Wesley Vanover
Tyler,TX
Summary
To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Power Line Inspector
Gabrielson Management
Midland, Texas
09.2022 - 01.2023
- Supervised multiple contractors on multiple projects simultaneously.
- Documented recurrent issues and worked with contractors to prevent re-occurrence.
- Completed inspections of current construction, refurbishment and repair projects.
- Kept up-to-date on inspection regulations, codes, ordinances and techniques.
- Made and submitted reports detailing finding and any actions taken.
- Provided information about methods and materials to correct problems and bring construction in compliance with specifications.
- Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
- Carried out day-day-day duties accurately and efficiently.
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
- Worked flexible hours; night, weekend, and holiday shifts.
- Proved successful working within tight deadlines and fast-paced atmosphere.
- Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
- Offered friendly and efficient service to customers, handled challenging situations with ease.
Crew Foreman
Powerline Services
Carlsbad, NM
12.2021 - 09.2022
- Safely led 5 man crew on high voltage power line repairs and maintenance
- Responsible for establishing hot line tags on daily basis
- Responsible for logging daily job production to man hours on daily bases
- Enforced OSHA safety rules and regulations on daily bases to ensure crew member safety
- Followed strict company and customer safety standards
- Responsible for calling in utility locates to safely excavate for setting new power poles
- Train lower level linemen in safe work practices to complete tasks safely and effectively
- Established crew trust in day to day operations.
Crew Foreman
Lee Electrical Construction Inc
Aberdeen, NC
05.2021 - 12.2021
- Led 5 man crew improving electrical distribution power lines.
- Established safety standards all men go home as they came to work everyday. NO EXCEPTIONS
- Troubleshot equipment problems and completed repairs and maintenance actions.
- Helped manage project budgets by tracking time and expenses.
- Settled crew member disputes by addressing problems quickly and providing successful mediation.
- Managed hiring and training of crew members for projects.
- Reached out to suppliers to resolve materials issues and maintain schedules.
- Trained employees in time management and proper ways to complete job duties.
- Discussed daily work requirements with crew and assigned skills-based tasks to enable completion of work.
- Monitored team members to verify work quality and address concerns.
- Pitched in to help with various job tasks, fill in for sick employees and complete projects.
- Instructed crew members in safe work practices and methods to reduce work-related injuries.
- Supervised end-of-day cleanup activities to remove debris and unnecessary supplies from customer premises.
- Pitched in to help on short-staffed job site and to meet looming project deadlines.
- Complied with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations to maintain safe work environment.
- Transported daily work materials to worksite and staged supplies in work area to facilitate timely completion of day's goals.
- Communicated effectively with upper management, team members and customers to keep everyone informed.
- Monitored overall team and individual employee performance and compiled data into project reports for supervisor.
- Mitigated onsite issues by patiently listening to employee complaints and finding appropriate methods for resolution.
- Monitored operating machinery to assess progress, adjust settings and maintain desired tension and speeds.
- Cultivated communications with customer and resolved budgetary and logistics issues to move toward project completion.
- Reasonable for establishing hot line tags on daily basis
- Responsible for logging daily job production to man hours on daily bases
- Enforced OSHA safety rules on daily bases to ensure crew member safety
- Followed strict company and customer safety standards
- Responsible for calling in utility locates to safely excavate for setting new power poles
- Train lower level linemen in safe work practices
Crew Foreman
BHI Energy
Oklahoma City, OK
03.2020 - 05.2021
- Safely led 5 man crew on high voltage power line repairs and maintenance
- Reasonable for establishing hot line tags on daily basis
- Responsible for logging daily job production to man hours on daily bases
- Enforced OSHA safety rules on daily bases to ensure crew member safety
- Followed strict company and customer safety standards
- Responsible for calling in utility locates to safely excavate for setting new power poles
- Train lower level linemen in safe work practices
Crew Foreman
Southern Electric Corporation
Flowood, MS
09.2018 - 03.2020
- Worked on both dead and energized lines.
- Responded to emergencies and outages that required additional labor and assistance for repairs.
- Observed company safety rules and regulations to minimize workplace accidents and reduce electric shocks.
- Installed and maintained overhead and underground electrical power lines and auxiliary equipment.
- Performed maintenance and reconducting work in varied weather conditions.
- Removed old poles and hardware and replaced with new equipment.
- Maintained solid safety record with no OSHA-recordable incidents.
- Added or removed wire to shorten or lengthen lines, using various types of splices, connectors and clamps.
- Inspected power lines and poles for signs of damage or wear, interference and degradation and reported findings to supervisor.
- Resagged loose lines to prevent failures.
- Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
- Carried out day-day-day duties accurately and efficiently.
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
- Worked flexible hours; night, weekend, and holiday shifts.
- Performed duties in accordance with applicable standards, policies and regulatory guidelines to promote safe working environment.
- Maintained energy and enthusiasm in fast-paced environment.
- Proved successful working within tight deadlines and fast-paced atmosphere.
- Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
- Offered friendly and efficient service to customers, handled challenging situations with ease.
