FOREMAN - Street Lights

Chain Electric Company; Richland (MS); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Chain Electric Company in Richland, MS, is seeking a Foreman to oversee electrical construction, maintenance, and operation, ensuring projects meet design, budget, schedule and safety requirements.

The role includes leading field crews, planning look-ahead schedules, enforcing safety policies, training workers, and collaborating with the General Foreman and Project Managers to deliver high-quality results.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience around energized high-voltage lines (7.2kV minimum).
• Valid CDL-B license required.
• Strong planning, delegation, and deadline management.
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints, manuals, policies, and diagrams.
• Proven leadership and safety-focused approach to field crews.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to crews to ensure safe, efficient operations.
• Develop look-ahead schedules with GF estimating resources and materials.
• Ensure crew follows GF's activity schedule and safety policies.
• Maintain site safety, equipment, and security; ensure compliance with specs.
• Train workers in construction methods, equipment operation, and safety procedures.
• Support GF/Project Managers to meet company goals; recruit qualified applicants.

Skills

Leadership

Planning/organizing

Delegation

Blueprints/diagrams

Communication

Safety awareness

Education

CDL-B license

Apprentice/lineman training

Job description

Description

Job Summary:

The Foreman of a crew is responsible for overseeing the construction, maintenance and operation of electrical systems, to ensure assigned projects are completed in accordance with design, budget, schedule and safety considerations.

Reasonable Accommodations Statement

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Requirements

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Provide leadership and direction to crews to ensure safe, efficient, and quality operations.
• Work with GF in estimating worker requirements, equipment and material, and develop "look ahead" schedules.
• Ensure crew follows GF's schedule of activities in construction and maintenance of customer projects.
• Ensures work progress, equipment, and construction sites are safe, specifications are met, and work is according to schedule.
• Ensures company and customer tools and materials are secured daily, safeguarding company and customer assets.
• Consistently aware of safety policies and guidelines and ensures the crew is adhering to same.
• Seek GF's assistance on problem solving to ensure most effective and efficient technology, techniques and equipment are utilized.
• Provide assistance to workers engaged in construction or extraction activities, using hand tools or other equipment.
• Ensure requests for repairs to equipment and machinery are timely to allow cost effective repairs, reduce work delays, and ensure safe working equipment.
• Assist GF in training workers in construction methods, operation of equipment, safety procedures and best practices, and/or company policies.
• Support General Foreman/ Project Managers to meet company goals and objectives.
• Work through the GF to recruit qualified applicants and assign classifications according to demonstrated skills and abilities.
• Suggest or initiate personnel actions, such as promotions, transfers, or hires.
• Adhere to all Company EEO, affirmative action, safety, quality assurance programs.
• Maintain positive relationships with existing customers and cultivate professional relationships with potential customers.

Basic Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years' experience working on and around energized high-voltage primary electric links (7.2kv minimum).
• Ability to travel 100% of the time and at a moment's notice
• Possess at the least a valid CDL-B license
• Must possess planning/organizational skills and ability to delegate work in order to schedule crew, assign duties, and ensure completion of all projects within required deadlines.
• Must possess good mathematical skills in order to calculate figures and amounts.
• Must be able to read and understand technical information, manuals, policies, procedures, work orders, blueprints, and diagrams.
• Must be able to deal with emergency situations, hazardous conditions, multiple priorities, frequent interruptions, and time constraints.
• Must possess leadership skills to provide guidance and training to assigned personnel in a safe effective and positive manner.
• Must be able to understand and use the English language, both oral and written, to communicate information, instructions, and ideas to other personnel.
• Must be dependable and trustworthy

Desired Skills & Experience:

• Completion of an apprentice program or technical training as a lineman
• Possess a valid CDL-A license
• Safe driving practices and knowledge of state and local laws pertaining to the operation of motor vehicles on streets, roads and highways

Chain Electric Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, sex, age (40 and above), religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other protected status where otherwise qualified.