Electrical Superintendent

About the role

The Electrical Superintendent 3 is a senior leadership position responsible for providing strategic direction, technical oversight, and multi-project supervision across ESI’s most complex electrical projects. These projects encompass commercial, industrial, federal, and mission-critical environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior leadership over multiple simultaneous electrical projects, including large-scale builds, industrial facilities, federal installations, and mission-critical environments.
• Mentor, develop, and lead Superintendent 1 & 2 personnel, General Foremen, Foremen, Journeymen, and Apprentices, ensuring consistent application of ESI leadership standards and technical excellence.
• Participate in division-level planning, including manpower forecasting, advancement pathways, training initiatives, and succession planning.
• Represent the Electrical Division in executive-level coordination meetings, owner interactions, and high-level project planning discussions.
• Lead constructability reviews, schedule sequencing, high-risk activity planning, and resource distribution across projects.
• Evaluate project staffing needs and assist in selecting, assigning, and developing future leaders within the electrical workforce.
• Provide rapid response troubleshooting, problem-solving, and technical leadership for complex field challenges.
• Ensure division-wide adherence to ESI’s safety culture, including high-risk electrical operations, energized work policies, and incident-prevention strategies.

Advanced Technical Oversight, Controls & SCADA

• Oversee installation, commissioning, and integration of advanced electrical infrastructure, including: – Medium- and high-voltage distribution – Complex switchgear and MCC configurations – Generators, ATS systems, UPS units – Automation, PLCs, VFDs, and industrial control systems – SCADA system architecture, field device communication, networking, and programming coordination
• Act as the subject-matter expert for controls logic, system automation, instrumentation, and communication protocols (Modbus, BACnet, Ethernet/IP, etc.).
• Cookordinate with engineers, programmers, integrators, and commissioning agents to ensure proper SCADA functionality, alarming, data acquisition, and system interoperability.
• Resolve advanced electrical and controls-related issues that impact safety, performance, sequence of operations, or mechanical/electrical integration.
• Lead detailed testing and commissioning efforts, including system verification, torque audits, megger testing, power-up procedures, SCADA validation, and turnover documentation.
• Approve complex electrical design changes, evaluate engineered solutions, and review critical RFI and submittal packages for constructability and code compliance.
• Serve as the highest-level technical resource for NEC interpretation, NFPA 70E compliance, and engineered electrical system requirements.

Project Coordination, Quality, and Compliance

• Provide executive-level coordination with project managers, general contractors, engineering teams, and owner representatives to ensure project alignment, risk management, and technical compliance.
• Aid in preconstruction planning, including estimating support, long-lead material identification, value-engineering strategies, and risk assessments.
• Lead QA/QC initiatives across the division, ensuring installation standards exceed project specifications and client expectations.
• Review and approve project documentation such as redlines, as-builts, commissioning logs, startup checklists, SCADA validation reports, and testing records.
• Cookordinate shutdown sequencing, utility interactions, temporary power distribution, and system energization activities.
• Maintain awareness of jurisdictional requirements, national codes, federal standards, and project-specific security or compliance mandates.
• Support contract review, schedule impacts, cost projections, and change-order justification in partnership with project management.

Qualifications/Skills

• Valid Journeyman Electrician License (State-specific).
• 12–15+ years of electrical field experience with 7+ years in high-level supervisory roles (General Foreman, Superintendent 1/2, or equivalent).
• Extensive experience leading large or multi-site electrical projects in commercial, industrial, or federal environments.
• Advanced knowledge of the NEC, NFPA 70E, OSHA requirements, and electrical engineering principles.
• Demonstrated expertise with control systems, PLC logic, automation networks, instrumentation, and SCADA integration.
• Strong understanding of power distribution, grounding/bonding, equipment coordination studies, arc-flash analysis, and system protection strategies.
• Proven ability to coordinate with engineering teams and resolve complex design challenges using field-engineering solutions.
• Strong proficiency in reading and interpreting engineering drawings, panel schedules, sequence of operations, and control schematics.
• High-level leadership, communication, negotiation, and conflict-resolution skills.
• Ability to manage multiple teams and high-value projects with competing deadlines.