WEBINAR

Overcoming Labor Shortages & Manpower Gaps with Tech-Driven Solutions

Unlock the power of technology to overcome labor shortages and elevate productivity in the electrical industry—register now for actionable strategies and insights to drive your business forward!

February 20, 2025

6:00 PM UTC

1 hour

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This webinar was orifinally held on February 20, 2025 and is now available for on demand viewing.

Duration: 1 hour

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Summary

The electrical industry is experiencing a labor shortage, making it harder for businesses to meet demand, complete projects efficiently, and maintain profitability. The key to overcoming these manpower gaps isn’t just hiring more people—it’s working smarter. This webinar will explore how job management software, automated scheduling, and streamlined dispatching can help electrical contractors maximize productivity and reduce inefficiencies.

Industry experts will share best practices for automating workflows, reducing administrative overhead, and improving job visibility from the office to the field. We’ll also cover how to successfully train and onboard teams—especially seasoned electricians who may be hesitant to adopt new technology—so that your entire workforce can benefit from these tools. Attendees will leave with actionable strategies to optimize their operations, improve technician utilization, and stay competitive in a challenging labor market.

Speaker

Nathan Menken

Senior Consultant

FMI Corp.

As a senior consultant with FMI's performance practice, Nathan Menken specializes in driving process improvement for both preconstruction and construction operations, delivering excellence for general and trade contractors nationwide. He is also a leader in digital transformation, leveraging lean and agile best practices to optimize project outcomes. Nathan’s expertise spans preconstruction, operations and data management, with a strong emphasis on integrating artificial intelligence-driven solutions to elevate these areas. He assists contractors in developing comprehensive roadmaps that encompass client growth, design integrations, estimate management, key trade coordination and seamless preconstruction and operations handovers. His approach prioritizes lean processes to streamline estimating sequences and leverages historical data management to support sustainable long-term growth. Through AI integration, Nathan empowers teams to focus on the critical details that drive excellence, enhancing decision making, efficiency and overall project success. With more than a decade in the construction industry, Nathan has worked with top general contractors across key markets, including commercial, life sciences, health care, education, military and advanced technology. His previous roles have seen him elevate operational excellence across all facets of business, while also spearheading digital transformation initiatives to scale and grow businesses effectively.

Christopher Rivas

Sr. Product Marketing Manager

Simpro

Christopher Rivas is a customer-obsessed marketing leader with 20 years of experience in working with customers in blue collar and manufacturing fields on behalf of Cloud 100 and Fortune 500 enterprises. He enjoys deriving value from innovative and complex product offerings and matching them to address market and industry challenges. His approach is rooted in a passion for language and culture having started his career living abroad in Japan.  As a Senior Manager, Product Marketing at Simpro, Christopher is responsible for product messaging and positioning, go-to-market launches, and release marketing to drive product adoption in order to further customer business outcomes.

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