Joseph Cortez

• Provide operational leadership across multiple crews performing construction, maintenance, and restoration activities.
• Oversaw field operations for San Mateo County division, managing crew assignments, job planning, and daily workflow coordination to ensure operational effectiveness.
• Coordinated with utility personnel, contractors, and field crews to align operations with system needs and priorities, enhancing collaboration and execution.
• Support outage response activities by directing resources, prioritizing work, and communicating system status to field personnel.
• Managed material staging, equipment allocation, and job sequencing, supporting streamlined and efficient field operations.
• Maintain division‑wide situational awareness of circuits, system devices, job progress, and field safety conditions.
• Ensure strict compliance with safety standards, job briefings, and operational procedures across the division.
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• Directed storm and emergency response efforts, allocating resources, assessing system conditions, and prioritizing restoration tasks to meet operational demands.
• Supervised restoration activities for entire operating division, coordinating response to outages across multiple districts and circuits to minimize service disruptions.
• Directed field crews during emergency operations, ensuring safe execution of switching, isolation, and restoration tasks.
• Maintained real-time situational awareness of system devices, energized circuits, crew locations, and restoration progress.
• Worked closely with dispatch and system operators to coordinate switching, prioritize outages, and restore service efficiently.
• Managed division‑level switch logs, clearances, and system documentation to maintain accuracy and compliance.
• Oversaw OH/UG operations across division, ensuring proper job sequencing and adherence to safety protocols to enhance operational efficiency.
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Oversaw all electric construction, including overhead, underground, and restoration job package completion, accuracy, and timeliness.

· Achieved annual targets, metrics, and KPIs by consistently meeting tight deadlines.

· Led initiatives that improved operational efficiency across projects.

· Collaborated with construction superintendents, field supervisors, coordinators, lineman, trouble man, & cableman to successfully schedule, budget, & complete construction jobs.

· Partnered with construction partners for daily attainments and weekly scheduling meetings.

· Managed a team of 12 bargaining unit employees, promoting a safety-first work environment and speak up culture.

· Supervised clerical functions for maintenance & construction (M&C), including payroll, overtime equalization, purchase orders, storm support, job closure, and scheduling.