About Us: Louis W. Bray Construction is a family-owned and operated Heavy Civil General Contractor, but we are more than just your regular heavy civil construction company. Bray was founded on mutual respect across the organization, and we continue to foster the family atmosphere that Louis started.
Our employees never feel like a number or another cog in the wheel. Each and every employee is an integral part of the organization. We work together, we play together, and we get involved together.
We offer a competitive compensation rate, health and dental benefits, an RRSP matching program, and a culture that revolves around employee development and promotion from within.
Position Description
The Underground Utilities-Foreman supervises on-site construction activities, ensuring work is completed safely, accurately, and on schedule. This role involves coordinating crew members, resolving on-site issues, monitoring progress, and communicating with Supervisor’s, project managers and subcontractors. The Foreman plays a critical role in maintaining workflow, enforcing safety standards, and ensuring compliance with project specifications.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Accomplishes work requirements by orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, and coaching employees; and supervising sub-contractors.
- Delegating tasks to team members in line with skill, knowledge and capability and note where employees need improvements and hold them accountable.
- Follow and enforce company policy, procedures, safety standards and ensure all site personnel are always adhering to them.
- Preforms daily toolbox talks, weekly site inspections and incident reporting.
- Communicate relevant information to crew members, allowing them to effectively complete their tasks/roles.
- Meets construction work standards by following production, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving operational problems; identifying work process improvements.
- Assist Superintendent in creating short-term schedules and monitor such schedules.
- Plans construction projects by studying technical specifications and drawing, ordering and scheduling materials and equipment.
- Inspecting work in progress to ensure that work conforms to specifications. Notify supervisors of any defects, mistakes, errors at time of incident
- Accomplishes organization goals by accepting shared ownership and responsibility for each project; and exploring opportunities to add value to each project.
- Represent company in meetings with clients, contractors, inspectors, etc. as required.
- Participation in daily and weekly update meetings.
- Evaluate worker's abilities, Coach/mentor crew members to develop their position.
- Maintain an exemplary safety record; knowledge of safety procedures; and knowledgeable of the hazards specific to each job. Promote a safe working environment.
- Establish and maintain a professional working relationship with team members, architects, engineers, subcontractors and suppliers.
- Generating daily work sheets with cost codes and recording quantities, Maintain Accurate As build drawings.
- Maintains technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing technical publications; becoming aware of state-of-the-art practices.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- Minimum 3 years of experience as a Sewer and Water supervisor in heavy civil construction
- Ability to work unsupervised and lead work crews.
- Coordination with subcontractors, suppliers and owners.
Louis W. Bray Construction welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates participating in all aspects of the selection process. Thank you in advance for your interest in this position. Please be advised that only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
