Employee Spotlight: Jason Frederick

We’re engineers, customer service representatives, accounting gurus, tech support superheroes, and more — but we’re also real humans. In our new blog series, “Employee Spotlight”, you’ll meet BBP employees, learn about their background and roles, and discover what they like most about working at BBP.                                                                                                                                        

Name:  Jason Frederick

Title: Senior Controls Engineer

City of Residence: Helena, AL

Hometown: Sylacauga, AL

Family Status: Married

What is your role at BBP? Electrical design and PLC programming

How long have you been in the industry? 12 years.

What do you enjoy most about your role? Electrical drawings.

What makes you proud to work at BBP? Successfully executing a project and seeing it run.

What are 3 words to describe BBP? Challenging, varied, rewarding

What is something that most people do not know about you? I started working at 15 as a lathe operator.

What is your favorite quote? “Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.”

― Marcus Aurelius

Motto or Personal Mantra: You must put in the effort if you want to succeed.

If I could do it all over again, I would: Focused more on math when I was in school.

Which four individuals, living or dead, would you like to eat dinner with the most? Marcus Aurelius, Tony Jay, Dogen Zenji, R. Scott Bakker

If your life had a theme song, what would it be? Shadow on the Sun – Audioslave

Well what type of music do you listen to? Rock, rap, folk metal

What advice do you have for prospective BBP employees? Devote some of your free time to studying and perfecting skills for your profession.