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Location: Charlottesville and Harrisonburg Virginia Areas
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $25 – $30 per hour, based on verified experience and qualifications

Your Experience Should Be Recognized

You have spent years learning the electrical trade. Now you deserve an opportunity where your skills are valued, your work matters, and you can continue building your career.

Design Electric is hiring an experienced Electrician to join our commercial and industrial team. This is a hands-on position for someone who can safely complete electrical installations, read drawings, solve problems, and work productively with limited supervision. Design Electric has served Virginia for more than 40 years. As a 100% employee-owned company, our employees do more than work here. They share in the success they help create.

Experience Required

This position requires at least four years of verifiable, hands-on commercial and/or industrial electrical experience.

This is not an entry-level or beginning apprentice position. Applicants must be able to demonstrate experience performing electrical work. 

What You Will Do

As an Electrician at Design, you will work alongside a Superintendent, Foreman, or Leadman to safely and efficiently complete commercial and industrial projects.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Installing, maintaining, testing, and repairing commercial and industrial electrical systems

• Bending and installing conduit

• Pulling, routing, and terminating wire and cable

• Installing electrical equipment, devices, fixtures, and related components

• Reading and working from blueprints, drawings, and project specifications

• Identifying and troubleshooting electrical issues

• Completing work in accordance with the National Electrical Code, project requirements, and company safety standards

• Planning your work and using materials responsibly

• Maintaining a safe, organized, and productive work area

• Communicating professionally with supervisors, coworkers, and other trades

• Supporting and mentoring less-experienced team members when needed

What We Are Looking For

Qualified candidates should have:

• At least four years of verifiable commercial and/or industrial electrical experience

• Experience bending conduit, pulling wire, making terminations, and installing electrical systems

• The ability to read prints, drawings, and specifications

• A solid understanding of electrical codes and safe work practices

• The ability to complete assigned work with limited supervision

• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills

• Dependable attendance and professional communication

• A collaborative attitude and pride in the electrical trade

• Authorization to work in the United States

A current Journeyman Electrician license is preferred but not required.

Why Join Design Electric?

At Design Electric, you are joining an established company that values Safety, Collaboration, Innovation, being Humble but Confident, and Getting It Done.

Our benefits include:

• Employee Stock Ownership Program, making you an employee-owner

• Health, dental, vision, and life insurance

• 401(k) with a 25% company match

• Health Savings Account

• Cost-saving prescription program

• 24/7 virtual doctor visits

• Company nurse advocate

• Free orthopedic and telemedicine care

• Paid time off and sick leave

• Seven paid holidays

• Bonus and gainsharing opportunities

• Short-term and long-term disability coverage

• Opportunities to develop your skills and advance into leadership

Physical Requirements

This position requires the ability to perform the essential functions of commercial and industrial electrical work safely. This may include standing, walking, climbing, reaching, bending, lifting, using tools and equipment, and working in varying jobsite conditions throughout the workday. Reasonable accommodations may be provided for qualified individuals with disabilities.

Ready to Talk?

If you have at least four years of commercial or industrial electrical experience and are ready to explore your next opportunity, we would like to hear from you.

Apply today to start a confidential conversation about your experience, goals, and potential future with Design Electric.

Design Electric, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.