ELECTRICIAN FOREMAN GENERAL

Description

COMPENSATION FOR THIS ROLE :

Denver / Colorado Springs / Fort Collins : $45 to 50 per hour

General Responsibilities

Works with a commitment to safety

Upholds the core values of Encore Electric

Acts as a professional and uses basic work ethics

Comes to work on time every day with appropriate attire and tools

Keeps work area clean Installs quality work in a neat and workmanship like manner

Treats tools with respect

Works and climbs on ladders, lifts, and elevated platforms

Identifies electrical parts and components

Perform strenuous physical work i.e., digging, kneeling, shoveling, lifting, pulling, pushing, climbing

Keeps up with changing technology

Keeps up with the national electrical code

Wears tools at all required times

Work in all weather conditions

Specific Responsibilities

Leadership

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 journeyman 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 jobsite to employees working at all levels of Encore Electric, Inc. using the tell-back procedure

Promote continuing education

Lay out and organizes assigned tasks to apprentices and journeymen

Lead by example

Process Improvement

Engage and help to develop new Encore standards and processes and hold others accountable to them Participate in Foremen meetings

Help to develop phase codes for the project Risk Management

Take accountability and responsibility for safety, quality control and productivity in his area ensuring employees do it safe, do it right, then work on speed and on other projects

Catch and correct errors

Involved with cost to complete process on project

Ensure commodity buy outs are done

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

Develop project schedule and maintains it at least once a month, including :

Manage all aspects of the project

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 jobsite

Review rigging plans for equipment

Perform take offs and pricing

Manage change orders

May perform hot work if qualified and trained with all necessary precautions in place

Take accountability for their continuing education, including :

Customer Service

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 crew ensuring the work and material are available for the crew, including :

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 employees 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 :

Abide by specifications, value engineering and contract documents for installations

General

Familiar with all phases of the construction project

Participate and take notes in meetings

Constantly carry writing instrument and notepad

Walk jobs and :

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 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 supervisor

Take accountability for a neat and clean work area

Other duties as may be assigned

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES :

Knowledge of :

The construction process from scheduling to manpower to the labor, materials and equipment required for installation

Constructability and the construction process

Electrical construction to manage costs

Electrical estimates to review costs

Algebra and geometry

Statistics

Financial math

Skill in :

Conceptual estimating (conceiving a project in your mind and all the components of that project)

Acting as a self starter

Working with little supervision

Spatial orientation

Visualizing the constructability of an estimate

Identifying scope gaps in construction documents

Technical writing (Requests for Proposals)

Customer management

Listening

Speaking intelligently

Estimating resources needed to complete required tasks

Adapting to new and changing requirements, environments, and / or information

Managing people and processes

Managing complex projects, breaking them down to their component levels

Using communication software

Effective written and oral communication sufficient to be able to elicit and communicate information and achieve understanding

Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with customers, vendors, consultants, management, and employees

Operating a computer

Operate Microsoft office products

Organizing work to accomplish tasks

Reading and writing

Prioritizing and reprioritizing to meet job needs

Identifying and managing risk

Problem solving

Tracking numbers and bits of data relevant to the work assignment

Ability to :

Retain and access critical information from memory

Conceptually estimate and provide input on demand at design meetings

Conceptualize and visualize the project for constructability means and methods

Think on your feet

Understand when to speak and when not to speak

Be personally detached from ideas (no ego)  See things from multiple perspectives

REQUIREMENTS :

High School Diploma or equivalent is required with a degree in related field is preferred, including four years of apprenticeship training or three years of apprenticeship training with two year degree from technical college.

This position also requires five years total experience with one year as a Foreman 1. A Journeyman Wireman’s license from the State of Colorado, or appropriate state, along with Denver Fire Alarm Journeyman License within 90 days of accepting the position (Applicable only if on the front range) is required.

Demonstrated leadership skills are also required with the completion of Leadership Level I Leadership (Supervision) being preferred.

Benefits of this role :

Encore Electric provides excellent benefits for our employees, including : medical, dental, and vision plans, disability, and life insurance, employee-matched 401(k), paid time off (PTO), an employee assistance program that includes counseling, legal, and financial advice.

Encore also provides a generous employee referral program, and access to technical, safety, personal finance, and leadership training through Encore University, Encore’s in house training program.

This position is eligible for the short-term incentive program.

Applications will close for this position on : December 31, 2025

To request an accommodation during the application process, please contact HR@EncoreElectric.com .

Encore Electric, Inc. is an EOE, including disability / vets.

Salary : $45 - $50