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Use your commercial electrical experience to train the next generation without taking on full-time field work.

CSL Technology Solutions is looking for an experienced commercial electrician to train, mentor, and support our electrical field technicians.

This is a part-time field-training, on-site support role expected to average 20–25 hours per week, normally scheduled over 3–4 weekdays. This position is designed for a skilled electrician with at least 4 years of extensive commercial electrical field experience who takes pride in the trade and wants to help develop the next generation of field technicians.

This is not an entry-level electrician position, helper position, general maintenance position, residential-only position, low-voltage-only position, or standard full-time field electrician role. The main focus is field training, mentoring, safety, quality, field readiness, troubleshooting support, bucket work training, and practical skill development for commercial electrical work.

Applicants must have at least 4 years of documented, extensive commercial electrical field experience. Candidates should be prepared to discuss specific commercial electrical projects, field responsibilities, systems worked on, troubleshooting examples, safety practices, physical field-work requirements, and any training, mentoring, lead, or foreman experience.

Job Title: Part-Time Senior Commercial Electrician Trainer amp; Field Mentor
Company: CSL Technology Solutions
Location: Dayton / Huber Heights / Tipp City area
Job Type: Part-time
Schedule: 20–25 hours per week, normally 3–4 weekdays
Pay: $38–$45/hour, depending on documented experience
Paid Drive Time: Paid drive time for approved company travel / field training travel
Work Location: Field job sites, on-site training, and office support

CSL Technology Solutions is a commercial electrical service company. We are looking for a seasoned electrician who can help our field technicians improve their electrical knowledge, field skills, safety habits, troubleshooting ability, job preparation, bucket work, and project execution.

The right person will have documented commercial electrical experience and the ability to teach in a practical, respectful, hands-on way while working with technicians in the field.

This role may be a strong fit for an experienced journeyman-level or master-level electrician, electrical foreman, lead electrician, or senior commercial electrician who no longer wants a full-time field schedule but still wants to stay active in the trade, support a team, and pass along valuable real-world knowledge.

Although this is a training and mentoring role, it still requires the ability to work safely in real commercial field conditions, including indoor and outdoor job sites, ladders, lifts, bucket work, elevated work areas, and active project environments.

This role may support technician development in:

• Commercial electrical field planning and job sequencing
• Conduit layout, conduit bending, routing, and installation quality
• Wire pulling, branch circuits, feeders, panels, devices, equipment connections, and controls
• Troubleshooting methods and safe diagnostic practices
• Reading scopes of work, drawings, panel schedules, labels, photos, material lists, and job notes
• Bucket truck / aerial bucket work practices
• Field safety, PPE, job hazard awareness, ladders, lifts, lockout/tagout awareness, and energized-work awareness
• Quality workmanship, documentation, and field-readiness expectations

Responsibilities may include:

• Train and mentor electrical field technicians in the field, shop, and controlled training settings
• Provide hands-on field training during active commercial electrical work
• Teach safe, practical commercial electrical work methods
• Support technician development in conduit layout, conduit bending, wire pulling, branch circuits, feeders, panels, devices, controls, service work, and troubleshooting
• Train technicians on safe and practical bucket truck / aerial bucket work practices
• Reinforce proper setup, positioning, communication, fall protection awareness, jobsite awareness, and safe work habits for bucket work
• Help technicians understand commercial electrical systems, equipment connections, circuit identification, load considerations, labeling, documentation, and job sequencing
• Help technicians read and follow job information, scopes of work, drawings, panel schedules, labels, photos, material lists, and work instructions
• Reinforce safe work habits, proper PPE, ladder safety, lift safety, bucket truck safety, lockout/tagout awareness, energized-work awareness, and job hazard awareness
• Help field technicians prepare tools, materials, equipment, vehicles, and bucket truck needs before leaving for job sites
• Observe field work and coach technicians on quality, safety, efficiency, planning, and professional work habits
• Review completed work for quality, safety, neatness, accuracy, and code-aware installation practices
• Provide field support, job walk-throughs, and troubleshooting guidance
• Help identify technician skill gaps and recommend practical training steps
• Help develop checklists, training notes, field standards, bucket work expectations, and practical skill expectations
• Support CSL’s safety-first culture
• Communicate professionally with project coordinator/managers, operations staff, warehouse staff, field technicians, and company leadership

Qualified candidates must have:

• Minimum 4 years of extensive commercial electrical field experience
• Documented commercial electrical experience with active field work, not just classroom, helper, residential, maintenance, apprentice or low-voltage-only experience
• Journeyman-level skill, master electrician background, electrical foreman experience, lead electrician experience, or equivalent senior field experience
• Documented experience with commercial electrical systems, panels, feeders, branch circuits, conduit, wiring, devices, equipment connections, controls, and troubleshooting
• Ability to train, coach, and mentor less-experienced electrical field technicians in the field
• Experience with field-based training, crew leadership, mentoring, foreman responsibilities, or hands-on instruction
• Strong understanding of safe electrical work practices
• Ability to troubleshoot electrical issues and explain practical solutions
• Ability to support and train technicians during bucket truck / aerial bucket work
• Ability to work safely indoors, outdoors, and at heights as required by field training and commercial electrical work
• Ability to work from ladders, lifts, bucket trucks, and elevated work areas when needed for training, observation, coaching, and field support
• Strong understanding of field safety, jobsite awareness, PPE, ladders, lifts, bucket work, lockout/tagout, and hazard identification
• Ability to read and understand job information, scopes of work, drawings, panel schedules, labels, and project documentation
• Strong attention to detail and quality workmanship
• Good communication skills
• Valid driver’s license
• Reliable attendance and consistent weekday availability
• Ability to work at field job sites, in the Dayton-area office/shop, and in hands-on training settings

