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ABOUT US

The Northline Partnership

Northline Compass partners with some of the best companies in the country by leveraging Northline Utilities' 20+ years of experience, leadership, and systems. Compass can deploy both resources and equipment from areas in the Northeast, Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions, which sets Compass up to assist any utility company with their storm restoration needs.

OUR GUIDING CORE VALUES

LEADERSHIP: Compass leverages Northline's proven expertise in construction and project management to efficiently complete our storm restoration assignments.


Our teams utilize best construction practices and sound project management skills allowing the team to complete the project safely, on time and meet customer expectations. Our project management and construction teams form a solid foundation for all stages of restoration projects.

 

ALL CREWS MANAGED BY:

  • Northline Utilities Superintendent

  • Northline Utilities Project Manager

  • Northline Utilities Safety Specialist

QUALITY: We firmly believe that “Quality is delivering a project that will exceed our customer’s expectations through our actions and deliverables.” Our intent is to provide the customer with high-quality work that exceeds all stakeholder requirements and expectations while minimizing rework and expediting the schedule.

SAFETY: Northline promotes safety by engaging 100% of our employees in thinking, communicating, and acting safely. We have a successful foundation for a genuine Safety Culture; however continual education, process improvements and monitoring are imperative to maintaining this culture with a constantly changing labor force.

AHEAD

Northline Compass has an adequate depth of dedicated resources and a strategy for ensuring a full complement of experienced linesmen and other crew personnel during a period of significant demand for infrastructure resources.

 

COMPASS IS ACTIVELY GROWING ITS DEPTH AND CAPABILITIES BY:

  • Strengthening its external resource pool and collaborative business relationships which enables enhanced partnering.

  • Strengthening its recruitment and retention capacity

  • Strengthening its onboarding and entry-level hiring to create a more robust and qualified workforce


Consistent with our industry marketplace, Compass is engaged in leveraging partnerships and focused on building project teams with the best suited resources. This requires strong processes and systems administered by proficient leadership both of which are key strategic investment areas in the Northline organization as a whole.

Hurricane Helene Northline Compass Storm Restoration

MEET THE

The Northline Team

Jamie Atkins

President & CEO

Alex Smith

Position / Role

Charlie McMann

Position / Role

Max Johnson

Position / Role

ELECTRIC UTILITY INDUSTRY

Awards + Recognition

Emergency or Storm Restoration

Supplier of the Year

2024 AVANGRID SUPPLIER AWARDS

Service + Quality

Supplier of the Year

2018 AVANGRID SUPPLIER AWARDS

AVANGRID SHEQ Challenge Coins

2025 AVANGRID/NYSEG

Qualifications + Experience

Northline Compass partners with some of the best companies in the country. Compass can deploy both resources and equipment from areas in the Northeast, Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions, which sets Compass up to assist any utility company with their storm
restoration needs. Our affiliate company, Northline Utilities, serves a consistent base of
customers throughout New York, New England and the Mid-Atlantic regions.

Iberdrola Supplier of the Year 2018 Service & Quality

Member of NECA North East Line Chapter Board of Directors since 1999

Northeast Line Construction Chapter (NECA) Governor

New York State Lineman’s Safety Training

LU 1319 O.S.H.E. Fund Trustee

Northeast Line Construction Chapter (NECA) Governor

IBEW Local 1249 Pension & Insurance Fund Trustee

Northeast Line Construction Chapter (NECA) Governor

EICA Board of Directors-Crane Executive Board President (2019)

Line Construction Advancement Fund President (2016)

IEEE Member Firm

PMI Member Firm

EEI Member Firm

North East Apprenticeship Training (N.E.A.T.) Trustee

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