Matthew holder
Morgantown,WV
Summary
15 year lineman who loves every aspect or power generation and distrobution. Possess strong drive to hit targets while still delivering high quality work. I always want to learn new things and gain new skill sets. Can organize and lead a team through easy and treacherous jobs. Will motivate from the front. Love a challenge.
Overview
2
2
Languages
1
1
Certification
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Line Foreman
Pennline Energy T&D
Scottdale, Pennsylvania
10.2025 - Current
- Ability to adapt to emergency situations on customer locations with little to no information and achieve the customers desired outcome.
- Answer 24 hour emergency call outs regardless of distance or complexity.
- Seamlessly move from job to job in different fields of power transmission and distribution throughout the day as needed.
- Supervised daily operations of line construction and maintenance teams.
- Coordinated safety meetings to promote workplace safety and compliance.
- Managed inventory of tools and equipment for efficient workflow.
- Trained new employees on operational procedures and safety protocols.
- Implemented process improvements to enhance work efficiency and effectiveness.
- Checked project details to verify job site materials and equipment.
- Organized work schedules for employees in order to meet customer demands within established timeframes.
- Ordered supplies as needed to maintain adequate stock levels for uninterrupted workflow.
- Provided technical assistance when necessary during repairs or maintenance tasks.
- Assisted with troubleshooting mechanical problems that arose during shift hours.
- Resolved conflicts between workers in an effective manner while maintaining positive morale amongst staff members.
- Motivate and lead my guys into uncomfortable and environmentally hostile jobsites.
- Understand blueprints and able to articulate problems with construction with customers or details with my lineman.
Class A Lineman
Pennline Energy T&D
Scottdale, Pennsylvania
01.2017 - 10.2025
- Build, maintain, and repair all aspects of power distribution including highline, 3 phase, single phase, underground and substation.
- Climb poles as needed.
- Drive and operate all cdl trucks and equipment as needed for the job.
- Take direction from management to accomplish all tasks.
- Assist and train lower class lineman as needed.
- Assess and repair damage from storms or mechanical failures such as trees snapping structures or underground primary faulting.
- Understand operational and technical differences between mining operations, wind generation, solar generation and conventional power plants.
- Attempt to mentor and educate new and apprentice lineman on task and risk management.
- Cover cover live primary lines to pull wires across.
- Inspect and report woodpecker damage.
- Turnkey substation construction from concrete to energizing.
- Travel on short notice across the east coast and Midwest.
- Assist management with material and planning problems. Then correct.
- Work from any heights on buildings, platforms, bucket trucks, towers, poles, man lifts, or mountain sides.
- Ability to adapt and learn to new engineering as thing change or advanced.
C lineman
Roger's electric
Fairmont, West Virginia
01.2016 - 01.2017
- Learned and operated a underground boring machine to install underground primary.
- Work with lead lineman on energized primary and secondary.
- Installed and maintained overhead power lines for residential and commercial customers.
- Operated specialized tools for electrical line construction and repair tasks.
- Conducted safety inspections on equipment and work sites to ensure compliance.
- Conducted storm work restoration as needed in any and all conditions as needed for first energy or other utilities.
Groundman
C.W. wright
Winchester, NV
07.2011 - 09.2012
- Complete all setup tasks for bucket lineman to effectively work.
- Flag traffic
- Gather and hand out material
- Assist setting poles in hot primary
Education
Manassas Park High School
Manassas Park , VaSkills
- Attention to detail
- Emergency response
- Inventory management
- Lack of quit
- Pole climbing
- Lattice tower climbing
- Medium voltage High voltage terminations
- Transformer bushing installation and repair With oil filtration and nitrogen push
- Cdl truck driving and track equipment operations
- Effective radial grounding for safe work
- Effective coworker conflict resolution
- Ability to withstand long shifts in terrible conditions
- Adaptability from rural to major city job sites
- Able to work in tandem with a helicopter crew and assist them from the ground in them pulling wire
Languages
English
Professional
Ukrainian
Limited
Certification
- Class A no restrictions.
Timeline
Line Foreman
Pennline Energy T&D
10.2025 - Current
Class A Lineman
Pennline Energy T&D
01.2017 - 10.2025
C lineman
Roger's electric
01.2016 - 01.2017
Groundman
C.W. wright
07.2011 - 09.2012
Manassas Park High School