Employee-Owner Spotlight | Tanner Goodine, EI | Construction Inspector

What places have you lived in throughout your life?

Bangor, ME & South Portland, ME.

What three traits define you? 

  • Honesty
  • Teamwork
  • Motivated

What is your favorite part of the type of work that you do?

Seeing a project completed from start to finish. It’s satisfying to see a project design and that design become reality.

What was the most unusual or interesting job you had before Sebago?

I worked at the Advanced Structure & Composites Center at the University of Maine on the Offshore Wind team, and the main project was developing wind turbines to be stationed off the coast of Maine.

What are your hobbies outside the office?

I like hiking & kayaking! The beach is where I spend most of my time in the summer if I’m not working. I enjoy exploring Maine and seeing the amazing scenery it has to offer, especially on the coast. I also enjoy a good book.

Favorite thing to do in Maine?

Boating on West Grand Lake with my friends.

If you had to eat one meal, every day for the rest of your life, what would it be?

Pizza, or anything with chicken!

Top three life highlights?

Graduating, passing the FE, & paying for my own college education.

What is your hidden talent?

I’m very good at Cribbage.

If you were an animal what would you be?

A Chesapeake Bay Retriever!

Where would you like to go on a dream vacation?

Scotland or Namibia. They aren’t very similar, but I could go to either.

What is the best concert you attended?

Chris Stapleton with the Markus King Band opening.

What are you excited about at Sebago?

I’m excited to learn! I’m excited to inspect projects and see the progress of a construction project from start to finish.

Tell us something that might surprise us about you.  

I’m a lefty.

Favorite place(s) to go in Maine?

Tumbledown Mountain, Gulf Hagas, or the Old Port.