Jerad Simmons

Jerad has been with Hot Line Construction for several years, working in the San Jacinto and South Rural regions prior to assuming his current position in December 2013. He began his career in 1988 at a small utility in Arizona. In 2001, Jerad moved to Southern California, where he worked as a lineman for SDG&E, a foreman and general foreman for Henkels & McCoy, a general foreman and field manager for Par Electric, and a training director for Northwest Lineman College (NLC). At NLC, he taught classes on electrical theory, EPZ grounding, and transformer theory as well as field-training classes such as climbing and rope splicing. He received the Eagle Award for the most outstanding instructor.

Jerad lives in Ventura County with his wife, Penny. Their oldest son, Ross, is a 3rd generation lineman for a small REA in Wyoming. Their youngest son, Trevor, is a Construction Coordinator for Hot Line.