Jimmy Pridgen is the manager of the City of Wilson’s Water Reclamation Facility. He has served in that role for almost 14 years. Prior to serving as manager, he was the Operations & Maintenance Supervisor for two years and the Pretreatment Coordinator for six years.
Jimmy began his wastewater career working as a Laboratory Technician with Microbac Laboratories here in Wilson. He worked mostly second shift during the early years while he completed his BS degree in Chemistry at East Carolina University. While at Microbac, Jimmy accumulated a total of 7 years of experience in environmental, food chemistry, agricultural, and pharmaceutical analysis and along the way, transitioned to the role of Chemist. Jimmy eventually left Microbac and began working with the City of Wilson Water Reclamation Facility.
Jimmy also works as a part-time instructor with Wilson Community College where he teaches certification classes to those looking to start careers in wastewater treatment or current operators looking to move up in their careers. In his remaining spare time, he volunteers as a member of the Wilson Fair Board.
Jimmy was born and raised in Wilson and in addition to East Carolina University, he is also a proud graduate of Beddingfield High School and loves calling Wilson home. He has been married to his wonderful wife Tonya for 14 years and they have one 18-year-old cat named TT.
