General Foreman, Mechanical

About the Role

Responsible for supervising crew members by ensuring productivity, safety, and compliance with company policies and procedures.

Safety Accountabilities

• Leads by example to show that safety is the most important function, ensuring that all employees follow safe practices while working.
• Accountable to continually reinforce safe behaviors and correct “at risk” behaviors.
• Ensures Job Hazard Analysis (JHA’s) occurs before scopes of work commence.
• Adheres to and ensures all site team members understand standard operating procedures.
• Ensures new hires receive job- and task-specific training prior to work commencing.
• Leads and supports the site team in technical, quality, and safety, utilizing systems in place.
• Follows safety and security procedures and determines appropriate action.
• Reports potentially unsafe conditions and uses materials and equipment properly.

Client Relationship Management

• Provides excellence in the management and delivery of the project, in-line with the client’s expectations.

Planning

• Reports information about site activities including routing, fence crossings, traffic flow, water flow, moving farm animals, and hazards to the Superintendent.
• Utilizes and directs staff for daily construction activities.
• Identifies potential workflow and staffing issues.
• Evaluates on-site assessment prior to commencing work to ensure that the job is ready and addresses any concerns.
• Translates general work requirements into a prioritized work plan and communicates it to the crew.

Leadership

• Directs, guides, and coaches Craft to ensure activities on site are understood and following established processes through quality checks.
• Follows processes for systems and communication lines on site and ensures implementation is consistent.
• Assists with managing Craft personnel.
• Fosters a culture of continuous improvement.
• Ensures that project is utilizing Safety Management Systems (SMS), Quality Management Systems (QMS), Environmental Management Systems (EMS), and technical procedures.
• Identifies and mitigates potential employee relations issues.
• Assigns tasks and oversees the execution of the work including quality and production.
• Inspects and measures completed work.
• Prepares records and reports.
• Recognizes, addresses, and resolves issues among crew members.

Quality Assurance/Quality Control

• Manages quality control program to ensure processes are implemented according to the plan and are consistent.
• Maintains work standards and outlines behavioral expectations to ensure morale, productivity, and safety.

Environment

• Provides the required documents, drawings, and other forms to active projects for monitoring and maintaining the EMS.
• Ensures all required permits are received before commencing work.
• Ensures training is provided and certifications are maintained on field staff to comply with EMS requirements.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Advanced level of knowledge in:

• Safety and OSHA requirements
• Relationship building
• Interpersonal skills
• Interpretation of a project schedule
• Planning and task direction
• Adaptability to environment
• Working in fast-paced environment
• Interpretation of scopes of work
• Project permits
• Leadership
• Team building
• Mentor and facilitator
• Decision making
• Understanding environmental concepts including permit requirements
• Interpreting state rules and regulations
• Contract management
• Sub-contractor and vendor and materials management
• Construction drawing review
• Drawing Quantity Takeoff
• Communications, leading meetings, engaging teams, public speaking, presentations
• Reporting
• Writing skills

Intermediate level of knowledge in:

• Project Management
• Creating logical and resource-loaded project schedules
• Budget Analysis and controls
• Estimating work efforts
• Change orders
• QA/QC processes
• Development of processes and procedures
• Continuous Improvement such as Lean, Six Sigma, Total Quality Management
• Project Finance
• Microsoft Office suite (Excel, Word, PPT, Outlook, Visio)
• Job Costing or accounting software

Basic level of knowledge in:

• Engineering Management
• Scheduling software (MS Project, Primavera 6)

Qualifications

• At least 3 years experience working in a construction environment.
• High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent.

Physical Requirements and Environment

The work environment and physical demands characteristics are representative of those the employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Construction site environment includes early stage permitting, development, and auditing through finished roads and features.
• Extensive travel with driving to remote sites along with office work in field conditions is also included.

We maintain a drug-free workplace. Candidates will be required to pass a pre-employment background investigation and drug test as a condition of employment.