George Ellis Gooding
Mount Olive,NC
Summary
With over 30 years of experience in the construction and maintenance of electrical substations, switch yards, and P.O.Ds, this accomplished and energetic foreman possesses strong organizational and prioritization skills. The ability to work in remote locations, regardless of outside temperatures, has allowed for excellence in the field. Expertise in construction management, personal training, and safety. The ultimate goal on the job is to provide a safe work environment, maintain high-quality work standards, and consistently meet both company and customer expectations.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate
Work History
Handy Man
Self-Employed
10.2024 - Current
- Fix and repair mobile home flooring, walls, ceilings, doors, windows and any other carpentry needs
- Plumbing and electrical
- Construct sheds and other buildings
Substation Foreman
Southeastern Transmission and Distribution
05.2023 - 10.2024
- Construct 230kv substation for SunEnergy1 solar
- Audit jobsite to ensure that all applicable safety regulations and requirements are being met, and that the quality of work is being completed in the highest standards
- Approve crew timesheets and purchases
- Establish and enforce operating procedures and work standards that will ensure adequate performance and personal safety
- Audit construction site activities to ensure that instructions are followed, deadlines are met, and schedules are maintained
- Insure all JHA’s were performed and followed
- Read and interpret blueprints and construction specs
- Install and adjust MOAB, GOAB and hook stick switches
- Educate and guide young crew
- Install and terminate control wiring
- Install Rock on finished station
- I also performed other duties including, 1250mv cable terminations, 4/0mv cable terminations, and assist Line crew in their duties
Substation Foreman
Pike Electric
03.2023 - 05.2023
- Assist Lead Foreman
- Guide crew in their task
- Repurpose used construction material to fit new station
- Cable trench rework
Unemployed
10.2022 - 03.2023
Substation General Manager
Bird Electric Enterprises, LLC.
04.2021 - 10.2022
- Per location of the substation work with operation manager, project manager coordinates the daily construction progress and coordinate daily work activities with project manager, general foreman, and site foreman
- Attend and contribute to all meetings with the customers related to schedules and budgets
- Ensure positive customer relationship
- Establish and enforce operating procedures and work standards that will ensure adequate performance and personal safety
- Establishing and implementing OSHA and Customer Safety Requirements
- Audit jobsite to ensure that all applicable safety regulations and requirements are being met, and that the quality of work is being completed in the highest standards
- Audit construction site activities to ensure that instructions are followed, deadlines are met, and schedules are maintained
- Approve crew timesheets and purchases
- Work with Microsoft Excel, other various Microsoft products, and Acrobat Adobe
- Attend all company and contribute at all weekly Manager meetings
- Audit crews daily JSA, JHA, Tailboard meetings
- Work with customers and engineers to ensure project drawings are up to date, material quantities are correct
- All as-builts/red lines are up to date and turned in during closeout phase of project
Project Specialist
Volt Power
09.2019 - 03.2021
- Seek quotes for material
- Obtained prints thru customer site (Procore)
- Turned in submittals for approval of material
- Performed take offs for material and supplies
- Attended and contributed to all meetings with the customers related to schedules and budgets
- Ensure positive customer relationship
- Worked with the manager and general foreman daily to coordinate daily work activities
- Worked with the customer and engineers to ensure prints were correct, material quantities were correct, and as built/red lines were up to date and turned in
- Worked with Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Project daily
- Used various Windows product from Microsoft Surface Pro
- Upload completed from various crews required daily safety documents to customer’s site (Procore)
- Complete RFP form and send to corporate for necessary purchases
- Create and send multiple proposals to various prospective and/or current customers
Substation Foreman
T&D Solutions/Volt Power
05.2014 - 09.2019
- Establish and enforce operating procedures and work standards that will ensure adequate performance and personal safety
- Monitor construction site activities to ensure that instructions are followed, deadlines are met, and schedules are maintained
- Supervise jobsite to ensure that all applicable safety regulations and requirements are being met, and that the quality of work is being completed in the highest standards
- Assess and adjusts priorities and refocus efforts as needed to meet individual project requirements and workload
- Establishing and implementing OSHA and Customer Safety Requirements
- Coordinate or prepares shipment of material and supplies for job sites
- Proposes changes or modifications plans to enhance operation
- Assembly and erection of substation
Sumter Utilities
08.2010 - 03.2014
- Read specifications, such as blueprints, to determine construction requirements or to plan procedures
- Assign work to employees based on material or worker requirements of specific jobs
- Aid workers engaged in construction or extraction activities, using hand tools or other equipment
- Establishing and implementing OSHA and Customer Safety Requirements
- Responsible for training assigned staff on installation of substation material equipment
- Assembly and Erection of Substation
- Maintain inventory and usage of materials
Lee Electrical Construction
01.2008 - 06.2010
- Assembly and erection of substations
- Establishing and implementing OSHA and Customer Safety Requirements
- Develop goals and priorities and assign tasks
- Installs system components and wiring in compliance with the company standards and client contract standards
- Review schematics, and specifications, ensures drawings and specifications will function as designed in the environment intended for use
- Provide a framework of various levels of training and experience to be use when recruiting staff
- Propose changes or modifications to plans to enhance operation
Education
Level 1A Fundamentals -
Adult High School Diploma - undefined
ITS Qualified Operator - undefined
10.2023
- 5-day course
- (Expired)
Skills
- Critical Thinking
- Complex Problem Solving
- Instructing
- Judgement and Decision Making
- Learning Strategies
- Basic office administrative skills
- Computer skills ie excel, outlook, and adobe pdf
- Construct up to 500Kv substations
- Concrete placement
- Environmental
- Read and follow blueprints
- Keys to life training (Duke Energy)
- CESR training (Duke Energy)
- Vendor interaction for price negotiation
- Capable of working on multiple projects
- NC class A CDL
- Repair work
Certification
- NCDOT Level 1 Erosion & Sediment Control/ Stormwater Inspector/Installer, 3997
- NCDOT Level 1 Erosion & Sediment Control/Stormwater Site Manager, 10817
- CPR
- Commercial Driver License Class A
- Osha 10
- Osha 30
- Exothermic welding for electrical connections
- PPE requirements.
