Commercial electrical production manager job description
A commercial electrical production manager decides how the crews install and check their work, then sees that it happens on every job. They hold foremen to the code, the safety rules and the company standard. They also work with inspectors, test firms and other outside crews so each building is ready to hand over.
By the HireBus team · Updated · Pay data: BLS, May 2025
Median pay, electrical contractors · BLS, May 2025
Annual pay: 10th percentile $73,110, middle half $91,490 to $144,780, 90th percentile $186,150. Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
Reports to
Operations Manager
Department
Operations
Schedule
Weekdays 8 to 5, visiting jobs daily · Drives between job sites in the region, some overtime in heavy phases, and periodic on-call duty for urgent job problems
Also called
Installation manager · Construction manager · Field quality manager · Director of installation
Commercial electrical production manager job description template
This is our Role Blueprint, word for word. Replace the highlighted fields and adjust the example targets and pay to fit your company.
Lead and manage commercial electrical installation projects to ensure quality, safety, and code compliance while driving operational efficiency and customer satisfaction.
2. Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Oversee all commercial electrical installations ensuring strict code compliance and adherence to safety standards.
Manage and mentor installation teams to maintain productivity and high-quality workmanship.
Develop and enforce safety protocols to ensure a risk-free work environment.
Coordinate with external contractors and inspectors to guarantee project success.
3. Key Tasks / Daily Activities
Conduct daily briefings with installation teams and provide technical guidance.
Inspect ongoing projects for electrical code compliance and safety adherence.
Communicate with clients to update on project status and address concerns.
Prepare and review project documentation, schedules, and progress reports.
Safety Incident Rate: Maintain a record of ≤2% safety incidents per quarter.
Code Compliance Score: Sustain a 100% compliance rate during inspections.
Customer Satisfaction Rating: Secure a customer satisfaction score of ≥4.8 stars.
5. Required Qualifications and Skills
Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Construction Management, or related field.
Minimum of 5 years of experience in commercial electrical installations or similar roles.
Strong leadership and team management skills.
Excellent knowledge of electrical codes, safety regulations, and compliance requirements.
6. Preferred Experience
Prior experience in managing commercial electrical projects in the home services sector.
Proven track record of successful project completions within set budgets and timelines.
Experience working in fast-paced environments with multiple concurrent projects.
Familiarity with advanced project management software and tools.
7. Physical Requirements
Ability to occasionally lift up to 50 lbs.
Frequent exposure to outdoor worksites under various environmental conditions.
Ability to work in confined spaces and on elevated platforms as necessary.
Capacity to stand, walk, and exert physical effort during inspections and project oversight.
8. Work Environment and Schedule
Typical work hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
Occasional overtime may be required during peak project phases.
Travel to various job sites within the region is expected.
On-call duties for emergency project issues may be required periodically.
9. Compensation and Benefits
Salary range of $75,000 to $95,000 per year based on experience.
Eligibility for performance-based bonuses and/or commission structure.
Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance packages.
401(k) plan with company match, paid time off, and additional fringe benefits.
10. Company Culture and Overview
We foster a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and professional growth.
Our team is dedicated to customer satisfaction and quality workmanship in every project.
We value collaboration, integrity, and transparency in all business operations.
We offer ongoing training opportunities to help our employees level up their skills and careers.
11. How to Apply
If you meet the above criteria and want to be part of a growth-oriented company focused on customer satisfaction, please send your resume to [INSERT EMAIL HERE] or apply online at [INSERT WEBSITE LINK HERE].
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What a commercial electrical production manager answers for
Other leaders here choose the jobs and staff them. The production manager decides what good work looks like on every one of those jobs, then checks that it happened and that nobody got hurt doing it.
One install standard for every crew
Ten foremen will run the same conduit ten ways unless someone writes down how. The production manager sets the company way: how pipe is held up and labeled, typed panel directories, color codes, and every lug tightened to the maker's torque, with a paint mark to show it. Then they check jobs against it. A building should look the same no matter which crew wired it.
Your crew's hazard can hurt another trade
On a shared site, other trades walk past whatever electricians leave behind, like a live panel with its cover off. OSHA's multi-employer policy covers this. The company that created a hazard that breaks an OSHA rule can be cited even if only other companies' workers were exposed. So the production manager makes closing up gear part of every foreman's end-of-day walk. Source: OSHA: Multi-employer citation policy (CPL 02-00-124).
The day the gear goes live
Once permanent switchgear is energized, the building changes for every trade still in it. OSHA's construction rules say live parts at 50 volts or more must be enclosed or kept where only qualified people can reach them, such as a room limited to them. Entrances to rooms with exposed live parts need clear signs that keep unqualified people out. The production manager sets the energizing steps: notice to the general contractor, locks, signs and who holds the keys. Source: 29 CFR 1926.403(i)(2): Guarding of live parts in construction (eCFR).
Incident rates use hours, not head count
The template writes its safety target as a share of incidents. OSHA's own forms use a rate instead, and it's the number to have ready when a general contractor's safety form asks. Multiply recordable injuries and illnesses by 200,000, then divide by all hours worked. That base stands for 100 people working full time for a year. Cases with days away, restricted work or a job transfer give a second rate the same way. Source: OSHA: Forms for recordkeeping, including how to calculate incidence rates.
