Electrical Foreman: Lead Electric Crew on Projects

Comfort Systems USA; Appleton (WI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Amteck is seeking an experienced Foreman Electrician in Wisconsin to oversee a crew of Helpers, Apprentices and Journeyman electricians on commercial/industrial projects. You will lead, train and evaluate the crew, ensuring work meets NEC and local guidelines while coordinating material lists and schedules.

The role requires strong leadership, blueprint literacy, and the ability to read specifications and project plans. Overtime and weekend work may be required on project timelines.

Qualifications

• 7-10 years of electrical construction experience in commercial and/or industrial environments.
• Ability to lead, mentor, and coach teams of roughly five Helpers, Apprentices and Journeyman Electricians.
• Exhibits thorough understanding of a small, assigned scope of work.
• Demonstrates basic skills in communicating with other trades and negotiating work assignments with trade supervisors.
• Shows willingness to learn how to read and understand blueprints and available contract-related documents of other trades on site.
• Demonstrates 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.

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.

Skills

Leadership

Blueprints reading

Project management

Communication

Team mentoring

Tools

BlueBeam

Navisworks

Job description

Amteck is seeking an experienced Foreman Electrician in Wisconsin to oversee a crew of Helpers, Apprentices and Journeyman electricians on commercial/industrial projects. You will lead, train and evaluate the crew, ensuring work meets NEC and local guidelines while coordinating material lists and schedules.

The role requires strong leadership, blueprint literacy, and the ability to read specifications and project plans. Overtime and weekend work may be required on project timelines.