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Encore Electric, Inc. Electrician Foreman in Lakewood, Colorado
Description
Compensation: $38.00 - $48.00 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 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
Process Improvement
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
Risk Management
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
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 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
General
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
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
Physical Requirements:
A functional physical is required to be completed and passed before work can be performed in all field positions. The physical requirements can often be completed repetitively and for extended periods. These requirements include:
Driving
Sitting
Climbing
Lifting, floor to chest (up to 50lbs)
Lifting, floor to waist (up to 50lbs)
Lifting, waist to overhead (up to 30lbs each arm)
Carrying (up to 50lbs)
Standing
Stooping
Vision acuity (near, far, and without color deficiencies)
Walking
Kneeling
Trimming (final installation of electrical devices)
Pushing (up to 100lbs)
Pulling (up to 100lbs)
Requirements:
High School Diploma or equivalent is required
A degree in a related field is preferred
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
Completion of Leadership Level I Leadership (Supervision) is preferred
Encore is a legacy company that has a strong track record of promoting from within our workforce. There is a career path for you at Encore!
You will have access to Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance. We have Benefit Programs that include a no cost option for our employees.
Employees have access to Short-Term, Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance.
A retirement plan, including an employee-matched 401(k).
An Employee Assistance Program that includes counseling, legal and financial advice.
Receive Paid Time Off (PTO) and all major holidays.
Get technical, safety, personal finance, and leadership training through “Encore University”. This program is at no cost to our employees and will help further your personal growth and your career!
Generous Employee Referral Program!
REQUIREMENTS:
Ability to use and operate a Forklift and Strong work ethic and communication skills are also required.
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 cell phone allowances and the short-term incentive program.
Applications will close for this position on: December 31, 2024
To request an accommodation during the application process, please contact HR@EncoreElectric.com .
Encore Electric, Inc. is an EOE, including disability/vets.
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