Ironworker Foreman

About the Role

The Trade Foreman 2 supports construction activities for routine and non-routine projects, ensuring planned work is performed efficiently and effectively by the crew. This position acts as a working foreman, completing tasks personally while supervising a crew. All activities align with JE Dunn’s strategy, vision, and values.

Autonomy and Decision-Making: Makes decisions on routine matters, provides recommendations to supervisors, and refers exceptions to them.

Career Path: Superintendent 1

Responsibilities

• Learns and actively participates in the company’s safety culture, demonstrating commitment to an injury-free environment through individual actions and mentoring others.
• Works with tools to complete assigned tasks on a project.
• Tracks and reports units and labor hours, including filling out and submitting timecards.
• Maintains proper care and quantity of tools and equipment to support project-specific production.
• Leads and monitors safety and security procedures within the crew.
• Understands and achieves crew production goals.
• Establishes crew sizes aligned with production goals.
• Documents key information such as activities, production, and crew sizes.
• Communicates with suppliers and coordinates delivery of supplies to the jobsite.
• Understands and maintains established quality levels for assigned duties.
• Coordinates other trade work associated with the assigned scope.
• Participates in safety activities, including toolbox talks, job hazard analysis, job site analysis, and SIMS (Site Information Management System) reporting.
• Reads and understands plans, specifications, shop drawings, and coordination drawings.
• Provides on-the-job guidance and shares subject matter expertise to support team learning and development.
• Coordinates inspections for assigned scope of work.
• Participates in, documents, and updates punch lists.
• Manages subcontractor crews for portions of projects or small projects.
• Creates, communicates, monitors, and achieves crew production goals.
• Coordinates work for larger crews and/or other trade foremen.
• Leads preplanning activities for project components, including crew size, schedule, materials, meetings, and manpower.
• Coordinates usage of all construction project resources, including internal and external support.
• Creates and implements safety plans, ensuring compliance through training, toolbox talks, and communication with safety representatives.
• Controls costs in production units by understanding multiple variables, such as project management systems, task-specific reports, and production costs.
• Supports project quality assurance/quality control planning to ensure quality for assigned tasks.
• Applies and leads Lean principles and practices on the jobsite, such as daily stand-up meetings and pull planning.
• Assists with MOC (Materials and Other Costs) and equipment analysis.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Vocational/Technical degree in a related field (preferred).
• 3+ years of commercial construction experience.
• 2+ years of field supervision experience.

Skills

• Ability to perform work accurately and completely in a timely manner.
• Intermediate verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office.
• Knowledge of organizational structure and available resources.
• Ability to apply Lean processes and philosophy.
• Knowledge of self-perform and labor productivity.
• Knowledge of specific trades and scopes of work.
• Knowledge of construction management means and methods.
• Intermediate layout skills.
• Intermediate knowledge of crane flagging and rigging.
• Ability to read and understand plans, drawings, and specifications.
• Ability to acquire knowledge of productivity rates.
• Ability to assess and optimize project productivity.
• Ability to lead crews and achieve production goals.
• Ability to build relationships and collaborate within a team, both internally and externally.

Working Environment

• Must be able to lift at least 50 pounds.
• May require periods of travel.
• May be exposed to extreme conditions (hot or cold).
• Must be willing to work non-traditional hours to meet project needs.
• Frequent activities: Standing, walking, climbing, bending, reaching above shoulder, pushing, pulling.
• Occasional activities: Sitting, viewing computer screen.

Benefits

The benefits package for this position is classified as Professional Non-Union. Click here for benefits details.