Master Electrician

CDS Home Services is seeking an experienced and entrepreneurial Master Electrician to join our leadership team. This is a high-accountability leadership role with full responsibility for P&L, job costing, estimating, field execution, and back office operational support, reporting directly to the President and CEO.

The ideal candidate is a builder: someone who creates repeatable systems, develops talent, and runs the business as if the capital were their own. You will lead a team of 8–12 field employees ranging from apprentices to journeymen, serve as license of record enabling CDS to pull permits across four states, and act as a technical authority in the sales and estimating process. This is not a supervisory role with a side of paperwork; it is a business leadership role held by someone who also happens to be a Master Electrician.

Essential Job Functions / Key Responsibilities

Field Operations & Technical Oversight

• Ensure all work is completed to code, safely, and to the highest quality standards across MD, PA, VA, and DE.
• Serve as license of record, authorizing permit applications managed by the CDS office team.
• Conduct field inspections and quality assurance checks on completed installations.
• Lead team in diagnosing and resolving complex electrical issues escalated.

Team Leadership & Development

• Lead, mentor, and develop a field team of 8–12 employees, including apprentices and journeymen, fostering a culture of excellence, accountability, and continuous growth.
• Set clear performance expectations and provide regular coaching and feedback.
• Build and develop the field team in alignment with your own standards of craftsmanship and professionalism.
• Create repeatable playbooks and standard operating procedures — systematize what works so the business does not depend on heroics.
• Collaborate with management to identify training needs and support career development pathways for field staff.
• Champion a positive, team-oriented work environment that reflects CDS’s values.
• Sales Support & Estimating
• Partner with the field estimator to conduct site assessments and develop accurate, competitive estimates.
• Provide technical expertise during customer consultations to build trust and drive conversion.
• Identify upsell and cross-sell opportunities in the field that align with customer needs.
• Support the development of pricing and scoping standards to improve estimate accuracy and protect margin.
• Conduct generator estimates and consultations with customers
• Follow up on leads, estimates, and pending sales to drive close rates
• Serve as a knowledgeable point of contact for generator products and solutions

P&L Ownership & Business Performance

• Own the full P&L for CDS field operations: revenue, gross margin, job costing, and unit economics across the service territory.
• Track job estimate-versus-actual; identify variances, close gaps, and implement corrective action with urgency.
• Drive attach rate, first-time fix rate, completion quality, and rework metrics with a bias for accountability and measurable outcomes.
• Report directly to the President and CEO with transparency on performance, risks, and operational priorities.

Operational Excellence & Margin Management

• Actively manage field operations with a focus on efficiency, cost control, and profitability.
• Contribute to operational process improvements that enhance productivity and customer satisfaction.
• Maintain compliance with all applicable codes, regulations, and company safety standards.

Qualifications & Certifications

Licenses & Certifications

• Active Master Electrician license required in Maryland — licenses in VA, PA, and DE also required (or willingness and ability to obtain promptly upon hire).
• Valid driver’s license with a clean driving record.
• Generac and/or Kohler factory certification preferred; willingness to obtain required.
• Experience
• Hands-on estimating and job costing: builds bids from scratch, tracks estimate vs. actual, and takes ownership of margin performance.
• Proven field leadership: has run crews of licensed electricians and apprentices, including scheduling, quality assurance, and safety.
• Track record building or scaling a trades operation — ideally in an entrepreneurial or small business environment where wearing multiple hats was the norm.
• Preferred experience with P&L ownership or direct exposure: has carried accountability for revenue, margin, and cost control in an electrical, trades, or home services business.

Skills & Attributes

• Strong leadership and team-building skills; able to inspire and develop employees at all experience levels.
• Excellent verbal communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly to customers and colleagues.
• Commercial acumen with the ability to understand and manage to margin targets.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, with a commitment to quality and code compliance.
• Willingness to travel throughout the MD, PA, VA, and DE service territory as needed.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with the drive and accountability of a business owner.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has supervisory responsibility over field installers and technicians

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear, sit, stand, for 8 hours per day, use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. Repetitive motion. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers. The employee must occasionally lift, push, pull and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus to perform an activity such as preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading, typing and use of wrists, hands, and fingers. This position also operates on the road and employees must be capable of operating a vehicle safely.

Travel

Frequent travel is expected for this position at an average of 60-75% on road travel throughout Maryland, Eastern Pennsylvania, Northern Virginia, and Delaware.

Work Environment

This position operates in in-home residential settings, as a field-based role requiring local travel, as well as operation within our home office, and at retail partner locations through the territory. The role may require evening and weekend appointments based on scheduling and business needs with advanced notice.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.