Electrical Foreman - Sidney, OH

Comfort Systems USA; Tonganoxie (KS); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Comfort Systems USA seeks a Foreman Electrician to oversee a crew on commercial and industrial projects. You will lead, train, and evaluate Helpers, Apprentices, and Journeyman electricians while managing quality, safety, and timelines.

You will read blueprints, size conductors, install devices, and ensure work aligns with project specs and NEC requirements. Strong leadership and communication are essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of electrical construction experience in commercial/industrial environments.
• Demonstrates leadership with the ability to grow as a lead.
• Reads and interprets project specifications, blueprints and schematics.
• Ability to develop manpower schedules and assign tasks to a team.
• Communicates effectively with trades and supervision to meet deadlines.
• Familiarity with NEC guidelines and field safety practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor Journeyman, Helpers and Apprentices on the job site.
• Ensure quality of work complies with NEC and project specs.
• Develop material lists from layouts and communicate to supervision.
• Assist in creating manpower schedules for the crew.
• Read blueprints and project documents to layout work and underground tasks.
• Perform basic layout and measurements for conduit, wire and boxes.
• Troubleshoot lighting and general power circuits on site.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Blueprint reading

Team coordination

Safety awareness

Communication

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