locates.
- Analyze financial statements, managing cash flow and ensuring proper business and money management.
- Work alongside my crew in the field daily, providing quality utility locates using various equipment, including direction drill, cable plows, hydrovac,and backhoe to install underground fiber.
Stat Locate Supervisor
USIC Locating Services
03.2011 - 03.2015
- Supervise up to 30 locate technicians.
- Locate and determine depths of underground facilities and lines using various forms of locating equipment. Complete inspections of utilities to assess safety and compliance with applicable regulations.
- Provide extensive training to team members in various positions throughout the company.
- Maintaining effective communication with customers to ensure access to work areas and understanding of the process of the task at hand.
- Inspections of completed jobs to ensure quality and identify opportunities for additional training.
- Provide leadership, mentoring, and guidance to newly hired employees just learning company programs.
- Create schedules and delegate tasks for multiple crew members.
- Perform weekly, as well as monthly audits to ensure quality locates and monitor production
Eastern Wyoming State Manager
Consolidated Utility Services (USIC)
03.2010 - 03.2011
- Supervise up to 20 locate technicians.
- Locate and determine depths of underground facilities and lines using various forms of locating equipment. Complete inspections of utilities to assess safety and compliance with applicable regulations.
- Provide extensive training to team members in various positions throughout the company.
- Maintaining effective communication with customers to ensure access to work areas and understanding of the process of the task at hand.
- Inspections of completed jobs to ensure quality and identify opportunities for additional training.
- Provide leadership, mentoring, and guidance to newly hired employees just learning company programs.
- Create schedules and delegate tasks for multiple crew members.
- Perform weekly, as well as monthly audits to ensure quality locates and monitor production.
Supervisor
Underground Locators, LLC (Consolidated)
09.2006 - 03.2010
- Supervise up to 10 locate technicians.
- Locate and determine depths of underground facilities and lines using various forms of locating equipment. Complete inspections of utilities to assess safety and compliance with applicable regulations.
- Provide extensive training to team members in various positions throughout the company.
- Maintaining effective communication with customers to ensure access to work areas and understanding of the process of the task at hand.
- Inspections of completed jobs to ensure quality and identify opportunities for additional training.
- Provide leadership, mentoring, and guidance to newly hired employees just learning company programs.
- Create schedules and delegate tasks for multiple crew members.
- Perform weekly, as well as monthly audits to ensure quality locates and monitor production.
Education
High School Diploma -
Moorcroft High School
Moorcroft, WY05-2004
Skills
- Employee Training
- Strategic Decision Making
- Cost Analysis and Savings
- Fostering Professional Relationships
- Business Planning and Implementation
- New Business Development
- Cost Control and Budgeting
- Work Planning and Prioritization
- Quality Assurance
- Effective Decision Making
- Efficient Sales Tracking
- Works Well Under Pressure
- Highly Responsible and Reliable
- Great Attention to Detail
- Efficient in various ticket systems including Utilisphere, Translore, Dig Track, and Kortera
- Knowledge and daily use of Quickbooks, Microsoft, and Excel
Certification
- Utility Locate Technician Certification by Staking University
- OQ-0802 Locate The Pipeline
- OQ-1602 Backfill a Pipeline Excavation
- OQ-1605 Maintain Minimum Cover and Clearance
- OQ-0101 Properties of Natural Gas and Natural Gas Liquids
OQ-0801 Excavation and Pipeline Inspection
- OQ-0102 Prevention of Accidental Ignition
- OQ-0506 Monitor External Corrosion
Timeline
State Director
Summit Utility Services, LLC
05.2022 - Current
Operations Manager and Business Owner
1st Call Locates, LLC
03.2014 - 04.2022
Stat Locate Supervisor
USIC Locating Services
03.2011 - 03.2015
Eastern Wyoming State Manager
Consolidated Utility Services (USIC)
03.2010 - 03.2011
Supervisor
Underground Locators, LLC (Consolidated)
09.2006 - 03.2010
High School Diploma -
Moorcroft High School
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