How much commercial electrical production managers make
The closest BLS group for commercial electrical production managers is construction managers. Construction managers who work for electrical contractors earned a median of $114,450 a year ($55.02 an hour) in May 2025, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s about the same as the $114,990 median for construction managers in all industries. About 21,840 of the 380,360 construction managers in that survey work for electrical contractors.
Salaried, with a bonus or commission per the template. Weigh any bonus on all four template measures together. For the safety part, reward audits done and hazards fixed. A bonus tied to few injuries can push people to hide one.
Electrical contractors
$114,450$114,450 median Middle half $91,490–$144,780 10th–90th $73,110–$186,150
All industries
$114,990$114,990 median Middle half $88,550–$151,640 10th–90th $69,690–$189,440
$50k$75k$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k$225k
10th–90th percentileMiddle halfMedianAnnual pay, May 2025. Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.
Annual pay by percentile
Group
10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
Electrical contractors
$73,110
$91,490
$114,450
$144,780
$186,150
All industries
$69,690
$88,550
$114,990
$151,640
$189,440
BLS reports residential and commercial electrical contractors together. Post a real range for your market in the ad.
The pay line in the template above is an example from our Role Blueprint. Set yours from these figures and what local companies pay.
Skills to hire for, and what you can teach
Hire for these
Has led installs on commercial buildings with three-phase services and switchgear
Knows the electrical code well enough to argue a correction with an inspector on the facts
Turns the company's install rules into checklists a foreman can use on a lift
Won't let gear be energized until the room is locked and signed, whatever the schedule says
Reads inspection logs and injury records for patterns and acts on them
Teach these on the job
Your install standard, checklists and photo rules
Which test firms and commissioning agents your customers use
Your energizing steps and electrical room key control
What each city's electrical inspectors look at hardest
OSHA injury log entries and incident rate math
Most of the week runs through a site audit app with photo checklists, the project software that holds drawings and inspection results, and the company's OSHA injury log. The ad should say whether this role signs off before new gear is energized, since that authority changes who you should hire.
Commercial electrical production manager interview questions
Two of the 6 questions we'd ask, and what a strong answer sounds like. Ask every candidate the same questions, and rate each answer on your own before you compare notes.
Situational · Code compliance
An inspector writes up the same code issue on several of your jobs. What do you do?
A strong answer: Confirms the requirement, trains all foremen, adds it to the checklist, and checks the next jobs personally.
Behavioral · Leading crews
Tell me about a time you turned around an electrical crew that kept running over on hours or failing inspections.
A strong answer: Found the causes (crew mix, foreman skills, material flow, rework), made specific changes, and shows the result in hours or quality.
Break each one out by foreman, so a pattern points to a crew. Set starting targets from last year's closed jobs, your OSHA log and your inspection records.
Project Completion Rate
Count late phases by foreman, and tag each one's cause: your crew, late gear or another trade. Only the first is a production problem, so that's the one to raise with the foreman.
Safety Incident Rate
Work out the recordable rate each quarter from your OSHA log and payroll hours, and keep a log of near misses and shocks that caused no injury. Treat a rise in near misses as an early warning.
Code Compliance Score
Correction notices per inspection, sorted by inspection type and by foreman. Give underground and above-ceiling inspections their own lines, because fixes there mean digging or pulling tiles.
Customer Satisfaction Rating
Ask the owner's facility staff, who will run the building, to rate the turnover: labels, test reports and training. Set that beside the general contractor's rating of your crews.
Career path
Field supervisorLearns the company's install standard by running it on one job.
General foreman or superintendentRuns the biggest sites and starts writing checklists other foremen use.
Production managerSets and checks how every crew installs, tests and works safely.
Operations managerAdds crew staffing for every job to quality and safety.
Where does the production manager's job end and the operations manager's begin?
The operations manager decides who works where: which foremen, and how many electricians each job gets this week. The production manager owns how the work gets done, and checks it: the install standard, site safety, inspection results and turnover. When a job slips, the two compare notes. One asks whether the crew is big enough, the other whether work keeps coming back for corrections.
How much does a commercial electrical production manager make?
Construction managers who work for electrical contractors earned a median of $114,450 a year ($55.02 an hour) in May 2025, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The middle half earned between $91,490 and $144,780 a year. Pay also depends on your local market, experience and bonus terms.
Which outside contractors does a commercial electrical production manager work with?
Usually the firm that tests new switchgear, the fire alarm and low-voltage subs, any trenching or boring sub, the utility's crew on service day, and each city's inspectors. On some jobs the owner's commissioning agent joins them. The production manager has the work ready before each one shows up. Every test result then goes in the closeout file.
Should a commercial electrical production manager have an engineering degree?
The template calls for a bachelor's in electrical engineering, construction management or something close to them, plus five years of commercial installs. A graduate who spent years as a field engineer can fit. So can a general foreman who earned the degree along the way. What matters most is judging a field problem on the spot. Ask each finalist about an inspection they disagreed with and how it ended.
Which site tasks does a commercial electrical production manager handle?
Going up in a lift to look above a ceiling, and stepping into vaults, cramped electrical rooms and crawl spaces. Walking job sites in every season. Now and then, lifting a box of material, never more than the 50 pounds the template lists. List those tasks in the ad, follow each site's gear rules, and invite candidates to ask about accommodations.
