Timothy Fitzgerald has over 35 years of experience in the utility industry, including 20 years as a union worker and 15 years in supervisory and management roles. He is currently a senior estimator at National Grid where he estimates electric projects using Success Enterprise software. Previously, he held several supervisory roles overseeing construction and maintenance crews. He is skilled in all aspects of underground utility infrastructure construction and maintenance.

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Timothy J. Fitzgerald
Attributes
Driven, Determined, Motivated, Accomplished Individual
 20 years Local Union 486 Utility Workers as well as 15 years Supervisory/Management
Experience (35 yrs. total utility experience)
 Unrestricted CDL, State Hoisting Equipment Operator, Dynamiter (3) States,
Massachusetts State Builders License* (While a resident of Massachusetts)
 Constructed numerous substation sites from the ground up, including site work,
foundations, duct-lines, manholes and feeder get-a-ways
 Acted as a pivotal liaison representative on behalf of National Grid to various DPW’s,
municipalities, and other utilities
 Adept in all aspects of underground construction and maintenance of utility infrastructure
assets
 Lead Supervisor responsible for a very large geographic territory, encompassing Nantucket
MA to Buffalo NY
ProfessionalExperience
EPE (Electric Project Estimating)–Nationalgrid, Waltham, MA▪ 2012-Present
Role-Senior Estimator
 Estimate electric projects using SE (Success Enterprise Software), interact with numerous
Project Management personnel, estimate across all three lines of business (Transmission,
Distribution, Substations), tasked with providing critical inputs regarding legal costs, design
completeness and cost, scope accuracy, environmental mitigation issue costs and
providing project grade estimates within a tolerance of +/- 10% accuracy
Sr. Substation Supervisor-Nationalgrid Worcester, MA ▪ 2010-2012
 Plan and assist in implementing daily work assignments for 22 Union Substation Workers
in the Worcester area, as well as 2 other platforms in the Central Division, providing
emergency switching at substation and underground electric vault locations throughout the
service territory
 Rotated on call 24/7 coverage as requirement of the role
Lead Field Construction Coordinator–Nationalgrid Westborough, MA▪ 2004-2010
 Responsible to lead, motivate, and supervise 9 NE Contract Supervisors, as well as hire,
train, and lead 3 NY Contracts Supervisors
 Instruct/educate NY division contract and procurement personnel on civil contractor
qualifications, training requirements, screening, procurement and disqualification
processes
 Recognized as a Certified Safe and Unsafe Acts (SUSA) instructor for National Grid
Companies
 Clearance and Control Trained to lead/direct Overhead Distribution crews during service
restoration and system emergencies
Lead Civil Supervisor–Nationalgrid Westborough, MA▪ 2002-2004
 Lead, develop and supervise (3) Supervisors and (26) Local Union 486 Utility Workers in
the construction and maintenance division within National Grid
 Oversee the daily operations of substation construction personnel from site work to
building feeder additions in substations being comprised of equipment foundations, oil
containment pits, feeder get-a-ways, and duct-lines

2.  Coordinate, develop and deliver all safety and compliance training to construction
personnel annually
 Participate and lead committees in safety, efficiency and cost effective methodologies to
produce projects on schedule, within budget, and in the safest manner possible
 Responsible for constantly striving for more innovative, cost effective, safer methods to
excavate within our substations, as well as in and around the congested streets of major
cities within our territories
 Implement those innovations using proven vacuum excavation methodologies, and utilize
flow-fill capabilities for ultimate compaction in and around other utilities during our
infrastructure installations
 Constantly raise the bar in safety looking for ways to eliminate or significantly reduce
construction injuries due to repetitive tool type injuries
 Reduce injuries by implementing/enforcing safeguards such as chaps, cut resistant glove
wear, nail guns, battery type rebar twist tie tools in order to keep workplace injuries to a
minimum
Civil Supervisor-Nationalgrid-Westborough, MA▪ 2000-2002
 Execute work plans encompassing manhole, duct-line, and conduit projects, as well as
building and adding on to numerous company owned substations with feeder additions,
transformer and Control House foundations
 Oversee and supervise in house utility crews in daily maintenance issues facing the
underground division, provide crews to respond to emergencies on a 24/7 basis
 Plan, adapt and execute daily substation construction projects for 27 Local Union 486
Utility Workers, develop, coordinate and provide yearly Safety and Compliance Training to
both Union and Supervision personnel
 Visit crews daily to monitor construction methods, safety adherence, quality of work, as
well as continuously monitor project status, milestones and deadlines
 Provide daily and weekly progress updates to the upper management team, monitor and
control job costs, and hold workers accountable for progress towards those goals and
objectives
Local Union 486 -Nationalgrid-Westborough, MA▪1980-2000
 Utility worker progressing from entry level 3rd Class Utility Worker to Permanent Working
Foreman
 Unrestricted holder of Mass State Hoisting Engineer License, Certified Blaster/Dynamiter
MA, NH, VT, Unrestricted CDL Operator, and Mass State Construction Supervisor
Licenses
 Build and construct substations, poured in place manholes, duct-lines, and all underground
infrastructure
 Worked at Vermont Nuclear as well as Haddam Neck CT Nuclear Power plants, working
plant over-hauls and shut-downs
 Worked at hydro power stations in VT and MA, performing construction to fish-ladders,
dams, as well as performing maintenance and construction work inside hydro stations
throughout the Northeast
ProgrammingandSoftware Skills
Proficient in Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, SAP, Business Intelligence/Objects, STORMS
Extracts, People-Hub, (SE) Success Enterprise Estimating Software, Documentum
Education
Lunenburg High School Graduate (1979)

3. Mount Wachusett State University (1979-1980)
WPI-Worcester Polytechnic Institute-School of Industrial Management Certification (2002-2006)