Electrical Foreman - Benson

Comfort Systems USA; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Amteck is currently hiring an Electrical Foreman for a new construction project in Benson, NC. The Foreman Electrician oversees a crew of Helpers, Apprentices, and Journeyman electricians while guiding installation, alterations, and repairs.

You will read project specs, blueprints, and schematics; develop manpower schedules; manage materials; and ensure work complies with NEC and local codes, working with supervision to meet production goals.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of electrical construction in commercial/industrial settings.
• Ability to lead a crew of ~5 workers including helpers and apprentices.
• Reads and understands blueprints, specs and project documents.
• Willingness to work overtime, including weekends when needed.
• Strong communication with other trades and supervision.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor Journeyman, Helpers and Apprentices on the job site.
• Ensure quality of work to the highest standards.
• Assist in developing an effective manpower schedule for the team.
• Develop material lists from layouts and job site demands.
• Help achieve production and budget goals and communicate with the crew.
• Ensure all work complies with NEC and local codes.
• Lay out, install and terminate conduits and electrical devices.
• Read and interpret project specs, blueprints and schematics.
• Lay out work from drawings, including underground layouts.
• Troubleshoot basic lighting and power circuits.

Skills

Leadership

Mentorship

Blueprint reading

Scheduling

Communication

Tools

BlueBeam

Navisworks

Job description

Amteck is currently hiring an Electrical Foreman for a new construction project in Benson, NC.

Primary Role

The Foreman Electrician works under the guidance of a senior level Foreman or Superintendent and will oversee the direct work of a crew of Helpers, Apprentices, and Journeyman electricians. Foreman electricians routinely perform installation, alteration and/or repair of electrical systems, conductors and associated materials and equipment simultaneously while leading, training, mentoring, and performing evaluations of their crew.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor Journeyman, Helpers and Apprentices on the job site
• Work alongside their crew and ensure quality of work is to the highest standards
• Assist in the development of an effective manpower schedule for their team
• Develop material lists from layouts, area prints, and job site demands and communicating lists to supervision
• Helps achieve production and budget goals by understanding what needs to be done and communicates that effectively to their team.
• Ensure all work done by crew is within local and NEC guidelines
• Work independently to measure, cut, bend, thread, assemble and install electrical conduit using measuring devices, hand tools, threaders and hand or mechanical benders
• Install and terminate electrical devices, fixtures, panel boards, brand circuit and feeder conductors
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of circuitry
• Read and understand project specifications, blueprints, and schematics
• Lay out small areas of work from electrical drawings and project documents, including underground layout
• Correctly determine wire, conduit, and junction box sizing
• Perform basic troubleshooting of lighting and general power circuits

Requirements

• 7-10 years of experience performing electrical construction in commercial and/or industrial environments
• Demonstrates leadership abilities with the capability and desire of growing in this area. Able to lead, mentor and coach teams of roughly five Helpers, Apprentices and Journeyman Electricians.
• Exhibits thorough understanding of a small, assigned scope of work.
• Recognizes work that is outside of assigned scope.
• Demonstrates basic skills in communicating with other trades and negotiating work assignments with trade supervisors.
• Shows an aptitude and willingness for learning how to read and understand the blueprints and available contract-related documents of the other trades on site.
• Demonstrates a basic understanding of customer relationships and the concept of customer satisfaction.
• Shows an intermediate understanding of developing, reading and following construction schedules for assigned scope of work.
• Able to learn and comprehend BlueBeam, Navisworks and related programs to understand project plans for their assigned scope of work when needed.
• Participates actively in leadership training when given the opportunity.
• Demonstrates above average leadership, communication and decision-making skills with a desire to grow those skills.
• Equipped with all tools required by company policy and able to use them to perform assigned tasks
• Demonstrate the Amteck Way in daily work activities, behavior and decision making
• Able to work project schedules including weekends and overtime
• Has an interest and aptitude to learn job-related material through oral instruction and observation, typically in an on-the-job setting
• Demonstrate a team-player mentality by listening and understanding directions, working cooperatively with others, and working safely without any threat to self or others
• Possess basic mechanical aptitude, basic mathematical ability, and the ability to learn to read basic construction documents used daily
• The willingness to participate in field training, whether it by OJT, classroom-based, or completely virtual