Nathan Smith

• Currently I manage all Overhead field operations for Duke Energy in Noblesville, Carmel, and New Castle Districts. The following is a list of my responsibilities.
• Pre Construction meetings with Duke Energy reviewing future projects.
• Project Preparation including Locates, Live Lines, Switching requests, Ordering Vac Trucks, and material staging
• Providing Duke Energy Weekly updates on project status.
• Working with engineers for construction changes and material needs.
• Maintaining work schedule for crews.
• Ordering tools and PPE for the crews.
• Tracking projects timeline of completion, red line changes, and T&E as needed.

In this time frame I worked for Hydaker, Hoosier Edison, and Service Electric and a Journeyman Lineman and a Working Foreman. In this time frame I was a Lineman on a crew doing Overhead and Underground Distribution. I also did 34.5 KV energized reconducting and maintenance.

I started as an Apprentice lineman in 2007 and completed my apprenticeship in 2011. I worked in the line department until 2014 when I transferred to the Trouble department at a Troubleman. I worked in the Trouble Department for 4 year. After that time I transferred back to the Line Department where I was a lineman and eventually a Crew Leader. I left IPL on August 6th 2022.