Alabama Power Lineman Spotlight: Chris Jackson

By Linda Brannon

Following a four-year stint in the military, lineman Chris Jackson came home to Eufaula to work for a business where one of his customers was Alabama Power line crew foreman Phil Shelley.

“I could tell Chris has a strong work ethic and a lot to offer an organization,” Shelley said. “He was working in a small office and he seemed better suited for work that was more diverse and demanding. He had been in the military, so I knew he had discipline and I just felt like he was suited to lineman work.”

With Shelley’s encouragement, Jackson applied and was hired as a utility assistant. That was 13 years ago. Now Jackson is a lineman on the Southeast Division’s Transmission crew – and he’s never looked back.

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