Electrical Foreman - Charlotte

Comfort Systems USA; Lafayette (IN); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Comfort Systems USA in Lafayette, IN seeks a Foreman Electrician to lead a crew on commercial/industrial electrical projects. You will mentor Journeymen, Apprentices and Helpers, review blueprints, lay out work, and ensure safety and quality standards.

You will coordinate material lists, schedules, and job-site demands while ensuring project specs are met and budgets are controlled. Strong leadership and 7–10 years of field experience required.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of electrical construction experience in commercial/industrial settings.
• Ability to lead a team of ~5 workers (Helpers, Apprentices, Journeyman).
• Strong reading of blueprints and schematics.
• Able to coordinate across trades and schedules.
• Familiarity with contract documents and project specs.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor Journeyman, Helpers and Apprentices on the job site.
• Ensure quality of work to the highest standards.
• Develop manpower schedules for the team.
• Create material lists from layouts and job site demands.
• Help achieve production and budget goals by communicating needs to the team.
• Ensure all work complies with local and NEC guidelines.
• Measure, cut, bend, thread, assemble and install conduit.
• Install and terminate electrical devices, fixtures and panels.
• Demonstrate working knowledge of circuitry.
• Read project specs, blueprints, and schematics.
• Lay out work from drawings including underground layout.
• Perform field layout using Trimble equipment.
• Determine wire, conduit, and junction box sizing.
• Perform basic troubleshooting of lighting and power circuits.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Reading blueprints

Communication with trades

Project coordination

Electrical code

Job description

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
• Perform field layout using Trimble equipment and software
• 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.