TOM CANNON
Pinetop-Lakeside,AZ
Summary
Safety driven Journeyman Lineman with over 20 years of experience. Skilled at handling routine and emergency work in different environments to meet all power distribution needs. Expertise includes underground and overhead line construction and maintenance, pole-climbing, hot-sticking, rubber gloving and safety compliance. Professional, punctual and reliable.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Journeyman Lineman
Salt River Project
Phoenix, AZ
01.2017 - Current
- Overhead to underground conversions.
- Complied with legal regulations and company procedures to achieve high-quality performance in safe working environment.
- Cable Replacement.
- Inspected and tested lines or cables, recording and analyzing test results to assess transmission characteristics and locate faults or malfunctions.
- Reconductors.
- Worked on both dead and energized lines.
- Removed old poles and hardware and replaced with new equipment.
- Transformer change outs and upgrades.
- Installed and maintained overhead and underground electrical power lines and auxiliary equipment.
- Trained apprentices on safe work practices and installation techniques.
- Collaborated with team members to troubleshoot electrical issues efficiently.
Class II Construction Coordinator
Canus Corporation
San Jose, CA
08.2015 - 12.2016
- Kept crews compliant with OSHA, federal, state and local regulations to prevent injuries and unnecessary delays.
- Perform compliance inspections.
- Oversee all safety aspects of work performed by crews including proper energized work, the safe use of equipment, maintaining safe work procedures and ensuring public safety.
- Perform inspections of crew's work and equipment.
Journeyman Lineman/Foreman
Navopache Electric Cooperative
Lakeside, AZ
04.2004 - 07.2015
- Managed crews in the construction and maintenance of a system that covered over 10,000 square miles.
- Worked on voltages ranging from sub-transmissions to secondary's.
- Served on the Joint Safety Committee.
- Proficient in rubber gloving and hot-sticking.
- Worked countless storms, outages and vehicle accidents often in inclement weather.
Skills
- Project Layout
- Maintenance and Repair Management
- Emergency Repair
- Electrical Power Line Construction and Maintenance
- Training Apprentices and Groundmen
- Operational Safety
- Cable Splicing
- Troubleshooting
- Patrolling Lines
- Pole setting
- Bucket truck operation
Certification
- Outstanding Apprentice
- Charles Huggins Community Service Award
- NMRECA Overhead School
- Mesa Hotline School
- Transmission
- NRECA Supervisory Program
- Class A CDL
- First Aid
- CPR
- OSHA 30
Timeline
Journeyman Lineman
Salt River Project
01.2017 - Current
Class II Construction Coordinator
Canus Corporation
08.2015 - 12.2016
Journeyman Lineman/Foreman
Navopache Electric Cooperative
04.2004 - 07.2015