Pipefitter Foreman Multi-Craft Maryville, TN

About the Role

At Cherokee Millwright, we are a multi-craft company that focuses on the needs of our customers by providing multi-trades personnel to meet unique job requests. All field employees will be cross-trained in various trades such as millwrighting, pipefitting, welding, sheet metal, civil, etc. The focus of this position will be hands-on work with additional oversight of the fabrication and assembling of piping systems, though the role is not limited to this specific skillset.

Responsibilities

• Inspects the work site to determine methods of repair, supplies, and tools needed to successfully complete the work.
• Assigns employees to specific tasks and supervises daily activities, assisting in layout, fabrication, and assembly problems as required.
• Provides for the transportation of tools, equipment, and materials to the job site.
• Orders necessary supplies and materials required for the installation of new work and the remodeling of existing systems.
• Reports accidents, near misses, and injuries to office supervision and actively cooperates with investigations.
• Monitors employees' work levels and reviews work performance.
• Conducts on-the-job training or arranges for worker training in safety or equipment use.
• Uses various hand tools, power tools, torches, and welders.
• Operates forklifts, scissor lifts, and boom lifts.
• Compiles operational and personnel data, such as time worked, jobs worked, inventory data, equipment used, repair, and maintenance information.
• Reports to office supervision concerns with employees’ work-related issues and provides mentoring to correct job-skill deficiencies.
• Oversees the daily work assignments of a crew of one to 12 employees, including training, planning, assigning, and directing work; addressing complaints/resolving problems or reporting to office supervision.
• Additional skills in other crafts will be necessary to meet customer needs and will be expected in this role.

Requirements

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
• Five or more years of hands-on foreman experience.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Regularly required to stand; frequently required to walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear.
• Occasionally required to sit, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an 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.

• Frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts and outside weather conditions.
• Occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; extreme heat; risk of electrical shock; and vibration.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Benefits

We offer our employees a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.