Director Electrical

DAVRON CV: Candidate 3806903

MASTER ELECTRICIAN | UNION LEADER | CRITICAL-POWER & HIGH‑VOLTAGE SYSTEMS

Core Expertise

• Leading union labor relations, collective bargaining, grievance handling, and arbitration for approximately 550 tradespeople.
• Managing high-voltage and critical-power systems including switchgear, substations, and primary/secondary breaker work.
• Directing facilities maintenance and mission-critical UPS, generator, VFD, and dual-power infrastructure operations.
• Supervising electrical construction and retrofit projects involving BAS/DDC, lighting, and energy-conservation systems.
• Coordinating multi-trade crews, contractors, suppliers, and procurement for complex institutional projects.

Project Background

• Negotiated a four-year collective bargaining agreement delivering multi-year wage increases, a signing bonus, and retention bonus.
• Executed high-voltage cable pulls, Megger and DC hipot testing, and supported substation shutdowns and switchgear maintenance.
• Led preventive maintenance and troubleshooting on 4,160-volt equipment, UPS banks, batteries, and major electrical motors.
• Directed procurement of roughly $1 million in project materials and coordinated with over 120 contractors and vendors.
• Implemented campus-scale energy retrofit projects including lighting upgrades, occupancy sensors, and BAS integrations.

Key Skills

• UPS systems | Generators | VFDs | Switchgear | Substations
• High-voltage testing | Megger | DC hipot | Cable splicing & termination
• Labor relations | Collective bargaining | Grievances & arbitration | Union coordination
• Facilities maintenance | Preventive maintenance | Dual-power systems | Critical-power operations
• Procurement & vendor coordination | Project scope review | Multi-trade coordination
• Safety: LOTO | Arc flash | NFPA & OSHA compliance | Confined-space & CPR/First Aid

Education

• Associate Degree, Biomedical Electronics — Baker College
• Electrical apprenticeship — IBEW-affiliated apprenticeship program

Awards & Recognition

• Multiple institutional recognition awards from supervisors, building managers, and sustainability teams

Why Interview this Candidate?

A licensed Master Electrician with nearly 30 years of hands-on high-voltage, critical-power, and facilities experience combined with executive-level union leadership. Proven negotiator who led a four-year agreement yielding multi-year wage increases and bonuses, and a procurement leader who managed roughly $1M in materials and coordinated over 120 vendors. Well-suited to senior electrical construction, critical-power, facilities, or skilled-trades leadership roles requiring technical credibility and labor-management expertise.