Kenneth Micheal Pye says he has the ability to manage many different jobs with multiple teams while training new employees in various areas of the low-voltage field.

2021’s 30 Under 30 EC&M Electrical All Stars: Kenneth Micheal Pye

April 28, 2021

Kenneth Micheal Pye

Job Title: Superintendent

Company: Amteck

Location: Charleston, S.C.

Age: 28

Years on the Job: 5

Interests: Spending as much time with his daughter as possible and hunting, fishing, and riding ATVs

Kenneth Micheal Pye’s father was an electrician for 20 years before transferring into the low-voltage field for an additional 10 years. Upon high-school graduation, Pye started working for a small communications company directly for MUSC Healthcare.

The majority of his training has been in the field, working with phone systems, infrastructure cabling, network systems, access control, security camera systems, fiber-optic cabling, and managing multiple small projects. He has also earned many certifications with different manufacturers of copper and fiber products, access control, and security camera systems.

“My training has enabled me to view jobs differently than most and be able to work through difficulties and provide the most accurate solution,” he says. “I am always pushing to learn new systems, software, install methods, and management techniques.”

Every day is different, but oftentimes, he attends company and construction meetings and handles material management and purchasing. Over the course of his career, he went from running just one project to managing all service and small projects for his company. His company is working on a recabling project in health care buildings, and he is in charge of the access control and security upgrades.

“My favorite part of my position is the ability to work with different leads on different job sites,” says Pye, who sees himself in a senior project manager or branch operations management position in the future.

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