Lead Electrical Inspector

Job Description

Electrical Lead

The Electrical Lead provides discipline leadership for electrical inspection, inspection readiness, code compliance verification, deficiency management, reinspection coordination, and field execution support. This position leads electrical inspectors and coordinates with project leadership, construction teams, quality personnel, engineers, contractors, owners, and authorities having jurisdiction as required.

The Electrical Lead is responsible for ensuring electrical work is reviewed and inspected against approved drawings, specifications, applicable codes, standards, permit conditions, and project requirements. The role requires strong field leadership, electrical trade expertise, documentation discipline, communication skills, and the ability to identify and escalate code, quality, safety, and schedule risks.

• Lead electrical inspection activities and provide technical direction to electrical inspectors assigned to the project or program.
• Coordinate inspection priorities, active work fronts, hold points, readiness walks, reinspection needs, and discipline‑specific field support.
• Support the Program Manager, Project Manager, or Construction Manager with electrical staffing needs, inspection forecasts, resource loading, and issue escalation.
• Promote consistent inspection practices, technical judgment, documentation quality, and professional conduct across the electrical inspection team.
• Interface with electrical contractors, design representatives, owners, project stakeholders, and jurisdictional representatives as required.

• Perform and oversee electrical inspections for power distribution, feeders, branch circuits, equipment installations, grounding and bonding, raceways, cable tray, lighting, panels, switch gear, transformers, generators, UPS systems, fire alarm interfaces, low voltage interfaces, controls interfaces, and other electrical systems as applicable.
• Verify work is installed in accordance with approved drawings, specifications, applicable adopted codes, manufacturer requirements, listing requirements, and project standards.
• Confirm inspection hold points, close‑in inspections, rough‑in inspections, above‑ceiling inspections, energization readiness, final inspections, and turnover‑related inspections are properly coordinated and documented.
• Identify incomplete, noncompliant, unsafe, inaccessible, or not‐ready work and ensure proper documentation and follow‑up.
• Support deficiency tracking, correction verification, and reinspection closure.

• Support constructability reviews, inspection‑readiness reviews, and field‑enforce ability checks for electrical scope where requested.
• Review approved drawings, specifications, details, permit requirements, inspection matrices, and electrical installation requirements to support field execution.
• Identify potential conflicts, code concerns, missing details, coordination gaps, or field execution risks and elevate them through the proper channels.
• Coordinate with engineering, design, quality, and construction stakeholders regarding technical questions, design clarifications, and field conditions.

• Prepare, review, and maintain accurate electrical inspection reports, field notes, deficiency logs, reinspection records, photo documentation, punch lists, and closeout records.
• Ensure electrical inspection documentation is complete, traceable, professional, and suitable for audit or turnover requirements.
• Support weekly or periodic reporting of inspection activity, failed inspections, open deficiencies, reinspection volume, aging items, risk items, and staffing needs.
• Maintain consistent use of approved forms, inspection systems, logs, dashboards, and document control processes.

• Reinforce safe inspection practices, electrical safety awareness, access control, and site‑specific safety requirements.
• Identify and escalate unsafe conditions, energized work concerns, access limitations, lockout/tagout concerns, or other conditions that may…