
Local Heroes
Local Heroes is an opportunity to acknowledge the outstanding work of our Holland BPW team members. Employees nominate coworkers to honor those who have gone above and beyond in supporting our community, environment and company. You might have seen our Local Heroes social media posts throughout the year. Enjoy this compilation of our 2024 Local Heroes!
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MISS DIG
Well done to our Local Heroes, the entire MISS DIG team, for their excellent work through what has been a very busy construction season here in Holland! We so appreciate their commitment to keeping our infrastructure and community safe.
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#localheroes #MISSDIG #utilitymarking #waterwastewaterservice #essentialcareers

Alex Craigmile
As a seasoned Planning Engineer, Alex Craigmile is no stranger to large capital projects. One of his most recent large projects was planning and executing the James De Young (JDY) Power Plant implosion and final decommissioning.
Safely seeing JDY’s demolition, abatement and implosion required countless planning documents, meetings and careful coordination on Alex’s part. Thanks, Alex, for all your excellent work on this project!
#localheroes #engineering #efficient #hollandbpw

Todd Kamphuis
System Operations Technician (SOT) Todd Kamphuis helps maintain and improve our substations. Our SOTs work in the field and operate substation controls from the Service Center. Todd recently implemented a program to automatically restore power to substations, significantly reducing outage times.
Thank you to Todd and the entire System Operations team for your hard work to keep our essential power reliable!
#localheroes #substations #automation

Micheal Wise
Local Hero Micheal Wise helps to plan improvements to our power poles, electric lines and other electric distribution projects to keep our power reliable. As an Electric Distribution Planner, Micheal enjoys helping to build relationships between departments and a positive work culture. He helps communicate plans between the engineering team who designs the improvements and the linecrew who execute these improvements.
Thank you for your hard work and dedication to great communication, Micheal!
#localheroes #hollandbpw #communitypowered #electricdistribution

Mike Buikema
For over 36 years, Mike Buikema has served at Holland BPW. Currently an Electric System Engineer, Mike designs system-wide electric distribution improvements to keep our electric system reliable and efficient now and into the future. Thanks, Mike, for your hard work solving complex problems for our customers and keeping our power reliable!
#LocalHeroes #ElectricEngingeering #Reliable #Efficient #CommunityOwned

Adriana Gonzales
Local Hero & Human Resources Specialist, Adriana Gonzales, works to recruit, hire, and onboard. She is caring & eager to help our team. Adriana works consistently to celebrate & support the people of Holland BPW. Thank you, Adriana!
#localheros #humanresources

Soubanh Soukhome
Our customer service department works extremely hard every day to connect our business with our customers. The team is dedicated to helping customers at any stage of their journey with Holland BPW. Soubanh Soukhome is a long-standing member of the team, who always ensures patience and a warm smile. “I want our department to feel welcoming. We want to be able to answer as many questions as possible.”
If you have questions about your utility services with Holland BPW, reach out to Customer Service via email: customerservice@hollandbpw.com, phone: (616) 355-1500, or visit us at the Service Center: 625 Hastings, Holland.
#hollandbpw is #communityowned #localheroes

O&M Team
Local Heroes! Continuous improvement is a core value for Holland BPW. Operations & Metering pulled together & leveraged individual strengths to complete an upgrade of the electric distribution data system. The new system brings opportunities to improve processes & reliability.