SSA Recruitment Canada Looking for Civil Foreman at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Full Time

Job Title: Foreman

Location: Vancouver, BC

• Responsible for ensuring a strong job start-up including gaining a complete understanding of the project, the budget, scheduling requirements, and crew requirements prior to project start.
• Manage project scheduling, daily work requirements, daily paperwork, crew, and contract payment items on an ongoing basis.
• Coordinate production goals, targets, and scope, and troubleshoot problem areas with Site Superintendent.
• Provide strong leadership to the crew in keeping with company philosophy of hiring the best and producing a superior product.

Key Internal Relationships and General Expectations:

• Communicate regularly with Site Superintendents, Project Managers, and General Superintendent when required.
• Review tasks with Site Superintendent to ensure adequate approach and construction methods and discuss any perceived problems in a constructive manner to arrive at a resolution.
• Maintain an open dialogue with employees to ensure they are aware of the daily work plan and remain aware of how their performance measures up to company expectations.
• On an ongoing basis, provide and limit feedback to Site Superintendent and Site HR on the performance of employees.

Job Responsibilities:

• Review each project with the Superintendent to ensure adequate approach and construction methods.
• Gain an understanding of the cost codes and pay items applicable to project.
• Know the production rates required to stay on budget for principal activities.
• Ensure adequate time to prepare for your activities prior to commencing.
• Pre-schedule for all materials and resources to arrive before you need them and manage project scheduling to ensure the timely arrival of all materials, resources, and sub-contractors.
• Daily management of the work includes a detailed understanding of the task each worker is assigned and ensuring that s/he understands how to accomplish the task safely and correctly.
• Accurately complete daily paperwork, time sheets and other applicable paperwork with attention to detail.
• Conduct daily tail-gate meetings and monitor crew to ensure safety standards are upheld.
• In collaboration with Grade Person, ensure that accurate redline drawings are updated throughout the course of the job so they can be submitted or handed off at any point in time.
• Monitor cost targets with Superintendent and report any anomalies.
• Monitor and ensure crew breaks are for the allotted time only and that performance expectations are met.
• Stay on top of weather conditions to ensure crew do not show up unnecessarily requiring the payment of 2-hour minimums.
• Ensure all workers wear proper clothing and PPE and have been full oriented in Health and Safety.
• Ensure a qualified replacement (Grade Person) is designated to act as Foreman in the event s/he will be off the job site for any period of time, or that the job is shut down during her/his absence.

Qualifications:

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience as a Foreman or Lead Hand in civil construction including earthworks, shoring and underground utilities.
• A 2-year Diploma in a civil construction course is an asset.
• Experience with HCSS, Heavy Job or other field data capture systems considered an asset.
• Must possess excellent communication skills, both verbal and written with strong interpersonal and relationship management skills.
• Must possess a strong work ethic and positive attitude.
• Possess a demonstrated ability to lead and direct construction teams, analyze issues, and bring innovative solutions to achieving work plan objectives.
• Possess a basic understanding and interpretation of Job Cost reports.
• Must be a proficient scheduler and planner.
• Must work well under pressure.
• Possess an understanding of a union environment and be willing to join CLAC.
• Current safety tickets an asset.
• Must possess a valid driver’s license and a clean driver’s abstract.