Southern Electric Corporation has named Dustin Perkins, of Clearwater, Louisiana, as its Power Player for the month of May. A Power Player is someone with integrity and high moral standards, possessing strong leadership qualities, a track record of safe production, and dedication to our company and industry, who is hard-working and represents SEC well in everything that they do, allowing SEC to Power Forward.
Perkins is a crew foreman in SEC’s overhead transmission division, working primarily in Arkansas. Working in the powerline construction industry more than 20 years, he joined SEC in 2021. “SEC is an all-around great company,” said Perkins. “They make you feel supported and valued.”
Perkins says the best part of his job is being able to build powerlines. He says his least favorite part is having to leave his family to work out of town.
“Dustin is safety-minded in all that he does and goes above and beyond as far as safety and job-planning,” says Transmission Superintendent Jonathan Hayes. “He has logged over 200,000 man hours without an incident or lost time accident. On top of that, he’s a great leader who doesn’t mind getting in there and getting his hands dirty.”
Perkins and his wife, a teacher, have six children together. In his free time, he loves to hunt, fish and ride four wheelers.
