General Foreman - Data Center ISP

Network Connex; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 56,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Network Connex Company seeks a General Foreman to lead foremen and ISP crews in data center installations, including racks and cabling. You will coordinate resources to meet safety, quality, budget, and schedule goals and work with project management through installation, validation, and turnover.

Responsibilities include leading teams across data halls, reviewing drawings, coordinating racks and pathways, and ensuring test records and turnover packages meet customer standards.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of supervisory experience coordinating foremen and ISP crews in data center ISP installations.
• Strong knowledge of data center ISP installations: fiber, copper, racks, cable management, and testing.
• Computer skills for cutsheets, inventory, labor reporting, and tracking quantities.

Responsibilities

• Lead foremen and ISP crews to meet installation milestones, safety, quality, and budgets.
• Review drawings, rack elevations, cutsheets, and port maps; sequence work; address conflicts.
• Coordinate receiving, inventory, staging, and distribution of racks, cables, panels, and optics.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Data center ISP installation

Cutsheets & inventory

Fiber inspection & testing

Rack elevations & port maps

Safety & site rules

Communication with teams

Travel ability

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Job Summary

The General Foreman leads foremen and multiple crews performing low-voltage vendor (LVV) data center inside-plant (ISP) installations, including racks, cable pathways, fiber and copper cabling, patching, labeling, and testing. Coordinates resources and sequencing to meet safety, quality, budget, and schedule goals. Works with the Superintendent and project management through installation, validation support, and turnover.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead foremen and ISP crews across data halls to meet installation milestones, safety, quality, and labor budgets.
• Review drawings, rack elevations, cutsheets, and port maps; sequence rack, pathway, and cabling work; elevate design conflicts and scope changes.
• Coordinate receiving, inventory, staging, and distribution of racks, cable, panels, and optics; resolve shortages and protect customer materials.
• Oversee routing, dressing, labeling, fiber cleanliness, and test records; coordinate validation fixes, punch lists, as-builts, and turnover.
• Coach foremen on ISP workmanship, customer standards, and crew leadership; coordinate CCDP (Crew Career Development Program) training.
• Plan manpower and shift handoffs with the Superintendent; verify crew skills, certifications, and site access before work starts.
• Coordinate lifts, installation tools, and test equipment; enforce site safety, ESD protection, housekeeping, and protection of live infrastructure.
• Report installed and tested quantities, labor, material constraints, rework, and schedule risks to the Superintendent and project management.

Qualifications and Experience

• Strong knowledge of data center ISP installation: fiber and copper, racks, basket tray, ladder rack, fiber panels, cable management, and bonding.
• 5-8 years of supervisory experience coordinating foremen and multiple low-voltage crews, with data center ISP installation experience.
• Computer skills for cutsheets, cable trackers, inventory, labor reporting, and installed/tested quantity tracking.
• Knowledge of fiber inspection and cleaning, copper termination, cable testing, troubleshooting, and safe use of lifts and installation tools.
• Clear communication with foremen, the Superintendent, project management, and customer teams on installation priorities and field issues.
• Ability to read rack elevations, pathway drawings, cutsheets, and port maps and plan concurrent work across data halls.
• Ability to review test results, quality records, and turn-overs packages, identify installation issues, and coordinate corrective work.
• Ability to lead foremen and enforce consistent routing, dressing, labeling, cleanliness, and customer installation standards.
• High school diploma, G.E.D., or related trade school education, plus low-voltage installation knowledge to oversee foremen and crews.
• Must meet company background screening and drug testing requirements.
• Valid driver’s license, company-approved driving record, and ability to travel between project sites.
• Ability to perform essential field duties, access construction areas, and conduct inspections, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Ability to travel away from home, including weekends, to oversee projects and multiple crews.
• Ability to work in active data centers and construction areas while following site security, safety, ESD, and cleanliness requirements.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to maintaining a workplace free from discrimination and harassment. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, marital status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Reasonable Accommodation Statement

The Company is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities and to applicants throughout the recruitment and employment process. Individuals who require accommodation to participate in the application process or perform the essential functions of the position should contact Human Resources.

$41 - $47 an hour