Substation General Foreman

Key Responsibilities

• Field Leadership & Crew Management
  • Provide overall field leadership for multiple crews performing substation construction activities.
  • Direct Foremen and craft personnel in daily work assignments, sequencing, manpower allocation, equipment utilization, and production.
  • Coordinate electrical, civil, structural, grounding, conduit, equipment installation, and other construction activities within the substation.
  • Develop daily and weekly work plans based on project schedules, available manpower, materials, equipment, and site conditions.
  • Communicate production expectations, safety requirements, project priorities, and quality standards to field personnel.
  • Monitor crew productivity and make adjustments to manpower, equipment, and work sequencing as necessary.
  • Provide leadership, mentoring, and technical guidance to Foremen, Journeymen, apprentices, and other craft personnel.
  • Maintain accountability for field performance while promoting teamwork and professional job-site conduct.
• Substation Construction
  • Oversee construction, expansion, retrofit, and upgrade activities for high-voltage electrical substations.
  • Coordinate installation of major substation equipment including transformers, breakers, switches, bus systems, instrument transformers, control equipment, grounding systems, and associated components.
  • Supervise installation of conduit, cable tray, control cable, power cable, grounding conductors, terminations, and associated electrical systems.
  • Coordinate foundation, structural steel, equipment pad, trench, duct bank, fencing, and other civil/structural activities as required.
  • Oversee substation grounding grid and bonding installations.
  • Review construction drawings, electrical one-lines, schematics, equipment layouts, grounding plans, specifications, and work packages.
  • Verify proper equipment placement, alignment, assembly, connections, grounding, and installation.
  • Coordinate construction activities around existing and energized electrical facilities.
  • Identify constructability concerns, drawing conflicts, and field conditions and communicate them to project management and engineering for resolution.
  • Support outage-related construction activities and ensure work is properly coordinated with utility operations.
• Safety
  • Maintain responsibility for safe execution of all assigned field activities.
  • Enforce OSHA requirements, company safety programs, utility-specific standards, and project safety procedures.
  • Lead and participate in daily job briefings, Job Hazard Analyses (JHAs), pre-task planning, toolbox talks, and safety meetings.
  • Conduct routine job-site safety walks and immediately address unsafe conditions or work practices.
  • Ensure crews understand electrical hazards, minimum approach distances, grounding requirements, excavation hazards, lifting requirements, and energized work restrictions.
  • Verify employees have appropriate PPE, tools, equipment, training, and permits before beginning work.
  • Coordinate safe work practices around energized buses, transformers, transmission lines, underground utilities, and other electrical infrastructure.
  • Promote Stop Work Authority and a proactive safety culture throughout the project.
• Quality Control & Inspection
  • Ensure substation construction activities comply with engineering drawings, specifications, utility standards, and approved construction procedures.
  • Conduct and document field inspections of electrical, structural, grounding, conduit, cable, and equipment installations.
  • Verify work prior to backfill, concrete placement, concealment, energization, or turnover.
  • Identify deficiencies and coordinate corrective actions with Foremen, contractors, quality personnel, and project management.
  • Coordinate inspections with utility representatives, engineers, QA/QC…