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Work History
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Jeremy Wells

Sultan

Summary

Project Manager and Utility Locater with proven expertise in operating various job equipment and delivering accurate results under tight deadlines. Specializes in underground utility mapping, damage prevention, and safety compliance, ensuring adherence to industry standards. Strong time management and problem-solving skills facilitate efficient project execution and collaboration with clients and contractors. Notable achievements include successful completion of complex projects while maintaining safety protocols and fostering positive relationships with stakeholders.

Overview

31
31
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Private Utility Locater

CNI Locates
Washington
01.2001 - Current
  • Locate all underground utilities for public utilities and homeowners using a vast variety of tools.
  • The use of Metallic locaters, GPR (Ground Penetrating Radar), the use of a sonde, traceable flex rods for pinpointing nonmetallic utilities at their locations.
  • The use plastic water pipe acoustics for pinpointing the locations of nonmetallic water lines.
  • The use of cameras with sonde to inspect, map out and mark sewer lines and storm lines.
  • Concrete Structural Scanning. Scan concrete walls, floors and ceilings, bridges, to map out reinforcements, such as post-tension cables, rebar and conduits.
  • Providing depths and thickness of concrete walls and reinforcements.
  • Electrical Ground Fault Finding. I would introduce a combination of an electromagnetic radio frequency along with a small amount of amperage into a conductor, then trace and designate where the insulating of a conductor is diminished and mark out the point of the fault.

Utility Locator/ Area Manager/State Auditor

ELM Utility Services
Oregon / Washington
06.2009 - 03.2022
  • Utility locater in southern Oregon. Located underground utilities. Responsible for contacting utility representatives, troubleshooting unlocatable facilities, damage prevention, scheduling routes, and managing workloads.
  • Supervisor in Seattle running a crew of 25 locating underground utilities. Investigation of line strikes, resolving issues with excavators, contractors, and homeowners. Making schedules, making sure timelines are met. Trouble shooting of unlocatable utilities. Daily contact with area PI’s (Pipe Inspectors) and utility representatives.
  • Area Manager. Managed the northwest profit center in Washington with a total of 30 technicians, and 2 supervisors. Resolved employee conflicts, hiring new utility locators. Training the new technicians by ELM’s Star training. Managing budgets and timelines and making sure technicians followed safety procedures in place. Working with utility representatives and holding monthly meetings on quality and performance.
  • State Auditor. Auditing the work of the technicians, making sure lines are marked accurate, and per marking standards. Retraining technicians by bringing them back to the job site when lines are not located in dig areas or poor quality is found.
  • Vice President of KUCC (Klamath Utility Coordinating Council). Volunteered on the KUCC board in damage prevention through safe digging to prevent line strikes on utilities, and teach the dig laws through classes with excavator’s, contractors, and homeowners.

Apprentice Plumber

Ashland Medford Plumbers
Medford
12.2007 - 05.2009
  • Duties are anything to do with plumbing new houses to commercial buildings.
  • Designing waste and water lines to install in new buildings by calculating the sizes needed for the number of fixtures in a home or commercial building.
  • Repairing copper lines, waste lines, to irrigation lines.
  • Installing trim (faucet, water heaters, toilets, and sinks) in new houses, remolded homes, or commercial buildings.
  • Working with a variety of copper size pipe and install either by brazing or soldering them together using couplings or other fittings.
  • Installing ABS, PVC, CPVC, (waste, water, and gas) in new construction of residential and commercial buildings.
  • The installation of gas lines using black pipe, pex (yellow pipe) or track pipe by a variety of tools from a pipe threader to pipe wrenches.
  • Completed 330 classroom hours and over 3500 work hours.

