2025’s 30 Under 30 EC&M Electrical All Stars: Jonathan Reese

Jonathan Reese

Job Title: Electrical Foreman

Company: Hill Electric Co. Inc. 

Location: Anderson, S.C.

Age: 22

Years on the Job: 3.5 

Interests: Working on cars like his dad’s 1953 F-100 truck 

Jonathan Reese’s dad worked on utility power lines, and he wanted to do something similar —but not work on high lines.

His decision to go into electrical was fueled by two experiences: working on the family farm and helping his dad to install the electrical wiring in their new home. To learn how to work with his hands and tools, he attended Belton Honea-Path High School, the local career technical center for construction and auto collision. Following his high school graduation, he landed a job with Hill Electric, where he now works as a foreman. He’s now responsible for working with his tools and leading others.

“I’ll get my task laid out by my superior and then challenge myself and the others with me to do that task to the best of our ability,” he said.

For the past year, he has been working on a project to consolidate two textile plants into one. This project has included medium-voltage distribution, disassembling and reassembling existing machinery, installing new machinery, and working for OEM on machinery control installations.

“It’s been a great project that has exposed me to all aspects of what Hill provides,” he said. 
He hopes to still be progressing and be challenged in the electrical field in the future, and he’s proud to have followed in the footsteps of his mentor Ricky Smith, who was previously selected for the EC&M 30 Under 30 in 2021.

“I’m really loving what I do and the people I get to work with,” he said. “In 10 years, I’ll still be working hard and trying to learn as much as possible. So far, it’s worked for me and provided rapid advancement.”