An electrical field supervisor owns quality and safety across your crews. They walk rough-ins before the inspector does and help crews past problems they're stuck on. They check ladders, lockouts and tags, and keep builders and homeowners posted.
By the HireBus team · Updated · Pay data: BLS, May 2025
Median pay, electrical contractors · BLS, May 2025
The Field Supervisor - Electrical is responsible for overseeing job sites, ensuring the highest quality of electrical installations, and addressing any on-site challenges. This role plays a pivotal part in maintaining safety standards and operational excellence while contributing to the overall success of the company.
2. Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Oversee daily operations on electrical job sites to ensure work is completed according to project specifications.
Conduct quality inspections to verify compliance with industry and safety standards.
Collaborate with subcontractors, technicians, and project managers to coordinate effective workflow.
Identify and resolve on-site issues and technical challenges promptly.
Maintain detailed documentation of project progress, quality checks, and job site conditions.
3. Key Tasks / Daily Activities
Perform daily site inspections to assess electrical installations and overall job site coordination.
Address technical issues and provide hands-on support to the field teams.
Review project blueprints and specifications to ensure accurate execution of tasks.
Communicate with clients to provide updates and resolve any service concerns.
4. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Job Completion Rate: Achieve a completion rate of ≥ 95%.
Quality Inspection Pass Rate: Maintain a 98% compliance rate during inspections.
Safety Incident Rate: Keep incidents below 2% per quarter.
Client Satisfaction Rating: Ensure a rating of > 4.8 stars consistently.
5. Required Qualifications and Skills
Hold an Electrical Journeyman certification or equivalent certification.
Possess a minimum of 3 years of supervisory experience in the home electrical services industry or a similar field.
Demonstrate strong leadership and effective problem-solving capabilities.
Be proficient in reading and interpreting technical documents and blueprints.
6. Preferred Experience
Experience in managing residential electrical projects with significant field supervision responsibilities.
Prior exposure to project management within the electrical services industry.
Familiarity with local and national electrical codes and regulations.
Background in fast-paced, customer-oriented environments.
7. Physical Requirements
Ability to lift up to 50 lbs regularly during site inspections and material handling.
Frequent standing, walking, and climbing required throughout the day.
Experience working in outdoor conditions with various weather exposures.
Comfort working in tight or confined spaces when necessary.
8. Work Environment and Schedule
Typical work hours are 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday.
Occasional overtime, travel between job sites, and weekend assignments are required.
On-call duties may be necessary to address emergency site issues.
A balanced mix of office-based work and extensive fieldwork is expected.
9. Compensation and Benefits
Salary range: $60,000 - $75,000 per year based on experience.
Performance-based bonus opportunities available.
Comprehensive benefits package including Health, Dental, and Vision coverage.
Additional benefits include a 401k retirement plan and Paid Time Off.
10. Company Culture and Overview
[INSERT COMPANY NAME HERE] is a dynamic, growth-oriented company committed to excellence in the home services industry.
We foster an inclusive, supportive work environment where each team member's contribution is highly valued.
Our culture emphasizes continuous learning, professional development, and career growth.
We are dedicated to delivering superior customer satisfaction and innovative solutions that drive success for our employees and clients.
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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Every field supervisor answers for quality and safety. With electricians, the work vanishes behind drywall, a missed step can shock someone, and builder subdivisions and lived-in homes run on different rules.
Rough-in gets checked before the walls close
Once insulation and drywall go up, a crowded box, a missing staple or the wrong wire size is buried. The supervisor walks each rough-in before the city inspector does, with the plans in hand, and photographs the panel and the runs. A failed rough-in also holds up the insulation and drywall crews. The builder remembers who caused it.
No metal ladders near live parts
Under OSHA's ladder rules for construction, if a worker or the ladder itself might contact exposed energized equipment, the side rails must not conduct electricity. Electricians work near live parts at panels, meters and service masts, so a simple rule works: no metal ladders on electrical jobs. The supervisor enforces it, and tags any ladder with broken or split rails and takes it out of service. Source: OSHA: Ladders in construction (29 CFR 1926.1053).
Tags on every panel job
Service upgrades and remodels mean work on a home's panel. OSHA's construction rules say a circuit that's been shut off must be made inoperative and tagged at every point where it could be turned back on. In a lived-in home, that includes the main breaker a homeowner might flip when the lights go out. The supervisor checks the tags on site, not just the paperwork. Source: OSHA: Lockout and tagging of circuits in construction (29 CFR 1926.417).
Crawl spaces and attics get a look first
OSHA's fact sheet on home building says each employer must have a competent person identify confined spaces before work begins. Crawl spaces usually don't trigger most of the rules unless they hold a hazard like an exposed live wire, which is what electricians may find. Extreme attic heat can also make an attic a permit-required space. Train your supervisor to make those calls. Source: OSHA fact sheet: Confined spaces in residential construction.
