Electrical Foreman - Special Projects

Encore Electric Career Site • Lakewood, CO

16h • Onsite

About The Position

The Electrical Foreman supervises Apprentices and Journeymen, taking ultimate accountability for a project or subset of a project. The Electrical Foreman directs the tasks of Journeymen and Apprentice electricians and participates in residential/commercial/industrial/electrical construction and service work.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent is required
• Four years of apprenticeship training or three years of apprenticeship training with a two-year degree from technical college is required
• One year of experience as a leadman and a Journeyman Wireman’s license from the State of Colorado is required
• Demonstrated leadership skills are required

Nice To Haves

• A degree in a related field is preferred
• Completion of Leadership Level I Leadership (Supervision) is preferred

Responsibilities

• Supervise Foreman, Journeymen, and Apprentices actively presenting leadership skills at the highest level
• Supervise crews installing raceways, pulling wire, and mounting equipment, training apprentices and journeymen to do the same
• Act as the go-to person in the field
• Establish, maintain, promote and participate in Encore’s mentoring program
• Train, develop, mentor and coach up and coming various levels of future supervision
• Motivate crew and project, keeping morale up on projects
• Communicate goals for the job site to employees working at all levels of Encore Electric, Inc. using the tell-back procedure
• Promote continuing education
• Layout and organizes assigned tasks for apprentices and journeymen
• Lead by example
• Engage and help to develop new Encore standards and processes and hold others accountable for them
• Participate in Foremen meetings
• Help to develop phase codes for the project
• Take accountability and responsibility for safety, quality control, and productivity in his/her area ensuring employees do it safely, do it right, then work on speed and other projects
• Catch and correct errors
• Ensure employees follow policies and procedures, by: Enforcing company cell phone usage
• Taking accountability for counseling and correcting employees acting as a witness and raising the flag when something isn’t right
• Ensuring employees work safely wearing all proper Personal Protective Equipment
• Ensure the crew has adequate tools, materials, craftsmen, and labor force
• Maintain a secondary and in some cases third plan
• Take daily accountability of project/crews and stages of project progress
• Find and avoid potential crises/fixing problems when necessary
• Serve as a frontline field representative
• Educate others as to basic building codes and life safety
• Track material and purchase orders
• Communicate and coordinate with other trades for the project
• Orientate employees to safety, logistics, and scope on the job site
• Review rigging plans for equipment
• Perform take-offs
• May perform hot work if qualified and trained with all necessary precautions in place
• Take accountability for their continuing education including: Level of foremanship classes
• Keeping up with changing technology
• Keeping up with the national electrical code
• OSHA 30
• Act proactively with customer and design team and value engineering and constructability
• Read and understand Request for Information, Job Labor Production Report
• Preplan the project to stay at least two weeks ahead of the crew ensuring the work and material are available for the crew, including: Ordering material and tools for the job site, ensuring preplanning has been done
• Acting conscientiously about costs
• Ordering prefab for job site
• Keeping a daily to-do list
• Understanding the abilities of the crew
• Scheduling and accurately man loads crew communicating with other foremen
• Efficiently and proactively identify long-range milestones and short-range goals
• Prioritize according to the needs of the project and the customer
• Update and maintain accurate as-built drawings and panel schedules for their assigned task
• Create punch list for crew and follows up to ensure it is completed
• Effectively communicate and define employee’s role with them on the project, ensuring employee understands how they fit into the overall job and how the foreman wants their work done, by: Communicating proactively with Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ)
• Proactively pushes the job
• Communicating the big picture to customers and employees
• Effectively communicates with superiors
• Abide by specifications, value engineering, and contract documents for installations
• Familiar with all phases of the construction project
• Participate and take notes in meetings
• Constantly carry a writing instrument and notepad
• Walk jobs and: Provide feedback to Foreman, Project Manager, Board of Directors, or Director of Project Resources as needed
• Provide job walk report
• Evaluate project
• Assigned to other projects determined to have high risks
• Perform daily huddles (i.e., up and coming tasks)
• Write and track intelligent Request for Information sheets
• Accountable for daily logs for his area, providing input and communicating with immediate supervisor
• Read and understand contract documents for the project
• Develop meeting agenda/run meeting
• Operate computer including email, Microsoft Office, and scheduling software
• Use electrical formulas to figure out pipe fill, device, and panel size, and disconnect
• Read and understand basic blueprints
• Establish material handling required for the job
• Perform duties as assigned by the supervisor
• Take accountability for a neat and clean work area
• Other duties as may be assigned

Benefits

• medical, dental, and vision plans
• disability, and life insurance
• employee-matched 401(k)
• paid time off (PTO)
• employee assistance program that includes counseling, legal, and financial advice
• employee referral program
• access to technical, safety, personal finance, and leadership training through Encore University
• allowances
• short-term incentive program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED