Roofing Foreman

Baker Roofing Company•Savannah, GA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This is a unique opportunity to take control of and propel you along your career path. Baker Roofing invests in our employees by empowering success through a structured growth plan and intensive training courses. We value our employees by providing competitive benefits, prioritizing safety, and emphasizing work-life balance. The role involves covering roofs with TPO, EPDM, PVC, and related materials. It may also include spraying roofs, sidings, and walls with material to bind, seal, insulate, or soundproof sections of structures.

Requirements

Education: High School/ G.E.D
1-3 years of roofing experience
Driver’s License Required, with clean driving record
Knowledge of safety techniques and procedures to set up a safety plan including toolbox talks, safety huddles
Ability to calculate and control labor projections, material storage, and material needs
Ability to read shop drawings, reproduce manufacturing details, and layout roofs and walls
Knowledge of how to cut, shape, fit, join, and install edge metal, insulation, ice & water shields, wood, or other construction materials
Ability to run material inventory
Knowledge of how to install pipe boots, ridge/hip caps, rake, nail base, valley, eave lock, and ice & water shield
Knowledge of how to install counter flashing, coping, fascia, gutters, miters, downspouts, roof curbs, flat lock, and thru-wall flashing
Knowledge of how to install crickets, chimney flashing, curbs, and how to make seaming and horizontal and vertical soldering
Ability to fulfill: timesheets, shop requisitions, and job reports
Interpersonal and leadership skills with ability to work on a team and take corrective action when necessary
Ability to train and supervise the crew and subcontractors as needed in order to meet the quality and production goals
Ability to meet with GC and customers

Responsibilities

Thoroughly review job file and shop drawing with manager, including the scope of work, materials ordered and delivery schedule, budget for labor productions (man-days), and job site contacts.
Ensure that proper safety and equipment are on the job and used in the proper manner; coordinate these needs with the manager but be ultimately responsible.
Supervise and support crew every day about safety, quality, and labor production.
Monitor and maintain job site cleanliness and daily housekeeping.
Make sure on-site equipment is monitored and maintained, such as oil changes on kettle motors, belts on cutters, etc.
Prepare and submit daily job reports, field progress problems, technical questions, and timesheets, as directed by manager.
Responsible for overall quality control of each job including: checking for water tightness, mops left on the roof, ensuring the job site is complete and has been cleaned up properly, coordinate punch list and job close out before crew leaves job site for the last time.
Install, repair, or replace single-ply roofing systems, using waterproof sheet materials such as modified plastics, elastomeric, or other asphaltic compositions.
Cut felt, shingles, and strips of flashing, and fit them into angles formed by walls, vents, and intersecting roof surfaces.
Install vapor barriers and/or layers of insulation on the roof decks of flat roofs and seal the seams.
Install partially overlapping layers of material over roof insulation surfaces, determining distance of roofing material overlap using chalk lines, gauges on shingling hatchets, or lines on shingles.
Covering roofs and exterior walls of structures with slate, single-ply systems, asphalt, aluminum, wood, gravel, gypsum, and/or related materials, using brushes, knives, punches, hammers, and other tools.
Operate vehicles, mechanized devices, or equipment.
Train and coach other employees.
Set up a safety plan including toolbox talks, safety huddles.
Calculate and control labor projections, material storage, and material needs.
Read shop drawings, reproduce manufacturing details, and layout roofs and walls.
Cut, shape, fit, join, and install edge metal, insulation, ice & water shields, wood, or other construction materials.
Run material inventory.
Install pipe boots, ridge/hip caps, rake, nail base, valley, eave lock, and ice & water shield.
Install counter flashing, coping, fascia, gutters, miters, downspouts, roof curbs, flat lock, and thru-wall flashing.
Install crickets, chimney flashing, curbs, and make seaming and horizontal and vertical soldering.
Fulfill timesheets, shop requisitions, and job reports.
Meet with GC and customers.