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Job overview
The Senior Site Electrical Supervisor leads and coordinates electrical installation activities at customer sites, manages subcontractors, ensures compliance with drawings, codes, and quality standards, conducts walkthroughs, resolves issues, supports documentation, oversees testing and commissioning, troubleshoots controls, and provides standby support while traveling extensively.
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Your Tasks:
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Lead and coordinate electrical installation activities at customer sites.
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Manage electrical subcontractors and monitor performance, safety, quality, schedule, and contract completion.
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Serve as the site liaison among project management, engineering, senior site leadership, subcontractors, trades, customers, and commissioning teams.
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Ensure electrical installations conform to engineering drawings, project specifications, applicable codes, and quality standards.
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Conduct pre-job walkthroughs with trade councils and resolve jurisdictional or work-demarcation issues.
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Lead internal and subcontractor site-coordination meetings, document decisions, and issue meeting minutes and follow-up actions.
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Resolve field installation, coordination, and minor engineering issues in partnership with the appropriate technical teams.
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Support customer bulletins, field orders, change requests, and other project documentation.
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Create and monitor contractor punch lists through final completion.
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Coordinate subcontractor equipment testing, documentation, turnover, and handoff to commissioning personnel.
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Verify hardwired electrical installations and support equipment startup, testing, and commissioning.
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Troubleshoot controls hardware, software, industrial networks, and installation-related issues.
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Record baseline data, collect project-performance information, mark up drawing changes, and generate reports as required.
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Participate in and actively support all site safety, quality, and housekeeping programs.
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Provide standby and customer support as needed.
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Work collaboratively on major projects and independently on smaller assignments.
Your Skills:
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Technical training as a master electrician, electrical technician, electrical installation specialist, or a comparable qualification.
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At least three years of electrical installation supervisory experience.
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Demonstrated experience leading industrial electrical installation work for machinery, equipment, or large-scale production systems.
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Experience installing power-distribution systems and heavy-duty electrical stations.
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Experience installing, testing, and measuring industrial networks such as Ethernet and PROFINET.
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Working knowledge of applicable European and U.S. electrical codes and standards, including EN 60204-1, UL 508A, NEC, and NFPA requirements.
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Experience managing subcontractors and working effectively within union and labor-relations environments.
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OSHA 30 certification and working knowledge of OSHA requirements.
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Ability to read and interpret electrical and engineering drawings, specifications, and technical documentation.
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Ability to troubleshoot electrical installations and controls hardware and software during startup and commissioning.
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Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
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Ability to travel approximately 90% and work evenings, weekends, holidays, and overtime based on project needs.
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