John Watts
Dallas,NC
Summary
With a proven track record at Power Pros Powerline Solutions, I excel in overseeing diverse electrical projects, managing teams, ensuring safety compliance, and enhancing power distribution systems. My expertise in overhead line distribution and my ability to foster teamwork with strong leadership skills ensures operational efficiency delivering consistent results.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Working Foreman
Power Pros Powerline Solutions
06.2024 - Current
- Install, maintain, and repair overhead and underground powerlines, ensuring optimal performance and reliability.
- Achieves successful project outcomes by diligently monitoring progress against deadlines and adjusting strategies as needed.
- Interprets safety documentation and implements compliant procedures on work sites to prevent accidents.
- Reviews daily work assignments and delegates tasks to employees to supervise completion.
- Oversees daily operations at sites, keeping team production moving at an optimal pace.
- Inspects equipment and tools used for safe operation.
- Troubleshoots complex electrical systems, identifying root causes of issues and implementing appropriate solutions.
- Mentors junior team members, fostering a supportive work environment that encourages professional growth.
- Ensures compliance with all federal, state, local regulations pertaining to electrical distribution system installations.
- Reviews project details to specify correct materials and equipment for job sites.
- Collaborates with other departments to ensure smooth coordination between planning, execution, and maintenance phases of projects.
- Manages multiple tasks simultaneously under challenging conditions while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail in all work performed.
- Restores power to thousands of customers following severe weather events, ensuring minimal downtime for affected areas.
- Coordinates with utility companies during joint projects involving shared resources or overlapping service areas to ensure seamless execution.
- Ensures timely completion of assigned tasks through effective time management skills.
- Travels to multiple states promptly as part of disaster recovery response following widespread destruction resulting from storms.
Working Foreman
ULCS
07.2017 - 06.2024
- Install, maintain, and repair overhead power lines
- Ensured smooth workflow during employee absences by stepping in to perform skilled trade tasks when necessary.
- Interpreted safety documentation and implemented compliant procedures on work sites to prevent accidents.
- Removed old poles and hardware and replaced with new equipment.
- Optimized resource allocation by accurately forecasting material needs and labor requirements for each project.
- Performed maintenance and reconducting work in varied weather conditions.
- Reviewed daily work assignments and delegated tasks to employees to supervise completion.
- Maintained up-to-date knowledge of industry standards, regulations, and safety protocols, ensuring compliance at all times.
- Restored power to thousands of customers following severe weather events, ensuring minimal downtime for affected areas.
- Mentored junior team members, fostering a supportive work environment that encouraged professional growth.
- Inspected power lines and poles for signs of damage or wear, interference, and degradation, and reported findings to supervisor.
- Enhanced safety compliance by conducting regular inspections and enforcing strict adherence to guidelines.
- Trained new employees to learn new systems, apply best practices and comply with OSHA regulations.
- Trained workers in proper methods, equipment operation and safety procedures.
- Documented workers' hours, time off, and other pertinent information
- Prepared and submitted reports on job progress and safety conditions to upper management.
- Provided feedback to workers on job performance and safety procedures.
Journeyman Lineman
Town of Dallas
05.2015 - 08.2017
- Removed old poles and hardware and replaced with new equipment.
- Worked on both dead and energized lines.
- Performed maintenance and reconducting work in varied weather conditions.
- Constructed new power lines, contributing to the expansion and improvement of the electrical grid.
- Installed transformers, switches, and other components to optimize system performance and minimize disruptions.
- Hooked up transformers to poles and lines.
- Performed skilled aerial work using bucket trucks and climbing gear for efficient access to high-voltage equipment.
- Strung cables between structures and lines from poles, towers, or trenches and pulled lines to proper tension.
- Set ground anchors and guying systems for utility poles.
- Ensured timely completion of assigned tasks through effective time management skills.
- Added or removed wire to shorten or lengthen lines, using various types of splices, connectors and clamps.
- Inspected power lines and poles for signs of damage or wear, interference, and degradation, and reported findings to supervisor.
- Assisted with constructing new power lines by using appropriate tools and equipment.
- Followed all safety protocols and regulations while working at height and with live electricity.
- Installed and maintained overhead electrical power lines and auxiliary equipment.
- Installed, spliced and maintained overhead and underground power lines for residential and commercial customers.
Lineman
City of Gastonia
10.2003 - 05.2015
- Installed, spliced and maintained overhead and underground power lines for residential and commercial customers.
- Observed company safety rules and regulations to minimize workplace accidents and reduce electric shocks.
- Followed all safety protocols and regulations while working at height and with live electricity.
- Assisted with constructing new power lines by using appropriate tools and equipment.
- Performed maintenance and reconducting work in varied weather conditions.
- Positioned boom trucks and man lifts to reach lines, transformers, and existing connections.
- Expanded skill set through hands-on experience with various tools, machinery, and techniques used in the field of power line work.
- Assisted in the completion of complex projects, such as high-voltage transmission line installations and maintenance operations.
- Demonstrated adaptability when faced with unexpected challenges or changes in project scope during daily work activities.
- Gained proficiency in climbing poles to perform required tasks at varying heights.
- Used climbers, bucket lifts and safety equipment
- Developed strong technical knowledge of electrical systems, transformers, circuit breakers, switches, insulators, and other power distribution components.
- Established positive relationships with coworkers, supervisors, and clients by displaying professionalism and strong work ethic.
- Strengthened communication skills while coordinating with team members during emergency response situations to quickly restore power after outages.
- Responded to emergency repair calls to conduct line switching or sectionalizing to reroute current and speed service restoration.
- Assisted Journeyman Lineman with work to learn trade and practice techniques.
Education
North Carolina Department of Community College
North CarolinaSkills
- Planning and scheduling
- Safety compliance
- Crew oversight
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Voltage testing
- Lockout/Tagout
- Transformer maintenance
- Crossarm installation
- Bucket truck operation
- Grounding procedures
- Overhead line construction
- Three-phase experience
- Trenching
- Reconducting
- Underground and overhead distribution
- Pole setting
Timeline
Working Foreman
Power Pros Powerline Solutions
06.2024 - Current
Working Foreman
ULCS
07.2017 - 06.2024
Journeyman Lineman
Town of Dallas
05.2015 - 08.2017
Lineman
City of Gastonia
10.2003 - 05.2015
North Carolina Department of Community College
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