Construction to Project Management

Jeff Christian Construction, Anderson Builders
Klamath Falls
12.1994 - 04.2009
  • initiated family-owned construction business to establish own enterprise.
  • Orchestrated the construction of commercial steel buildings, agricultural projects, apartments, hotels, and significant building and renovations of multi-million-dollar residences, from site preparation to final inspection for occupancy.
  • Skills in carpentry (finish and rough framing), concrete, project management, managing projects and timelines with subcontractors and project owners.
  • Making sure all projects are completed in a timely manner.
  • Proficiently read blueprints for accurate utility prints and engineering of buildings.
  • Completed day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently.
  • Contributed innovative ideas and solutions to enhance team performance and outcomes.
  • Worked successfully with diverse group of coworkers to accomplish goals and address issues related to our products and services.
  • Promoted high customer satisfaction by resolving problems with knowledgeable and friendly service.
  • Prioritized and organized tasks to efficiently accomplish service goals.
  • Identified needs of customers promptly and efficiently.
  • Provided excellent service and attention to customers when face-to-face or through phone conversations.
  • Assisted with customer requests and answered questions to improve satisfaction.
  • Collaborated closely with team members to achieve project objectives and meet deadlines.
  • Worked with cross-functional teams to achieve goals.
  • Approached customers and engaged in conversation through use of effective interpersonal and people skills.
  • Maintained updated knowledge through continuing education and advanced training.
  • Provided support and guidance to colleagues to maintain a collaborative work environment.
  • Exceeded customer satisfaction by finding creative solutions to problems.
  • Recognized by management for providing exceptional customer service.
  • Utilized advanced technical skills and expertise to troubleshoot complex problems and implement solutions.
  • Conducted comprehensive research and data analysis to support strategic planning and informed decision-making.
  • Utilized various software and tools to streamline processes and optimize performance.
  • Achieved cost-savings by developing functional solutions to problems.
  • Conducted system analysis and testing to identify and resolve technical issues or inefficiencies.

Education

Bachelor's Degree - Human Resources Management

Ashford University
Clinton, IA
08.2012

Associate Degree - Criminal Justice

University of Phoenix
Phoenix, AZ, US
05.2010

Journeymen Plumbing - Plumbing Trades School

Klamath Community Collage
Klamath Falls, OR

Skills

  • Subsurface utility locating
  • Ground penetrating radar technology
  • Subsurface imaging of concrete
  • Electrical Fault diagnosis
  • Damage control techniques
  • Route optimization

Training

  • Dig Safely Oregon. Completion and review of the Oregon Administrative Rules, Chapter 952 regulating Safe Excavation Standards throughout Oregon and the Oregon Revised Statues, Section 757 which established the OUNC.
  • Completion for OPSEC. Awareness for Military members, DOD employees, and Contractors.
  • Completion for 10 hour OSHA outreach training for general industry.
  • Completion for National First Aid and CPR certification.
  • Completion for Antiterrorism Certificate.
  • Completion for NUCLA (National Utility Locating Contractors Association) Certificate.

Certification

  • Certificates of Completion in Ground Penetration Radar & Concrete Scanning Training Course
  • Dig Safely Oregon. Completion and review of the Oregon Administrative Rules, Chapter 952 regulating Safe Excavation Standards throughout Oregon and the Oregon Revised Statues, Section 757 which established the OUNC.
  • Certificate of Completion for OPSEC. Awareness for Military members, DOD employees, and Contractors.
  • 10 hour OSHA outreach training for general industry.
  • National First Aid and CPR certification.
  • Antiterrorism Certificate.
  • NUCLA (National Utility Locating Contractors Association) Certificate.

Accomplishments

  • Dig Safely Oregon Award. Completing a review of the Oregon Administrative Rules, Chapter 952, regulating safe Excavation standards throughout Oregon and the Oregon Revised Statues Section 757 which established the OUNC

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Utility Locator/ Area Manager/State Auditor

ELM Utility Services
06.2009 - 03.2022

Apprentice Plumber

Ashland Medford Plumbers
12.2007 - 05.2009

Private Utility Locater

CNI Locates
01.2001 - Current

Construction to Project Management

Jeff Christian Construction, Anderson Builders
12.1994 - 04.2009

Bachelor's Degree - Human Resources Management

Ashford University

Associate Degree - Criminal Justice

University of Phoenix

Journeymen Plumbing - Plumbing Trades School

Klamath Community Collage

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