Foreman Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Valid license, CDL preferred, or the ability to obtain within one year
• Clean driving record for the past 5 years
• Ability to pass pre-employment physical and drug screen
• Previous experience as an operator required
• the ability to d emonstrate skill in operating: an excavator, loader, and dozer
• Ability to read stakes and grades
• Ability to read and understand blueprints and drawings
• Competent in construction math
• Ability to complete tasks like handling power tools, running heavy equipment, raking, and shoveling as needed.
• Ability and willingness to learn and understand your role on the team.
• Ability to work long hours and perform repetitive lifting, carrying, climbing, and walking.
• Repetitive lifting could be 40 or more pounds at any one time.
• Ability to work long hours 5-6 days a week in all environmental conditions.
• Good work ethic, punctuality, and alertness.
• Mechanical -- Knowledge of equipment, machines, and tools including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
• Building and Construction-- Knowledge of materials, methods, and tools involved with the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
• Ability to follow all company, DOT, OSHA, and MiOSHA safety rules.

Nice To Haves

• CDL preferred

Responsibilities

• Operate or tend machinery equipped with scoops, shovels, or buckets, to excavate and load loose materials.
• Will operate a variety of hand and power tools.
• Dig dirt using shovels and machinery.
• Move levers, depress foot pedals, and turn dials to operate power machinery, such as power shovels, stripping shovels, scraper loaders, or backhoes.
• Set up or inspect the equipment before operation.
• Become familiar with digging plans, machine capabilities, limitations, and efficient and safe digging procedures in a given application.
• Observe hand signals, grade stakes, or other markings when operating machines so that work can be performed to specifications.
• Operate machinery to perform various activities such as backfilling excavations, vibrating or breaking rock or concrete, digging sewer lines, or making roads.
• Receive written or oral instructions regarding material movement or excavation.
• Move materials over short distances, such as around a construction site.
• May clean and prepare sites, dig trenches, set braces to support the sides of excavations, clean up rubble and debris, and remove waste materials.
• Read grades, lift and carry objects & materials of various weights.
• Help maintain equipment by keeping it clean and in proper working order.
• Report any damaged or unsafe equipment to the foreman immediately.
• Lubricate, adjust or repair machinery and replace parts, such as gears, bearings, or bucket teeth.
• Handle slides, mud, or pit cleanings or maintenance.
• Direct workers engaged in placing blocks or outriggers to prevent the capsizing of machines when lifting heavy loads.
• Measure and verify levels of rock or gravel, bases, or other excavated material.
• Direct ground workers engaged in activities such as moving stakes or markers, or changing positions of towers.
• Adjust dig face angles for varying overburden depths and set lengths.
• Drive machines to work sites.
• Perform manual labor to prepare or finish sites, such as shoveling materials by hand.
• Know and follow all company safety policies including OSHA, MIOSHA, MSHA, and ANSI regulations.
• Practice safety at all times including driving company vehicles or use of equipment.
• Use PPE while on the job site e.g. hard hat safety glasses, ear protection, high visibility vest, steel toe boots, pants, and gloves.
• Take initiative and anticipate what needs to be done.
• Work in conjunction and as a team with your crew.
• May assist other craft workers.
• Other duties as assigned