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Work History
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Richard Smith

Hye

Summary

Pursuing lifelong career as a dependable employee seeking opportunity to expand skills and contribute to company success. Considered hardworking, ethical, and detail oriented. Eager to assist in any way possible by completing any task assigned to me to the best of my ability. Fast paced and ready to prove myself as an asset to not only my crew but the company through my attitude, safe work practices, and determination.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Crew Supervisor/Foreman

Linetec Services
01.2020 - Current
  • Reading prints and planning projects to said prints from start to finish (pole changeouts, reconducts, conversion work, trouble calls, and storm restoration) in energized and de-energized settings
  • Planning and completing switching orders and non reclose orders (one shots)
  • Instructing, leading, and teaching crew members in order to safely and efficiently complete every task/job given
  • Communicating and planning with upper management, 811 for locates, customers, safety personnel, dispatch, and inspectors to ensure that all jobs are completed as safely and efficiently as possible
  • Communicating with Human Resources and upper management to complete personnel assessments
  • Completing weekly time entry, job briefings, safety inspections, safety communications, safety meetings, job estimates, and final billing of completed jobs
  • Performing equipment maintenance and repairs on trailers, boom tip/pressure diggers, bucket trucks, backyard machines, rope rigs, and tensioners when needed
  • Planning and changing equipment safely (reclosures, capacitor banks, transformers and transformer banks)
  • Knowing and enforcing all safety protocols and safe work practices
  • Trained workers in proper methods, equipment operation and safety procedures
  • Maintained a safe working environment through adherence to safety protocols and regular site inspections
  • Evaluated job site and project specifications to determine supply needs, coordinating availability of equipment and materials

Class A Lineman/Crew Supervisor

James Powerline Construction
06.2017 - 02.2020
  • Hook up transformers (single transformer, 2 pot banks, and 3 pot banks)
  • Push underground service wire and terminate at meter boxes and J boxes
  • Install ample amounts of cover up in a safely and efficiently
  • Sag and dead-end conductor and service wire
  • Make up secondary connections
  • Learn and adhere to the supervisor’s rules and teaching
  • Line out the crew for the day’s task and ensure the job gets completed safely
  • Maintain an efficient pace while keeping safety a priority
  • Efficiently spreading, setting, and working out tangent, angle, dead-end, and junction poles (1 phase, 2 phase, and 3 phase)

Class A Lineman

Chain Electric Operator
10.2014 - 06.2017
  • Stocked material trailer and trucks
  • Worked 3 phase angle, junction and dead-end poles energized
  • Used adequate cover and proper PPE to complete job tasks safely
  • Installed and wired 3 pot banks/2 pot banks
  • Installed capacitor banks
  • Transferred hot phases using 3 phase tree
  • Worked a variety of different energized poles out of backyard machine bucket
  • Prepared material for lineman (transformers, cut-outs, lightning arrestors, etc.)
  • Assisted in setting poles in both energized and de-energized conditions
  • Drove CDL vehicles with trailers (pole trailer, backyard machine, material trailer)
  • Placed signs and cones out to protect work zones
  • Kept trucks organized and clean
  • Assisted in framing poles to spec

Education

GED -

Home Schooled

Skills

  • Crew leadership
  • Communication
  • Teamwork
  • Employee training
  • Job planning
  • Problem solving
  • Attention to detail
  • Workplace safety

Certification

  • Journeyman Lineman Certification, Department of Labor
  • First Aid/CPR/AED certified
  • OSHA 30-Hour Construction Safety and Health, 25-602015931
  • Class A CDL
  • Commercial Drivers Medical Certificate, 05/31/26
  • Blood-borne pathogens
  • Aerial lift rescue
  • Pole top rescue
  • Switching and tagging

Timeline

Crew Supervisor/Foreman

Linetec Services
01.2020 - Current

Class A Lineman/Crew Supervisor

James Powerline Construction
06.2017 - 02.2020

Class A Lineman

Chain Electric Operator
10.2014 - 06.2017

GED -

Home Schooled
Richard Smith