Francisco Santana

Work closely with Duke Energy Vegetation management Program Manager.

Customer vegetation request. talk to customers about their concerns with the vegetation close to the power lines.

Coordinate Tree work and assigned it to the Tree contractors.

Design new construction work, estimate tree work on existing areas or new constructions.

keep track of all the work assigned, and most important keep good communication among the tree contractors and Duke Energy Veg. Manager.

Worked closely with General Foeman:

Help them with preparing reports, making sure their operation was running safely and profitable.

Hired and onboarded team members, working with HR and benefit department to assure new employees understood their benefits and working expectations.

Help them with finding Mechanic shops that we could use to repair equipment.

Reporting to corporative the status of all the field operations.

Keeping good communication and working on building a good relation with Duke Energy Vegetation management.

Developed and implemented policies and procedures for efficient workflow.

Issued work schedules, duty assignments and deadlines for office or administrative staff.

Worked close with Duke Energy Vegetation Management

Manage an operation with an average revenue of 2 million dollars a year, with a 15% gross profit.

Oversee 18 men, 8 crews (7 buckets and a climbing crew), up to 32 employees at one time that the contract required more employees.

Finding vendors to do PMs and repairs on equipment

Secure different companies to get climbing gear, chainsaws, etc… to run my crews

Partner and maintain good relationships with Duke Energy’s foresters to pre-ride feeders

and place numbers on work to be performed, Customer Care and Interact with them.

Supervised on numerous occasions First Responder Teams in different locations due to

natural disasters

In 2014, Duke Energy challenged us by giving us 63 miles in the North Central region,

which it contained new specifications on the contract. I was in charge of overseeing this

new project alongside the Duke Energy Forester and my division manager. Duke

Energy was pleased with our work and added 200 more miles to that year. Duke

Energy gave us an extension in 2015 and one of my missions was to bring new

employees, team leaders, and train new General Foremen. My main objective was to

build a strong North Central Operation. In 2016 and 2017 the extensions continued

and in 2018 it became an established project where Duke Energy signed a 3 year

contract.

I have trained several General Foreman; all of which have been successful on Safety and

Gross Profit

Trained and Certified employees in power lines clearance trimmer and Foremen

Screened and interviewed new employees as well as assist them with the application process.

Reported project progress, site problems and labor status to supervisors.

Assisted in the preparation of bids for new contracts by providing input on labor costs and material requirements.

Tracked and reported units and labor hours prior to submission of timecards.

• Bucket operator, Tree Climber, read maps, trainer to new personnel
• help with mechanical issues.
• fix chainsaws, and hydraulic saws.

• Transmission lines bucket operator and tree climber
• helped with reading maps and reporting daily progress on jobs.
• helped with mechanical issues, fix chainsaws and hydraulic saws.

• Bucket operator, tree climber.
• operate high lifts up to 120 feet tall.
• prune trees on different arboriculture ways.

• Foreman, bucket operator, climber.
• rigging work on trees overhanging houses or apartments.
• working during normal day hours and working at night.
• working with a grapple truck.

• power line clearance
• bucket operator, tree climber
• groundman