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.

This is a Louisiana-based fabrication operation with a recognizable industrial name and a substantial shop footprint. It builds large, engineered piping assemblies for major industrial projects, and recent announcements suggest they are expanding into both power generation and more specialized work such as pharmaceutical piping.

Company Description

This is a Louisiana-based fabrication operation with a recognizable industrial name and a substantial shop footprint. It builds large, engineered piping assemblies for major industrial projects, and recent announcements suggest they are expanding into both power generation and more specialized work such as pharmaceutical piping.