Lead Electrician - Public Works A/V Upgrades

CALTEC Corp.; West Covina (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and welfare payments as per PW

Pension benefits

Vacation/holiday benefits

Training opportunities

Job summary

CALTEC Corp. is seeking a working foreman to lead an electrical crew on a live public works site in Los Angeles County. You will read plans, lay out daily work, coordinate with AV, structural, and mechanical trades, and ensure inspections are passed the first time.

You will manage timecards, certified payroll, apprentice ratios, and safety, while keeping detailed reports and cost codes. California Electrician certification, 5+ years as journeyman, and foreman experience are required.

Qualifications

• California Electrician certification required and current.
• Minimum 5 years as journeyman electrician with at least 2 years running crews as foreman.
• Experience on prevailing wage/public works projects and familiarity with certified payroll obligations.
• Experience running apprentices productively and maintaining compliant apprentice ratios on public works projects.
• Ability to read electrical plans, single-lines, and specifications.

Responsibilities

• Lead and lay out the daily work of an electrical crew on an active public works site — feeders, panels, branch circuitry, lighting circuits, underground raceway and generator feeders, AV and low‑voltage rough‑in coordination, and overhead work at height
• Read and build from the approved plans and specifications; identify conflicts early and route them to the PM as RFIs before they become delays
• Call inspections on time and pass them the first time — particularly underground and cover inspections, before work gets buried
• Keep apprentices productively engaged and maintain compliant apprentice ratios
• Run the three‑week lookahead for your scope and keep the crew loaded against it
• Coordinate daily with the AV, structural steel, and mechanical trades working the same areas
• Own daily reports, timecards, and accurate labor coding by cost code
• Enforce site safety: daily tailgate meetings, fall protection at height, LOTO and energized‑work procedures
• Take and document your own meal and rest periods, and ensure the crew does the same
• Manage material staging, tool and equipment accountability, and waste handling
• Walk and close punchlist; support as‑built markups, O&M turnover, and inspection sign‑offs
• Interface with the Owner's inspector and Construction Manager professionally and in coordination with the Electrical Superintendent and PM

Skills

California Electrician Certification

Journeyman electrician

Foreman experience

Prevailing wage/public works

Read electrical plans

OSHA 30

Driver's license

Background check

Bilingual English/Spanish

Tools

Procore

Job description

CALTEC Corp. is seeking a working foreman to lead an electrical crew on a live public works site in Los Angeles County. You will read plans, lay out daily work, coordinate with AV, structural, and mechanical trades, and ensure inspections are passed the first time.

You will manage timecards, certified payroll, apprentice ratios, and safety, while keeping detailed reports and cost codes. California Electrician certification, 5+ years as journeyman, and foreman experience are required.