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Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Rochester, New Hampshire, United States

Safety Focused • Conduct all work in a safe manner • Respond promptly to trouble calls • Mitigate hazards to public and employees Problem Solving • Utilizes problem solving capabilities to diagnose the cause of distribution, transmission, and substation fault operations • Repair damaged electrical equipment • Read circuit maps to determine location of outages Specialized Operations • Operates company and customer substation equipment • Establish distribution, subtransmission, and transmission line clearances • Set up circuits for crews to perform routine maintenance • Inspects and operates customer and company substations • Field test substation equipment • Perform switching operations in substations • Cut in new substation equipment Administrative Responsibilities • Prepare reports of inspections • Write work permits for crews in substations • Complete job briefings and feasibility checks • Supervise work completed in substations by non-company workers • Train peers as they progress from Troubleshooter to Senior Operator

Various

Installed 765 KV breakers, load break switches, lightening arrestors, sections of new bus, and CCVTs. Performed distribution maintenance at petroleum refinery. Changed out poles. Pulled-in armored cable at substations. Supervised nonutility crews to ensure proper minimum approach distances were maintained. Constructed new 69 KV steel pole line with 7.2 KV distribution underbuild. Replaced three-phase wood pole lines. Transferred distribution lines to the steel subtransmission poles.

Performed smart grid upgrades. Replaced reclosures with IntelliRupters to facilitate line sectionalizing. Changed live-front underground transformers with padmount transformers. Pulled-in new underground cable. Executed elbow terminations and splices. Utilized LineMaster Robotic arm to change rotten cross arms while line remained energized. Performed distribution maintenance in urban and rural neighborhoods. Converted single-phase 7.2 KV lines to 19.9/34.5 KV three-phase lines. Changed out poles and hardware. Constructed street light circuits. Built steel pole 138 KV transmission line. Executed storm restoration work for Hurricane Isaac in Louisiana. Completed storm restoration work for Superstorm Sandy in New York. Installed fiberglass guy insulation breakers. Put on avian protection upgrades. Ensured adequate roadway clearance for house services. Established proper clearance for drip loops coming from weather heads. line Communicated with helicopter pilots to pull ropes and static wire through blocks. Used 100-ton press to form deadends and splices. Utilized dynamometer to sag wire to proper tension.

Electrical Lineworker Program

Electrical Technology