- Developed and maintained courteous and effective working relationships.
- Helped manage project budgets by tracking time and expenses.
- Troubleshot equipment problems and completed repairs and maintenance actions.
- Settled crew member disputes by addressing problems quickly and providing successful mediation.
Crew Foreman
Power Secure
Palmer, Texas
03.2018 - 08.2018
- Worked on both dead and energized lines.
- Responded to emergencies and outages that required additional labor and assistance for repairs.
- Observed company safety rules and regulations to minimize workplace accidents and reduce electric shocks.
- Installed and maintained overhead and underground electrical power lines and auxiliary equipment.
- Performed maintenance and reconducting work in varied weather conditions.
- Removed old poles and hardware and replaced with new equipment.
- Maintained solid safety record with no OSHA-recordable incidents.
- Added or removed wire to shorten or lengthen lines, using various types of splices, connectors and clamps.
- Inspected power lines and poles for signs of damage or wear, interference and degradation and reported findings to supervisor.
- Resagged loose lines to prevent failures.
- Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
- Carried out day-day-day duties accurately and efficiently.
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
- Worked flexible hours; night, weekend, and holiday shifts.
- Performed duties in accordance with applicable standards, policies and regulatory guidelines to promote safe working environment.
- Maintained energy and enthusiasm in fast-paced environment.
- Proved successful working within tight deadlines and fast-paced atmosphere.
- Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
- Offered friendly and efficient service to customers, handled challenging situations with ease.
- Developed and maintained courteous and effective working relationships.
Crew Foreman
Imperium Utility Services
Oklahoma City, TX
11.2017 - 02.2018
- Safely led 5 man reconduct crew
- Worked on both dead and energized lines.
- Observed company safety rules and regulations to minimize workplace accidents and reduce electric shocks.
- Installed and maintained overhead and underground electrical power lines and auxiliary equipment.
- Performed maintenance and reconducting work in varied weather conditions.
- Removed old poles and hardware and replaced with new equipment.
- Maintained solid safety record with no OSHA-recordable incidents.
- Added or removed wire to shorten or lengthen lines, using various types of splices, connectors and clamps.
- Responded to emergencies and outages that required additional labor and assistance for repairs.
- Pulled in new primary phases
- Inspected power lines and poles for signs of damage or wear, interference and degradation and reported findings to supervisor.
- Resagged loose lines to prevent failures.
- Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
- Carried out day-day-day duties accurately and efficiently.
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
- Worked flexible hours; night, weekend, and holiday shifts.
- Performed duties in accordance with applicable standards, policies and regulatory guidelines to promote safe working environment.
- Maintained energy and enthusiasm in fast-paced environment.
- Proved successful working within tight deadlines and fast-paced atmosphere.
- Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
- Offered friendly and efficient service to customers, handled challenging situations with ease.
- Developed and maintained courteous and effective working relationships.
- Trained all team members on key roles to maintain flexibility.
Crew Foreman
Global Energy Solutions
Hammond, LA
08.2016 - 11.2017
- Troubleshot equipment problems and completed repairs and maintenance actions.
- Helped manage project budgets by tracking time and expenses.
- Maintained safety by implementing effective procedures regarding hazardous actions, materials and items.
- Strung cables between structures and lines from poles, towers, or trenches and pulled lines to proper tension.
- Set ground anchors and guying systems for utility poles.
- Analyzed preparation documents to correctly set up installations at job sites.
- Inspected and tested lines or cables, recording and analyzing test results to assess transmission characteristics and locate faults or malfunctions.
- Complied with legal regulations and company procedures to achieve high-quality performance in safe working environment.
- Accessed specific service areas to string lines and install terminal boxes, auxiliary equipment, or metering appliances.
- Efficiently assisted service workers with problematic transactions to maintain customer satisfaction and quickly rectify issues.
- Kept watchful eye on equipment inventories, optimizing work readiness and aligning supplies with specifications for each job.
- Contributed to development, implementation and execution of maintenance programs.
- Monitored safety compliance to maintain strict standards and protect team members from harm.
- Monitored equipment, tools and system upgrades to compile data into detailed reports for upper management.
- Enhanced customer satisfaction ratings by motivating team members to strengthen quality and increase productivity.
Journeyman Lineman
Pike Electric
West Palm Beach, TX
12.2014 - 08.2016
- Direct crew on daily basis with foreman supervision
- Teach lower level linemen safe and efficient ways of performing tasks
- Teach crew members how to efficiently set up equipment
- Safely operate various equipment on reconduct jobs
- Spread energized primary
- Safely set poles in energized primary
- Safely transfer energized phases to new poles
- Mack out primary taps
- Mack out existing transformer banks
- Build transformer banks with proper rotation and voltages
Apprentice Lineman
Bloom Electric
Arnegard, ND
08.2013 - 05.2014
- Worked with construction crews to route and re-route power lines around new builds either via above-ground lines or below-ground utilities.
- Worked to pull, splice and transfer wire in both energized and de-energized circuits.
