Lead Electrician

Lead Electrician

Location: Gainesville, GA
Salary: Based on Experience
Employment Type: Direct Hire
Relocation Assistance: Not Available
Start Date: ASAP

Position Summary

As a Lead Electrician overseeing one or more electricians and/or apprentices, this is a hands-on role that requires actively participating in fieldwork alongside the team while providing daily oversight, guidance, and management.

Duties and Responsibilities

The responsibilities below are organized into categories for clarity and reflect the scope of the position.

1. Project Planning and Execution

• Utilize the "Communication is the KEY to Success" training (see attached).
• Review project schedules and interpret blueprints, plans, and specifications to plan electrical installations, including daily and hourly project layouts.
• Be responsible for the layout and interpretation of electrical systems, ensuring accurate implementation.
• Order materials and supplies needed for projects and manage inventory to avoid delays.
• Install conduit, including layout, measuring, cutting, threading, and bending.
• Provide accurate wire measurements and set up wire pulls using appropriate equipment to efficiently utilize crew members and equipment.
• Terminate switchboards, transformers, panels, and disconnects, ensuring proper connections and compliance with electrical codes.
• Utilize meters to test voltage, amperage, and resistance.
• Be creative in acquiring new methods, skills, and approaches to performing tasks. Understand your crew's strengths and weaknesses to better utilize their abilities and provide training.
• Coordinate with other trades, owners, and equipment providers regarding installation timelines, coordination, and direction of the installation. Document each meeting in WiSE, Procore, or OneNote.

2. Operational and Administrative Duties

• If issued a company-owned vehicle, operate it safely to transport personnel, tools, and materials to and from job sites while abiding by all traffic laws and CEC guidelines. Complete daily inventories of all tools issued to the vehicle.
• Be responsible for all tools and equipment issued to a work order, including keeping them in good working order and returning them to the CEC Warehouse in a timely manner when not in use.
• Use WiSE software to schedule equipment pickup when items are ready to be returned.
• If equipment requires repair, use WiSE software to create a repair request with relevant information and pictures as necessary to notify the warehouse.
• Manage onsite operations. Your daily work order notification will identify whether you are designated as the "Lead" or "Foreman" for the day. When acting as Lead Electrician or Daily Foreman, you are responsible for coordinating with other trades, managing timelines, and ensuring quality control.
• When another employee is designated as the "Lead" or "Foreman," coordinate with that individual daily regarding all your responsibilities listed above. Your role does not change to that of an electrician without responsibility.

3. Team Management and Supervision

• Demonstrate a strong commitment to a collaborative team environment, emphasizing team success over individual success.
• Manage and supervise a team of electricians and apprentices, including assigning tasks, providing guidance, and monitoring performance.
• Create tasks in WiSE, Procore, and/or OneNote, with timelines for installation activities to ensure efficient workflow for the crew.
• WiSE is the preferred method for creating tasks for your crew.
• OneNote is the preferred planning method for large notes and pictures.
• Use Procore when required by the project.
• Create examples and demonstrations for the crew to follow, promoting best practices and skill development.
• Collaborate with HR on employee-related matters, including production evaluations, morale improvement, tardiness, disciplinary actions, safety, and other personnel issues.
• Demonstrate eagerness to self-train and learn software, new procedures, safety requirements, and planning methods. Develop reusable project examples, pictures, and documentation for future planning.

4. Software Usage

• Utilize WiSE software to create tasks, purchase orders, and CEC equipment reservations, including receiving orders onsite and requesting equipment returns.
• Utilize Procore for drawing reviews and coordination, including submitting RFIs (Requests for Information), reviewing submittals, uploading pictures, and marking up drawings with completion dates or notes.
• Use an iPad and PDF software for onsite documentation, plan reviews, and annotations.
• Use an iPad to take pictures and mark them up with notes or examples, saving them to WiSE, Procore, or OneNote.
• Use Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and OneNote, and become more proficient in each through experience.

5. Safety and Compliance

• Demonstrate a strong commitment to safety, including wearing PPE and ensuring all employees wear their PPE. Adhere to safety practices, report workplace hazards and/or incidents to HR and the Project Manager, support the safety program, and complete required safety training on time.
• Ensure safety standards are met at all times by adhering to the CEC Safety Manual, OSHA regulations, and customer-specific safety requirements.
• When organizing crews and assigning tasks, recognize when Job Hazard Analyses (JHAs) or additional safe work practices are necessary. Discuss job-specific safety requirements with your Foreman, Project Manager, or CEC Safety Manager.
• Conduct regular safety inspections of your crew and enforce safe work practices to prevent accidents and maintain a secure job site.

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Professional appearance and conduct.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with coworkers, suppliers, and customers.
• Ability to operate equipment such as forklifts, aerial lifts, boom lifts, mini excavators, and skid steers.
• High attention to detail.
• Ability to change focus and assignments with short notice.
• Ability to work in tight spaces and locations above ground.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Valid driver's license.

Education and Experience:

• 7 years of industrial electrician experience.
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Extensive knowledge of electrical systems.
• Ability to read diagrams, blueprints, and other specifications.
• Procore experience preferred but not required.
• Proficiency in handling, operating, and maintaining construction equipment and tools.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job