Patrick Beckstead

Perform maintenance, repair, construction, and emergency activities to ensure the safe and efficient operation of the natural gas distribution system. From the town border station to our customers. Proficient with various locating equipment. Installed various gas meters. Adjusted and set various gas regulators.

• Provides complete customer service activities relative to sale, installation, repair and service of gas and electric appliances.
• Also maintains natural gas distribution systems to provide safe, reliable energy to both residential and commercial/industrial customers.
• Promotes customer acceptance of non-regulated company programs, such as Service Guard products and services.
• Locates gas services and mains for construction projects.
• Performs leak detection and cathodic protection activities, and installs domestic, commercial, and industrial meters and pressure-regulating equipment.
• Installs, removes, and replaces gas meters, performs line locates, leak survey repairs, turn-on and turn-off activities according to company policies, and reads meters as required.

• Responsible for the construction, installation, repair, maintenance, testing, and inspection of signal systems.
• These signal systems include automatic block signal systems, traffic control systems, train stop, train control and cab signal systems, interlocking systems, rail-highway grade crossing protection, automatic classification yards, hot box detectors, and other similar devices.
• Make adjustments of and determine cause or source of failure in mechanical components.
• Frequent interactions involving underground utility lines.
• Install underground cables for signal systems and signal houses.
• Install underground gas lines for track heaters.

• Responsible for the coordination and delegation of duties and clearly defined responsibilities and authority for over 50 workers.
• Effectively manage time and staffing to ensure the efficient completion of job assignments.
• Provide excellent customer service including troubleshooting and effectively resolving any problems.
• Assist in establishing a Bar Code System for parts.
• Implemented a paperless work order system.

• Protected life and property for the City of Des Moines.
• Acted in capacity as an Engineer when on duty.
• Served as a Fire Medic and Senior Medic assigned to the Medic squad.
• Paramedic.
• Firefighter 1 & 2.
• Used analytical skills and basic medical knowledge to provide emergency medical services under stressful emergency conditions.
• Other duties included: fire prevention and suppression, public education, inspecting businesses, vehicle and station maintenance.
• Hazardous Materials Technician on the Hazardous Materials Team which served 9 counties.
• Demonstrated consistently distinguished performance.

• Delivered in-field customer service to local farmers.
• Inspected, serviced, and erected center pivot irrigation systems.

• Delivered in-field customer service to local farmers.
• Inspected, serviced, and erected center pivot irrigation systems.