Two kinds of job sites in one day
A morning in a subdivision means working around framers, plumbers and the builder's superintendent, with a punch list due before closing. An afternoon at a panel upgrade means a homeowner who needs to know when the power goes off and when it comes back. The supervisor switches between the two and keeps both on time.
How much electrical field supervisors make
The closest BLS group for electrical field supervisors is First-Line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers. First-Line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers who work for electrical contractors earned a median of $44.95 an hour ($93,500 a year) in May 2025, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s above the $79,920 median for First-Line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers in all industries. About 79,660 of the 812,210 First-Line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers in that survey work for electrical contractors.
This template is salaried, with a performance bonus best tied to first-try inspection passes and safety audit scores. Being salaried doesn't settle overtime by itself. Under federal rules, electricians who aren't managers are owed it however highly paid, so check how much of the week really goes to supervising.
Electrical contractors
$93,500$93,500 median Middle half $76,550–$118,230 10th–90th $61,980–$140,980
All industries
$79,920$79,920 median Middle half $63,400–$101,460 10th–90th $53,280–$128,260
$25k$50k$75k$100k$125k$150k$175k
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
$61,980
$76,550
$93,500
$118,230
$140,980
All industries
$53,280
$63,400
$79,920
$101,460
$128,260
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
Journeyman-level wiring knowledge, enough to spot a code problem at a glance
Reads plans and electrical layouts and checks the work against them
Gives direct feedback on a job site and follows up on it
Stops work for a safety problem even when the builder is pushing
Keeps builders and homeowners informed without being asked
Teach these on the job
The checklist and job photos you expect at each rough-in
How you book inspections and handle a failed one
How you write up incidents and run confined space checks
How each builder posts its schedule and runs punch lists
Running a crew as a new boss
Supervisors carry a multimeter, a plug-in GFCI tester and a non-contact voltage tester, and they pull up plans, job photos and the schedule on a tablet. Tell candidates whether the job covers new construction, service and remodels or all three, and whether a truck comes with it.
Electrical field supervisor interview questions
They have their own page: 6 questions that test this job, what strong and weak answers sound like, and a work exercise to run with your finalists.
Count these for every crew the supervisor covers, and set targets once a season of your own numbers is in.
Job Completion Rate
Jobs wrapped up on their scheduled date, with no second trip for unfinished work, across all the supervisor's crews. Divide by jobs scheduled, and track builder phases and service work separately.
Quality Inspection Pass Rate
City rough-in and final inspections passed on the first try, plus the supervisor's own walk-through checks. Log every failure with the inspector's reason so patterns show up.
Safety Incident Rate
Injuries, shocks and close calls on any crew this supervisor covers, written up the day they happen and added up quarterly against hours worked. Count shocks that caused no injury too.
Client Satisfaction Rating
Review and survey scores from homeowners, plus a simple rating from each builder's site manager after closing. Read the comments for no-shows, mess and missed power-off times.
Does an electrical field supervisor need a license?
The template asks for a journeyman license or the equal. Texas, for example, requires anyone doing electrical work to be licensed, apart from a few exemptions. A supervisor who picks up tools to fix a problem is doing electrical work. A license also gives the supervisor standing with inspectors and with the electricians they correct.
How much does an electrical field supervisor make?
First-Line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers who work for electrical contractors earned a median of $44.95 an hour ($93,500 a year) in May 2025, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The middle half earned between $76,550 and $118,230 a year. Pay also depends on your local market, experience and overtime.
What's the difference between an electrical field supervisor and a project manager?
A project manager owns the office side of a job: permits, inspection dates, utility appointments, ordering, change orders and job cost. A field supervisor owns what happens on site: the quality of the wiring, safety and the crew's day. On a service upgrade, the project manager sets the utility appointment. The field supervisor makes sure the crew is ready when it shows up.
What is a competent person, and should my field supervisor be one?
OSHA's construction rules define a competent person as someone who can spot existing and likely hazards on a job and has the authority to fix them right away. Several OSHA rules, including the confined space rule, call for one. Your field supervisor is often the natural choice. They're on site, and they already have the authority to stop work.
Should an electrical field supervisor still do hands-on work?
Some, but much less than a journeyman. BLS counts someone as a supervisor when supervising takes up four-fifths or more of their time. Anyone below that is counted with the electricians they lead. Decide the split before you hire. A supervisor stuck on the tools all day stops catching problems on the other jobs.
Should I hire a field supervisor from new construction or from service?
Hire for the work your crews do most. A supervisor from new construction knows builder schedules, rough-in checklists and inspection timing. One from service knows panels, troubleshooting and homeowners. If you do both, ask about the side they know least in the interview, and plan their training there.
