The Homegrown Team Powering Our County
After a decade of electric service and growth the PUD continues to find talented employees from around the country and right here in our own backyard.
Expansion of services, from water to electric to broadband have led to multiple new opportunities and new positions over the last two years.
To meet the service offering growth requires expansion of fleet, facility, and warehouse resources. PUD Warehouse Storekeeper and Chimacum grad, Jesse Bland, helps ensure the utility has what it needs in-house for outages and utility projects. For Bland, joining the PUD has been a reunion of sorts. Born and raised on Marrowstone, Bland grew up alongside many of his PUD coworkers. “Having that background I think makes us all work really well professionally.”
A new wave of utility growth is underway, centered around expansion of broadband service. The broadband team added 2 new jobs in December, with 2007 Chimacum grad Kyle Ammerman joining as Broadband IT Support Technician, and PT resident, Jackson Delagarza as Lead Network Technician. Countywide broadband service means new opportunities and new tech-based jobs.
The PUD also added a third line crew in 2023, reducing the need to outsource line work to contract crews during storm season. Keeping work in-house provides flexibility for line crews to build the PUD’s pole-mounted fiber network, while also rapidly addressing service reliability projects like expansion of 3-phase power on 49th St. in PT. The expansion of the line crew meant four new positions, including line helper, Savanna Hoffmann.
Hoffmann, a 2022 graduate of PT high school, and recent line school grad joined the team in March of 2024. “I remember seeing the PUD at a local hiring event through the school,” said Hoffmann.
Throughout the year PUD staff work with students and the community at events to help customers better understand how their utility works and to explore new positions. Student-centered tours and events focus on paid internship opportunities and professional jobs, post-graduation.