What are the responsibilities and job description for the Commercial Electrical Foreman -- Travel Position position at Trade Scouts?
The job
You'll run crews on commercial electrical work: ground-up new construction, remodels, service upgrades, and national rollout programs for retail and facility clients. This is a hands-on foreman role — you're reading prints, running conduit, and terminating devices alongside your crew, not just directing from a truck.
Day to day
- Manage electrical scope from rough-in through final on new construction and remodel projects
- Assign work, set job site expectations, and keep the crew productive and safe
- Read blueprints and construction documents; lay out work accurately
- Quality control testing and troubleshooting
- Order, receive, and stage materials so the crew isn't waiting
- Handle daily documentation and reporting on time
- Coordinate directly with store and facilities managers on site
- Teach and develop apprentices and journeymen under you
What you need
- 8 years commercial electrical experience, with time running crews
- Solid working knowledge of installing commercial electrical systems
- 3 years reading blueprints and construction documents
- Willing to travel — this role is roughly 75% travel
- Valid driver's license, reliable transportation, and your own hand tools
- Comfortable on a computer; Procore experience is a plus
- Able to work nights, weekends, and overtime as jobs require
- Physically able to climb ladders and move moderately heavy material
Pay and benefits
- $38.00–$50.00/hr, depending on experience — paid weekly
- $4/hr shift differential on night work
- Overtime available; 10-hour shifts, weekends as scheduled
- Medical, dental, and vision
- FSA and HSA options
- Employer-paid short-term and long-term disability, life insurance, and EAP
- 401(k) with company match
- Paid time off and paid holidays
- Parental leave
- $100 referral bonus per hire
- Training and continuing education support
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Position details
- Full-time
- 10-hour shifts, overtime, weekends
- Hiring timeline: within one week
Salary : $38 - $50