Joshua Walker
St Louis,MO
Summary
Meticulous and solutions-oriented certified journeyman electrician with several years of hands-on project management, safety protocol and troubleshooting complex control systems expertise. Highly skilled in reading blueprints, first-line leadership, commercial maintenance and delivering exemplary staff supervision and training. Resourceful team player adept at transforming plans, drawings and specifications into successful electrical repairs and installations with strong field correction skills for on-time project completion.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Journeyman Electrician/General Foreman
Compass electrical solutions
St Louis, MO
03.2022 - Current
- Used hand tools such as drills, saws, wire strippers, and crimpers to complete tasks.
- Dismantled electrical components using hand tools to disconnect and restore wiring connections.
- Trained workers to install, maintain and repair electrical equipment and fixtures.
- Provided emergency services during outages or natural disasters.
- Tested electrical systems and circuit continuity using ohmmeters, voltmeters, or oscilloscopes.
- Installed and maintained breaker panels for commercial and residential buildings.
- Replaced malfunctioning components for failing electrical setups.
- Planned new installations by studying drawings, technical manuals, and other documents.
- Installed leads and connected cables to motors, apparatus and equipment.
- Connected wires to circuit breakers, transformers or other components to form circuits.
- Reviewed diagrams and relevant codes to complete tasks safely and accurately.
- Adhered to local building codes when installing new electrical systems.
- Instructed apprentices on proper installation techniques for various electrical components.
- Resolved customer complaints through effective problem-solving techniques.
- Kept work areas clean, neat and free of hazards.
- Led team of apprentice electricians in installing electrical systems and inspecting existing circuits.
- Dug trenches and created holes to pull conduit and install supports.
- Assisted journeyman electricians in troubleshooting complex problems.
- Installed conduit systems, various lighting systems, and basic control systems.
- Troubleshot issues and developed effective solutions.
- Created work crew schedules and delegated assignments.
- Trained and monitored employees to teach daily tasks and improve performance.
- Estimated time, material, and labor costs used in project plans.
- Worked effectively in team environments to make the workplace more productive.
Apprentice/Journeyman Electrician
Streib Electric
St Louis, MO
01.2017 - 03.2022
- Maintained my apprenticeship for four years, graduated at the top of my class, and was in the IEC wire-off for the IEC of Greater St. Louis.
- Through my apprenticeship, I started running service calls and my own commercial jobs in my second year of the apprenticeship.
- Roughing in custom homes and commercial office buildouts for tenants.
- I worked on the civil side, also running conduit for feeders, digging in services, and roughing and pouring light pole piers and bollards.
- Installed, replaced, and repaired multi-family services and panels.
- Ran lift and bucket truck work for repairs on light poles and customer building signs.
Tower Foreman/ Tower Technician
amf electric
St Louis, MO
06.2012 - 01.2017
- Tower Foreman/Tower hand
- Ran multiple cell sites and upgrades for T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon, etc.
- Installed backup generators for full cell tower sites.
- Worked and created cell sites from raw land to new builds.
- Responsible for maintenance and safety for three-man tower crews for new upgrade sites.
- Ground rings, civil sites, tower foundations, and setting shelters.
- Knuckleboom truck for cabinet sets and generators.
- Qualified in load and crane rigging.
- Trained extensively in safety harnesses and emergency rescue plans.
Education
JOURNEYMAN - APPRENTICESHIP
IEC GREATER OF ST LOUIS
ST LOUIS MO06-2021
High School Diploma -
Festus Senior High School
Festus Mo06-2008
Affiliations
- spending time with family
- mechanical skills
- rebuilding engines
- competitive racing
- fishing
Accomplishments
competed in IEC wire off
graduated journeyman electrician top of my class out of 48
graduated highschool with diploma
Certification
- 10 hour code class update in 2023
- kholer generator installation certified
- osha 30
- safety training
- class e drivers license
- journeyman department of labor certification
Languages
English
Professional
Timeline
Journeyman Electrician/General Foreman
Compass electrical solutions
03.2022 - Current
Apprentice/Journeyman Electrician
Streib Electric
01.2017 - 03.2022
Tower Foreman/ Tower Technician
amf electric
06.2012 - 01.2017
- 10 hour code class update in 2023
- kholer generator installation certified
- osha 30
- safety training
- class e drivers license
- journeyman department of labor certification
JOURNEYMAN - APPRENTICESHIP
IEC GREATER OF ST LOUIS
High School Diploma -
Festus Senior High School
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