- Insolate and Isolate Procedures.
- Grounding Procedures.
- Proficient in the operation of Derricks, Buckets, Lifts, Mini Excavators, Lulls, Skid Steers, and other equipment as required for the work being performed.
- Concrete forming, pouring and finishing.
- CPR/First Aid/AED
- Fire safety.
- Defensive driving
Timeline
Handy Man - Self-Employed
10.2024 - Current
Substation Foreman - Southeastern Transmission and Distribution
05.2023 - 10.2024
Substation Foreman - Pike Electric
03.2023 - 05.2023
Unemployed -
10.2022 - 03.2023
Substation General Manager - Bird Electric Enterprises, LLC.
04.2021 - 10.2022
Project Specialist - Volt Power
09.2019 - 03.2021
Substation Foreman - T&D Solutions/Volt Power
05.2014 - 09.2019
- Sumter Utilities
08.2010 - 03.2014
- Lee Electrical Construction
01.2008 - 06.2010
Wayne Community College - Adult High School Diploma,
Georgia Transmission - ITS Qualified Operator,
NPDES Training Institute - Level 1A Fundamentals,
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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References
- Jon Semple, (404) 387-4872, Retired Superintendent
- Aaron Crouch Sr., (434) 259-0711
- Kevin Sullivan, (580) 231-7777, Bird Electric, Inc. Fleet Manager
- Daniel Mullins, (252) 521-7923, Bird Electric, Inc Director of operations
- Douglas Blow, (252) 525-1873, Executive Director of Operations
- Bobby Payne, (980) 317-4006, Southeastern, General Foreman
- Thad, (803) 983-1634, Southeastern, Mechanic-Fleet manager.
- Gary Whaley, (252) 521-3537, C-Phase owner/president
- Joey Jenning, (919) 812-0767, Head of operations Duke, Camp Lejune Marine base
- More references upon request.
Completed Projects
- Gaston 230kv solar collector station
- Camp Lejeune’s Substation/Metering Project
- Various substations for Duke Energy
- Smithfield, NC – Co-Op
- Monroe, NC – Co-Op
- Tangier Island, VA – Co-Op
- Abbeville, SC – Co-Op
- Dominion Power, VA – Co-Op
- SCEG (South Carolina Electric and Gas)
- Piedmont Electric
- Blueridge Electric
- Lumbee River, NC – Co-Op
- Pee Dee Electric
- Rockhill Utilities
- Concord, NC – Co-Op
Certifications Obtained Through Sumter Utilities
- Ladder Safety
- Aerial Lift Safety
- Forklift Safety
References
- Jon Semple, (404) 387-4872, Retired Superintendent
- Aaron Crouch Sr., (434) 259-0711
- Kevin Sullivan, (580) 231-7777, Bird Electric, Inc. Fleet Manager
- Daniel Mullins, (252) 521-7923, Bird Electric, Inc Director of operations
- Douglas Blow, (252) 525-1873, Executive Director of Operations
- Bobby Payne, (980) 317-4006, Southeastern, General Foreman
- Thad, (803) 983-1634, Southeastern, Mechanic-Fleet manager.
- Gary Whaley, (252) 521-3537, C-Phase owner/president
- Joey Jenning, (919) 812-0767, Head of operations Duke, Camp Lejune Marine base
- More references upon request.
Completed Projects
- Gaston 230kv solar collector station
- Camp Lejeune’s Substation/Metering Project
- Various substations for Duke Energy
- Smithfield, NC – Co-Op
- Monroe, NC – Co-Op
- Tangier Island, VA – Co-Op
- Abbeville, SC – Co-Op
- Dominion Power, VA – Co-Op
- SCEG (South Carolina Electric and Gas)
- Piedmont Electric
- Blueridge Electric
- Lumbee River, NC – Co-Op
- Pee Dee Electric
- Rockhill Utilities
- Concord, NC – Co-Op
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