Craft Foreman / Pipe

Wharton Smith Inc•Jacksonville, FL

19h•Onsite

About The Position

The Craft Foreman is responsible for the successful completion of field tasks with quality construction, zero accidents, and within budget as assigned by the Project Superintendent. This role also involves providing support and accurate information to the Project Superintendent. The position requires strong communication and interpersonal skills, along with current training in various safety and construction-related areas. The foreman will organize and monitor crews, ensure work accuracy, manage safety compliance, handle layout using survey equipment, complete timesheets, manage field material requisitions and small tools, monitor productivity, maintain field logs, and manage erosion control. Additionally, the role involves identifying drawing discrepancies, attending meetings, assisting with facility startup, coordinating with shop drawings, providing as-built information, contributing to production plans, and managing material handling, receiving, and inventory. A key aspect is understanding task budgets and assisting the Superintendent with scheduling. The foreman is also responsible for reporting issues, identifying exceptional craft workers, and supporting craft worker training. Safety is a primary focus, including assisting with accident investigations, leading by example in safety practices, ensuring crew compliance, scheduling and organizing training, completing safety paperwork, assisting with safety violations, complying with Risk Management, monitoring subcontractor compliance, leading morning stretch and flex, and delivering Safety Task Assignments (STAs).

Requirements

Good communication and interpersonal skills
Current with training as competent person in trenching, scaffolds, rigging, confined space, and fall protection
Current in OSHA 10-hour
Current in First Aid & CPR
Current in SWPPP Inspector
Current in silica training
Current in Risk Management training
Current in Accident training
High school diploma or equivalent
Five (5) years construction-related experience with record of quality and profitable craft work

Responsibilities

Successful completion of field tasks with quality construction, zero accidents, and within budget as assigned by the Project Superintendent
Provide support and accurate information to the Project Superintendent
Organize and monitor crews
Verify accuracy of work (i.e. dimension verification)
Safety Compliance, conduct daily STA’s with crews
Layout (use of survey equipment)
Complete timesheets with certified payroll
Field material requisitions
Small tool management
Monitor and report productivity
Maintain field Logs (i.e. equipment inspections, Daily Safety Checklist)
Maintain Erosion Control (i.e. SWPPP reports, correct measures if needed)
Identify drawing discrepancies
Attend daily and weekly meetings
Assist with facility startup activities
Coordinate work with shop drawings
Provide as-built information to field management
Provide input for production plans
Material handling, receiving & inventory
Know and understand budgets for each task
Assist Superintendent with 5-week schedule
Report issues or problems to field management
Identify and discuss with field management exceptional craft workers
Support training craft workers
Assist with accident investigations
Practice safety rules – Lead by Example
Responsible for making sure crews follow the rules
Schedule and organize training as required
Complete safety paperwork
Assist crews and subcontractors with safety violations
Comply with Risk Management
Monitor subcontractor compliance
Lead morning stretch and flex
Monitor and deliver Safety Task Assignments (STAs)