Bryce Hartman
Job Title: Superintendent
Company: RES (Renewable Energy Systems)
Location: Citrus Heights, Calif.
Age: 26
Years on the Job: 7
Interests: Spending time with family and friends, playing golf, and taking on project cars or trucks
Bryce Hartman was exposed to the electrical industry from a very young age. His father is a third-generation journeyman lineman, who started working on greenfield substation construction in the early 1990s and now works on transmission lines and substations.
Hartman, who hails from Sacramento, Calif., started working in the industry two weeks after high school graduation. After taking industry-specific courses, he earned his certification in construction management from the University of California-Davis.
“I think my exposure to the industry starting at a young age has definitely given me the upper hand and matured my career very quickly,” he says.
He attributes his training in construction/project management to helping him to become a more organized leader in the field.
“The knowledge I have on scheduling streamlines the work for the field and allows clarity for off-site management,” says Hartman, who is working to obtain his PMP and CUSP Blue certifications.
Through the years, his work responsibilities have changed, but today, his job includes meetings with his foreman or the client, staging out materials for the crews, and performing quality control spot checks. His favorite part of his job as a substation superintendent is the critical thinking and problem-solving that go into creating a plan for his crew.
“Every job we build is different and poses new issues,” he says.
Currently, he is working on a large solar field with multiple substations and 28 miles of transmission line.
“Five to 10 years from now, I see myself in an upper management role for operations helping to drive multiple crews to a safer, more efficient end result on all projects,” he says. “I think young employees need to know a lesson my father taught me: If you’re not learning something new every day, you are not working hard enough. I truly live by this quote, and think there are always smarter, faster, and — most importantly — safer ways of doing things.”
