Pipe Foreman

General Summary

Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in fabricating, assembling, installing, and maintaining piping, fixtures, and equipment for gas, steam, hot water, fire sprinkler system, or oil heating, cooling, lubricating, and industrial processing systems.

Essential Job Accountabilities

• Assigns workers to specific duties.
• Inspects completed processing systems to determine conformance to specifications.
• Trains new workers in use of equipment and tools.
• Performs duties as described under Supervisor.
• May supervise workers engaged in working in high-pressure systems, and be designated Steam-Fitter Supervisor.
• May supervise workers engaged in maintenance and repair work.

Education

High School Diploma, GED or equivalent years of experience

Work Experience

Appropriate training and experience required

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Work within precise standards of accuracy
• Rate information using standards which can be measured or checked
• Compare and see differences in the size, shape, and form of lines, figures, and objects
• Look at flat drawings or pictures and understand how they would look as solid objects
• Follow oral and written directions, plans, and blueprints

Physically, Workers Must Be Able To

• See well (either naturally or with correction)
• Cordinate the movements eyes, hands and fingers
• Use hands, arms, and fingers fully
• Climb and maintain balance on ladders and scaffolding
• Sstop, kneel, crouch, crawl, or work at heights as required
• Lift and carry objects weighing up to 100 pounds and occasionally more

About Granite Construction Incorporated

Granite Construction Incorporated is a member of the S&P 400 Index and is the parent company of Granite Construction Company, one of the nation's largest heavy civil contractors and construction materials producers. Granite is a Drug-Free Workplace and Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.

Notice to Staffing Agencies

Granite Construction, Inc. and its subsidiaries ("Granite") will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Granite, including unsolicited resumes sent to a Granite mailing address, fax machine or email address, directly to Granite employees, or to Granite's resume database will be considered Granite property. Granite will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. Granite will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees. Agencies must obtain advance written approval from Granite's recruiting function to submit resumes, and then only in conjunction with a valid fully-executed contract for service and in response to a specific job opening. Granite will not pay a fee to any Agency that does not have such agreement in place. Agency agreements will only be valid if in writing and signed by Granite's Human Resources Representative or his/ her designee. No other Granite employee is authorized to bind Granite to any agreement regarding the placement of candidates by Agencies.