JOB SUMMARY
The foreman is responsible for providing support to the Project Superintendent and providing field leadership direction focused on Safety, Quality, Schedule & Productivity performance. Work hand in hand with job site Superintendent to determine; sequencing, supervision of means and methods, monitoring of productivity in the completion of projects. Understand, adhere to and represent Summit process standards and core values on a daily basis.
EXPECTATION & OBJECTIVES:
- Safety Leadership:
- Demonstrate and practice “safety as a value.”
- Safety planning, set expectations, and direct performance through job site observations.
- Correct and direct the personnel in safe work practices and processes.
- Lead by example through the “stop work” process and zero-tolerance expectations.
- Conduct job site safety inspections and audits.
- A supervisory position is ultimately responsible for all actions occurring on the job site and ensuring safe working conditions for all.
QUALITY LEADERSHIP:
- Demonstrate and practice “quality as a value.”
- Lead the quality expectations on the project to eliminate rework.
- Rework adds safety risk and impacts profitability.
- Quality planning and performance field leadership through job site observations and corrective actions to eliminate rework.
- Follow the Site Observation Reporting process to ensure no surprises in the completion of subcontractor corrective actions.
SCHEDULE LEADERSHIP:
- Drive overall schedule performance to improve or at a minimum meet the milestone finish dates.
- Support Superintendent in the development, monitoring, and updating of the 3-week lookahead schedule (3WLA).
- Monitor labor productivity performance; identify and correct issues that create obstacles to the performance.
COLLABORATION LEADERSHIP:
- Understand what collaboration is and collaborate with the project stakeholders consisting of the Superintendent, Subcontractors, Project Managers, and Material Suppliers.
- Collaborate and identify opportunities to drive safety, quality, productivity, and overall project performance.
- Attend Subcontractor meetings to support timely problem solving and actions to eliminate project risk.
- Engage, contribute and support the transfer of all key field learnings (Lessons Learned) from preceding projects, current projects to future projects.
- Collaborate with project stakeholders to document and develop the material, equipment, and labor plan that is transferable for future projects.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Drive safety standards to prevent incidents and injuries. Timely and accurate reporting is required.
- Responsible for quality inspections and documentation.
- Coordinate job site work with sub-contractors ensuring deadlines are met.
- Be a problem solver.
- Support the Superintendent during Weekly Subcontractor Meetings.
- Communicate and document daily tasks and issues to Superintendent.
- Ensure site cleanliness and proper material organization at all times.
- Strengthen existing relationships and build new relationships.
- Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor as needed.
- Ability to multitask.
- Excellent time management skills.
- Complete daily job log, accurately detailing items such as work completed, working conditions, any issues, etc and issue a report to site Superintendent.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience in construction, carpenter, own tools a plus.
- Willingness to travel.
- Ability to communicate with customers and the public.
- Be responsible, conscientious, dependable and accurate with details.
- Have the minimum of a high school diploma or G.E.D.
- Must have a valid Driver’s License and have the ability to maintain DOT specifications.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Must be able to lift, carry, handle, push, move or pull up to 75 pounds several times a day. Considerable physical effort of legs, hands, and arms required.
SPECIAL DEMANDS:
Weather: Ability to work outside in various weather conditions.
Flexible Schedule: May be asked to start work early or work late or weekends as the schedule demands.
ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIP:
This position reports directly to the Director of Field Operations and is scheduled by the Director of Field Operations. The Summit Foreman will also report to the site-specific Superintendent for daily responsibilities.
To Apply For This Position:
Send resume to:
Human Resources Department
Attn: Doug Brunton
FBi Buildings, Inc.
3823 W. 1800 S.
Remington, IN 47977
Or email resume to: dbrunton@fbibuildings.com
All submissions will be kept confidential.