Brandon Nickels

Engineering Technician

Brookings

What makes you enjoy working at Banner? The variety of projects I have had the opportunity to work on, as well as the numerous great engineers I've worked with every day, has been very rewarding.

Who inspires you to be better? My friends and family inspire me to look forward and enjoy the process.

What’s the oldest thing you own? The oldest thing I own is an 1870 History of South Dakota book. This book was fascinating to read as a kid, full of inaccuracies and outdated claims. It goes in-depth about the Badlands and Big Sioux River and predates the Black Hills gold rush by a few years.

If you could have a video of any event in your life, what event would you choose? I would have a documentary of my first backpacking trip and all of its literal ups and downs.