Electrical Foreman - Sidney, OH

Comfort Systems USA; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Comfort Systems USA seeks an experienced Foreman Electrician in Nashville, TN to lead a crew on commercial/industrial electrical installations. Supervise Journeyman, Helpers and Apprentices, ensuring quality and safety while coordinating schedules and material needs.

Applicants should have 7–10 years in electrical construction, strong leadership, and skill with blueprints and project docs. On-site role with overtime as required and potential growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of electrical construction experience in commercial/industrial environments.
• Ability to lead, mentor, and coach a crew of roughly five electricians.
• Strong understanding of project drawings, specs and NEC compliance.
• Proven capability to read blueprints and communicate with supervision.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor Journeyman, Helpers and Apprentices on the job site.
• Work alongside their crew and ensure quality of work to high standards.
• Assist in developing an effective manpower schedule for the team.
• Develop material lists from layouts and job-site demands and relay to supervision.
• Help achieve production and budget goals by coordinating tasks with the crew.
• Ensure all work complies with local codes and NEC guidelines.
• Read project specs, blueprints and schematics; layout work from drawings.
• Measure, cut, bend, thread, install conduit and electrical devices as required.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Blueprints reading

Communication

Scheduling

Electrical knowledge

Tools

BlueBeam

Navisworks

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
• 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