Harrison named staking engineer
SLV REC’s Justin Harrison (pictured below) was recently promoted to staking engineer following nearly seven years as the system operator/dispatcher.
Prior to joining REC’s team, Justin earned an associate degree in plastics engineering, worked in a lab at a flooring manufacturer in Ohio, as a reclaim technician, quality control and research and development.
He gained valuable experience of REC’s electric system as well as the software used while working as the system operator. As a staking engineer, Justin will be working on developing infrastructure designs for both electrical and fiber facilities, evaluating costs, line extensions for new customers and designing new services to ensure efficient and cost-effective projects and workflow.
“Currently I am working on staking and designing small jobs, retirements and consumer charge jobs. I’m also learning assembly units, terms and conditions, rates and best design practices. I am still learning and will be learning for some time to come,” said Justin. He will begin the Hi-Line Engineering Staking Certification classes in the fall.
“Not coming from an electric utilities background and not working on the line crews, I have to completely learn assembly units and about line construction,” he stated. This is the most challenging part of the new position. However, “I really enjoy the people that I work with [at SLV REC, and] (three-day weekends are pretty great too!)”
Justin and his wife have two kids; they enjoy the outdoors: camping, ATVs, fishing, hunting and skiing. He also spends time mountain biking and hiking 14ers.
“When I applied to REC I had only been living here for a little over a year (recently moved from Ohio) and didn’t really know anything about the REC. My wife had told me that she heard it was a really good place to work, so I applied. I had always heard that electric utilities were a good industry to get into, even while living in Ohio, so I figured I would give it a shot, and the rest is history,” Justin commented.