Job Summary:
The Site Foreman will support Site Superintendent in overseeing on-site construction activities, ensuring projects are completed safely, on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards. This role involves managing teams of skilled workers from our trade partners, coordinating subcontractors, enforcing safety regulations, and liaising with the project management team to ensure smooth and efficient site operations. This individual is a hands-on leader with effective communication and problem-solving skills, who excels in both technical construction knowledge and team management. Sites will vary and will change as projects are started and completed.
Key Responsibilities:
- Daily communication with trades
- Site coordination of workforce (sub-trades, suppliers, and field workers)
- Conduct site safety orientation and weekly safety meetings with sub-trades
- Implement and enforce the requirements of OHS and York Construction Health and Safety Program
- Responsible for field documentation such as daily logs, conduct daily safety inspections and other required reports
- Coordinate materials in and out
- Supervision of smaller projects
- Some manual labour may be required
What you bring to York:
- At least 1 year of experience in a similar role is required
- Experience working on projects in a variety of sectors – light industrial and commercial
- Leadership for Safety Excellence required
- NCSO is strongly preferred
- Journeyman Carpenter preferred
- Fall protection, AWP and forklift tickets & experience required
- First aid training preferred
- A collaborative and flexible approach
- Ability to work in a fast-paced organization continually meeting deadlines
- Provide leadership and technical guidance to other team members
- Constantly strive to improve company processes and the quality of the finished product
- Use your creativity to provide solutions
- Bring passion, excitement, and positivity to the job
- Ability to work within the team and uphold York’s values
Core Competencies:
- Construction technical knowledge