- Set new poles in energized primary and secondary
- Responded to emergency repair calls to conduct line switching or sectionalizing to reroute current and speed service restoration.
- Inspected power lines and poles for signs of damage or wear, interference and degradation and reported findings to supervisor.
- Worked on both dead and energized lines.
- Responded to emergencies and outages that required additional labor and assistance for repairs.
- Removed old poles and hardware and replaced with new equipment.
- Installed and maintained overhead and underground electrical power lines and auxiliary equipment.
- Added or removed wire to shorten or lengthen lines, using various types of splices, connectors and clamps.
- Assisted Journeyman Lineman with work to learn trade and practice techniques.
- Positioned boom trucks and man lifts to reach lines, transformers and existing connections.
Apprentice Lineman
Texas Electric
Sherman, OR
07.2009 - 08.2013
- Worked with construction crews to route and re-route power lines around new builds either via above-ground lines or below-ground utilities.
- Worked to string, splice and transfer wire in both energized and de-energized circuits.
- Responded to emergency repair calls to conduct line switching or sectionalizing to reroute current and speed service restoration.
- Shortened and lengthened wires and lines to connect transformers, lighting units or signals.
- Positioned boom trucks and man lifts to reach lines, transformers and existing connections.
- Installed and maintained overhead pole components and Underground Residential Distribution (URD) equipment.
- Assisted Journeyman Lineman with work to learn trade and practice techniques.
- Added or removed wire to shorten or lengthen lines, using various types of splices, connectors and clamps.
- Inspected power lines and poles for signs of damage or wear, interference and degradation and reported findings to supervisor.
- Worked on both dead and energized lines.
- Responded to emergencies and outages that required additional labor and assistance for repairs.
- Performed maintenance and reconducting work in varied weather conditions.
- Installed and maintained overhead and underground electrical power lines and auxiliary equipment.
- Observed company safety rules and regulations to minimize workplace accidents and reduce electric shocks.
- Removed old poles and hardware and replaced with new equipment.
Digger Operator
Pike Electric
Dallas, TX
02.2007 - 07.2009
- Performed D.O.T. inspections on trucks
- Responsible for stocking all trucks with material on daily bases
- Keep trucks clean and organized
- Properly set up boom truck
- Safely operate boom truck loading and unloading poles
- Safely dig pole holes around buried underground utilities
- Safely set new poles in overhead primary and secondary
- Properly plumb poles
- Assist linemen in air with needed material
Ground-man
Tesco Utility Services
Abilene, TX
08.2005 - 02.2007
- Keep trucks clean
- Keep tools in organized manner
- Stock needed material on trucks for everyday operations
- Set trucks up for higher level linemen
- Make material up for linemen working in air
- Safety check all rubber goods before handing up to lineman and after is done with it
- Check all test dates on rubber goods before handing to lineman to use
- Establish traffic control when needed
- Back fill pole holes
- Measure and cut wire for linemen to splice wire
- Learned proper truck grounding techniques
- Guide pole through energized primary and secondary at pole butt
Education
OSHA 10
Kilgore College
Kilgore, TX2021
OSHA30
Kilgore College
Kilgore, TX2021
OSHA RECORDING & REPORTING
Kilgore College
Kilgore, TX2021
Emergency Response HAZWOPER
Kilgore College
Kilgore, TX2021
Certified Excavator Operator
Equipment Operator Training
Crystal Springs, FL2002
High School Diploma -
Chapel Hill High School
Tyler, TX05.1993
Skills
- Time Management
- Critical Thinking
- Complex Problem-Solving
- Equipment Safety
- Electrical Power Line Installation
- Production Reports
- Safety Requirements
- Preventative Maintenance
- Final Inspections
- Routine Maintenance
- Operational Improvements
- Maintenance Requirements
Timeline
Power Line Inspector
Gabrielson Management
09.2022 - 01.2023
Crew Foreman
Powerline Services
12.2021 - 09.2022
Crew Foreman
Lee Electrical Construction Inc
05.2021 - 12.2021
Crew Foreman
BHI Energy
03.2020 - 05.2021
Crew Foreman
Southern Electric Corporation
09.2018 - 03.2020
Crew Foreman
Power Secure
03.2018 - 08.2018
Crew Foreman
Imperium Utility Services
11.2017 - 02.2018
Crew Foreman
Global Energy Solutions
08.2016 - 11.2017
Journeyman Lineman
Pike Electric
12.2014 - 08.2016
Apprentice Lineman
Bloom Electric
08.2013 - 05.2014
Apprentice Lineman
Texas Electric
07.2009 - 08.2013
Digger Operator
Pike Electric
02.2007 - 07.2009
Ground-man
Tesco Utility Services
08.2005 - 02.2007
OSHA 10
Kilgore College
OSHA30
Kilgore College
OSHA RECORDING & REPORTING
Kilgore College
Emergency Response HAZWOPER
Kilgore College
Certified Excavator Operator
Equipment Operator Training
High School Diploma -
Chapel Hill High School
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