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Dre'Shaun Hargrove

Systems Control Technician
Lawrenceville

Summary

Adept Systems Control Technician with a proven track record at East Point Power, excelling in substation management and emergency response. Demonstrates exceptional problem-solving abilities and professionalism, ensuring efficient power restoration and system maintenance. Skilled in programming and team building, consistently meets critical demands with precision and reliability. A dedicated System Administrator focused on ensuring optimal performance and efficiency of all systems, including AMI and SCADA, through continuous monitoring and proactive troubleshooting.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications

Work History

Systems Control Technicain

East Point Power
01.2020 - Current

Perform all required substation switching and tagging for outage restoration and scheduled maintenance.

· Regularly perform visual inspections, equipment testing, load meter reading and recording. Perform necessary maintenance and repair as required.

· Troubleshoot substation problems as they arise.

· Install, maintain, troubleshoot and repair all transformer related and self-contained and three phase metering customer locations.

· Periodically safely test and record all metering equipment.

· Program all three phase meters to ensure accuracy.

· Install, maintain, troubleshoot and repair all traffic signals and controllers, for all city signaled intersections and loop detectors.

· Program all traffic controllers and loop detectors as required.

· Perform maintenance and repair of Substation RTU’s used for SCADA.

· Respond to citizens/customers.

· Perform other duties as assigned.

· Work on-call duty as required.

· Responds to customer emergency service calls related to power outages, accidents, fires, and weather conditions.

· Perform after hours’ responsibilities to include assisting with restoration and disruption of city essential electrical service in the event of weather related or other emergencies

Education

Bachelor of Science - IT - Systems And Security

Georgia Gwinnett College
Lawrenceville, GA
05.2001 -

Skills

Team building

Reliability

Professionalism

Communication Skills

Problem-solving abilities

Multitasking Abilities

Time management abilities

Programming abilities

Troubleshooting and diagnosis

Electrical distribution systems

System maintenance and repair

IT knowledge

Substation switching

Power restoration

Live event switching

Accomplishments

  • Solely programmed most of the down-line devices city-wide.
  • Became System Admin. for the entire Power Dept.
  • Single-handedly programmed and maintained most AMI Collector Devices
  • Achieved SCADA efficiency by introducing NovaTech to the department heads for a more reliable SCADA System.
  • Solved a major billing issue within the city's billing software to ensure accurate billing
  • Distributed data to City Council members
  • Used Microsoft Excel to develop monthly spreadsheets of data collected throughout substations, traffic controllers, and meter analylitics.

Software

Tantalus Inc (AMI)

NovaTech (SCADA)

S&C Tripsaver11

Microsoft Excel

Utility Hawk

Certification

TUNet Admin. Certification - Tantalus Inc. (AMI)

Timeline

SCADA Qualified Operator Certified

03-2022

Substation ITS Certified - High/Low Side

01-2022

TUNet Admin. Certification - Tantalus Inc. (AMI)

08-2020

Systems Control Technicain

East Point Power
01.2020 - Current

Bachelor of Science - IT - Systems And Security

Georgia Gwinnett College
05.2001 -
Dre'Shaun HargroveSystems Control Technician