E&I Foreman

Job Description

Job Description

E&I Foreman — Major West Texas Data Center Project

Pay: Up to $52/hour

Schedule: 13 on/1 off days

Shift: 6:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. O.T. paid

Daily Per Diem of $150 per day ($4500.00 per month)

Help build the systems behind the next generation of technology.

Data centers are the backbone of the digital services people use every day. Join a major data center construction project in West Texas and lead the electrical and instrumentation work that helps bring this critical infrastructure online.

As an E&I Foreman, you’ll direct field crews through installation, testing, commissioning support, and turnover. You’ll work alongside other trades and project teams to keep work moving safely, meet quality standards, and deliver a complex project built at significant scale.

What you’ll do

• Lead electricians, instrument technicians, apprentices, and helpers across an assigned crew, area, or work package.
• Review drawings, specifications, work packages, cable schedules, and installation details before work begins.
• Plan daily activities, assign work, lead pre-task planning, and make sure the crew understands job hazards.
• Supervise installation of conduit, cable tray, conductors, grounding, lighting, panels, switchgear, transformers, controls, instrumentation, and equipment connections.
• Verify work against project documents, applicable codes, manufacturer requirements, and quality standards.
• Track labor hours, installed quantities, materials, inspections, punch items, constraints, and progress.
• Coordinate inspections, testing, terminations, startup support, energization readiness, commissioning activities, and turnover documentation.
• Coordinate with other trades and raise safety, quality, schedule, or production concerns promptly.
• Coach crew members and address unsafe behavior, workmanship issues, or production challenges.

What you’ll bring

• At least 7 years of electrical or instrumentation construction experience , including lead-person or foreman responsibilities.
• Hands-on knowledge of E&I installation, testing practices, tools, and safe-work requirements.
• Ability to read and apply one-line diagrams, schematics, plans, specifications, cable schedules, and installation details.
• Experience planning daily work, assigning labor, estimating material needs, tracking production, and meeting schedule commitments.
• Working knowledge of the National Electrical Code, OSHA requirements, lockout/tagout, and electrical safe-work practices.
• Strong communication, documentation, coaching, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to meet project screening and site-access requirements.

Experience that’s a plus

• Data center, mission-critical, semiconductor, power generation, or industrial construction.
• Work with switchgear, transformers, generators, UPS systems, PDUs, grounding, controls, terminations, testing, or commissioning support.
• Journeyman electrician license, where applicable.
• OSHA 30, NFPA 70E, CPR/first aid, or equivalent safety training.
• Experience documenting field progress and completion in digital systems.

Ready to take the lead?

Bring your E&I field experience to a large-scale data center project where safety, teamwork, and quality work matter every day. Apply today.