My older brother is a lineman and I wanted to find a career that would allow me to provide well for my family. The first several years of my career I worked for line construction contractors across the Northwest—at times driving up to 1,000 miles a week. I grew up in Bonner County near Cocolalla, so when the opportunity to work for KEC as a 6th-step apprentice came up, I jumped at the chance to move closer to home. I was promoted to journeyman lineman after a year at KEC and then about a year ago I was promoted to foreman.
Tell us about your crew’s main focus.
My crew primarily works on new construction electric installation or electric service modifications, such as when a member builds a shop or needs power rerouted. If over the course of a day there is an outage that needs to be repaired we may be called off the job to work on restoration.