electrical supervisor
Electrical supervisors monitor the operations involved in installing and servicing electricity cables and other electrical infrastructure. They assign tasks and take quick decisions to resolve problems.
electrical supervisor electrical supervisors monitor the operations involved in installing and servicing electricity cables and other electrical infrastructure. They assign tasks and take quick decisions to resolve problems. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.50 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include building systems monitoring technology, electromechanics, electronics, electricity, electrical wiring plans.
Pay in the UK
UK: median £45,021 a year for Construction and building trades supervisors (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)
Middle half of full-time jobs: £37,035 to £53,679 a year
UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 5330). ONS rates this estimate precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)
Pay in India (occupation group)
Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Technicians and associate professionals” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only electrical supervisor, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.
Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 3. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report
Top skills
Knowledge you'll build
- Building and Construction
- Customer and Personal Service
- Administration and Management
- Design
- Mechanical
- Transportation
- Sales and Marketing
- Mathematics
What you'd actually do
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- Estimate materials, equipment, and personnel needed for residential or commercial solar installation projects.
- Prepare solar installation project proposals, quotes, budgets, or schedules.
- Provide technical assistance to installers, technicians, or other solar professionals in areas such as solar electric systems, solar thermal systems, electrical systems, or mechanical systems.
- Coordinate or schedule building inspections for solar installation projects.
Tools & technology you'd use
Frequently asked questions
What does electrical supervisor do?
Electrical supervisors monitor the operations involved in installing and servicing electricity cables and other electrical infrastructure. They assign tasks and take quick decisions to resolve problems.
What skills does electrical supervisor need?
The most in-demand skills for this role include building systems monitoring technology, electromechanics, electronics, electricity, electrical wiring plans, test procedures in electricity transmission. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.
Will AI replace electrical supervisor?
Our AI-durability model gives electrical supervisor a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.