Andrew Dixon
Lusaka
Summary
Experienced Foreman, ensuring team members perform tasks timely and in organized manner. Assign tasks, train employees, provide feedback, mediate interpersonal conflicts and implement company procedures. Excellent communication and listening skills. Provide leadership and vision which drives teams to meet goals. Dedicated Journeyman successful at working with customers, contractors and sub-contractors on both residential and commercial projects. 15 years in line work.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Underground Foreman
Knight Enterprises
07.2018 - 01.2022
- Conducted performance reviews yearly, offering praise and recommendations for improvement
- Monitored daily and weekly key performance indicators to maintain on-track status
- Created efficient work schedules for each team member to maintain deadlines and keep shifts properly staffed
- Oversaw, coached and evaluated 5-7 lineman employees
- Evaluated employees' strengths and assigned tasks based upon experience and training
- Collaborated with other leaders to direct workflow and support operations
- Evaluated employee skills and knowledge regularly, providing hands-on training and mentoring to individuals with lagging skills
- Implemented policies and standard operating procedures for continuous improvement
- Maintained clean and well-organized production areas to avoid violations or unnecessary work delays due to hazards or inefficient layouts
- Trained workers in proper methods, equipment operation and safety procedures.
Journeyman Lineman
Primary Utility Services, Llc
02.2015 - 01.2022
- Maintained solid safety record with no OSHA-recordable incidents
- Removed old poles and hardware and replaced with new equipment
- Hooked up transformers to poles and lines
- Performed maintenance and reconduct work in varied weather conditions
- Resagged loose lines to prevent failures
- Worked on both dead and energized lines
- Installed and wired electrical hardware, including transformers, junction boxes, service panels, electrical boxes, switches and circuit breakers
- Consulted with management on functionality and lifespan of electrical equipment, advising when continued use may be hazardous
- Tested electrical systems functionality and continuity of circuits using devices such as ohmmeters, and voltmeters
- Consulted with supervisor regarding likely risks associated with assigned job
- Adhered closely to policy and company regulations and industry best practices
- Installed and maintained overhead and underground electrical power lines
- Responded to emergencies and outages that required additional labor and assistance for repairs
- Repaired and replaced primary and secondary underground faults
- Set and replaced single and three phase transformers and terminated
- Wired up new residential subdivisions
Apprentice Lineman
Wolverine Power Cooperative
03.2008 - 02.2015
- Traveled to Houston County as part of disaster recovery response following widespread destruction resulting from storms and wildfires
- Position boom trucks and bucket trucks to reach lines, transformers and existing connections
- Worked to string, splice, and transfer wire in both energized and de-energized circuits
- Worked with construction crews to route and re-route power lines around new builds either via above- ground lines or below-ground utilities
- 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 or lighting units
- Used climbers, bucket lifts and safety equipment for work at heights reaching as much as 65 feet above ground
- Assisted Journeyman Lineman with work to learn trade and practice techniques
Apprentice Lineman
Wolverine Power Cooperative
11.2006 - 03.2008
- Assisted Journeyman Lineman with work to learn trade and practice techniques
- Accurately read, understood, and carried out written instructions
- Followed standards and procedures to maintain safe work environment
- Followed company procedures to maintain work environment in neat and orderly condition
- Safe and efficient operation of heavy equipment
- Responded to emergency repair calls to conduct line switching or sectionalizing to reroute current and speed service restoration
- Repaired and cleaned construction sites by removing debris
Education
High School Diploma -
Lovington High School
Lovington, NM05.2004
Skills
- Dependable and Hardworking
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Employee Training
- Procedure Planning
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Multitasking and Prioritization
- Equipment Safety Verification
- Attention to Detail
- Team Leadership
- Documentation and Recordkeeping
- Equipment Operation
- Assignment Delegation
- Decision Making
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Underground Foreman
Knight Enterprises
07.2018 - 01.2022
Journeyman Lineman
Primary Utility Services, Llc
02.2015 - 01.2022
Apprentice Lineman
Wolverine Power Cooperative
03.2008 - 02.2015
Apprentice Lineman
Wolverine Power Cooperative
11.2006 - 03.2008
High School Diploma -
Lovington High School
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