The following experience is strongly preferred:

• Ohio electrical contractor, master electrician, journeyman-level, foreman, or lead electrician background
• Documented experience training apprentices, helpers, technicians, or junior electricians
• Commercial service electrical experience
• Experience leading small crews or supporting field quality control
• Experience with panels, feeders, circuits, conduit systems, controls, equipment connections, troubleshooting, and commercial service work
• Bucket truck, aerial lift, boom lift, scissor lift, or elevated work experience
• Experience teaching safe bucket truck setup, work positioning, communication, fall protection awareness, and jobsite hazard review
• Low-voltage, controls, signage, lift, or service-project experience
• OSHA 30, NFPA 70E, lift training, bucket truck training, or other advanced safety training
• Experience with job hazard analysis, lockout/tagout, PPE, ladders, lifts, bucket work, and field safety procedures
• Experience helping create training checklists, field standards, or practical skills guides
• Comfortable working with office, operations, warehouse, and field teams

This is a trainer and mentor position, but it is still a field-based commercial electrical role. Candidates must be able to safely support training and mentoring in real jobsite conditions.

Physical and work-condition requirements may include:

• Ability to work indoors and outdoors in varying commercial jobsite conditions
• Ability to work at heights, including from ladders, lifts, bucket trucks, and elevated work areas
• Ability to safely access work areas such as mechanical rooms, electrical rooms, rooftops, warehouses, commercial buildings, and active job sites
• Ability to stand, walk, bend, reach, climb, kneel, crouch, and move around active field environments as needed
• Ability to demonstrate or observe safe work practices involving tools, materials, ladders, lifts, bucket trucks, conduit, wire, equipment, and commercial electrical components
• Ability to lift, carry, push, pull, or move tools, materials, and equipment as reasonably required for training and field support
• Ability to use required PPE and follow CSL safety procedures at all times
• Ability to work around construction activity, commercial equipment, vehicles, weather conditions, noise, dust, and other normal field conditions
• Ability to maintain situational awareness and coach others on safety while working in active jobsite environments

Candidates should be physically able to perform the essential field-training functions of the role.

This is a part-time position.

The expected schedule is:

• 20–25 hours per week
• Normally scheduled over 3–4 weekdays
• Daytime business hours preferred
• Field training will be required
• Paid drive time for approved company travel / field training travel
• Schedule may vary based on technician training needs, jobsite schedules, and business needs
• Some flexibility may be available based on the selected candidate’s availability

This position is intended for someone who wants meaningful part-time work without committing to full-time field work.

$38–$45/hour, depending on documented experience

Starting pay will be based on documented commercial electrical field experience, journeyman or master-level skill, foreman or lead experience, field training ability, bucket work experience, troubleshooting ability, safety knowledge, physical ability to support field training, and ability to mentor field technicians.

Candidates at the higher end of the range should be able to show strong commercial electrical field experience, field leadership, troubleshooting ability, safety knowledge, and the ability to train technicians in real jobsite conditions.

Approved company travel / field training travel includes paid drive time.

This is a part-time position.

Full-time benefits such as PTO, paid holidays, health insurance options, dental insurance options, vision insurance options, disability options, and 401(k) apply to full-time employees only.

This part-time position offers:

• Competitive part-time hourly pay
• Paid drive time for approved company travel / field training travel
• Part-time weekday schedule
• Opportunity to stay active in the electrical trade
• Opportunity to teach and mentor the next generation
• Field-based training and mentoring role
• Small-team work environment
• Practical training, bucket work support, and field-support role
• Less full-time field-work demand than a standard electrician position

This role will include a mix of field training, jobsite coaching, hands-on instruction, bucket work training, job preparation support, field readiness review, shop training, and office/shop support.

Field training will be an important part of the position. The person in this role must be comfortable coaching technicians on active job sites and helping them improve real-world commercial electrical skills, safety habits, planning, troubleshooting, documentation, and quality of work.

Work may be performed indoors and outdoors, in active commercial environments, and at heights. The position may involve ladders, lifts, bucket trucks, rooftops, mechanical/electrical rooms, warehouses, customer sites, and other commercial field settings.

The position is best suited for an experienced electrician who enjoys teaching, explaining, troubleshooting, improving safety habits, and helping others become more skilled and confident in commercial electrical work.

The ideal candidate will be someone who:

• Has documented commercial electrical experience
• Has senior-level field experience as a journeyman-level electrician, master electrician, lead elec