General Foreperson

5 days ago

Vancouver, Canada SBW Full time

**ROLE SUMMARY**

The General Foreperson plays an integral role and is accountable for civil personnel on site and supporting the Superintendent in completing the project within the approved schedule, achieving goals for the project and ensuring that the required standards of quality are attained.

The General Foreperson manages all day-to-day project progress, with a focus on field time management, coordination of schedules, resolving potential risks and/or challenges. This role reports directly to the Senior Superintendent and is in frequent communication with key stakeholders such as the subcontractors and site staff.

**MAJOR AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY**

**Team Management**
- Effectively communicate with the team and site staff, and leading daily foreman meetings to discuss daily priorities and objectives
- Maintain a strong working relationship with client representatives, subcontractors, suppliers, and labour force, performing tasks in coordination with other contractors as required
- Advise senior management of potential problems, work interferences, or schedule difficulties while assisting in circumventing/resolving such conflicts
- Carefully track SBW employee timesheets, submitted to head office in line with payroll schedule(s)

**Trades and Technical**
- Read and interpret blueprints, drawings, specifications, and sketches to determine technical and site requirements
- Complete knowledge of excavations, underground utilities, sheet piling and pipe piling.
Assist senior staff in calculating quantity estimates and perform layouts and benchmarks
- Operate required instruments such as builder’s levels and laser levels

**Safety**
Ensure that the public is informed, aware and protected of any hazards in the area

**Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities**
- Must have diverse experience with excavation and utility projects
- Knowledge of sheet pile and pipe pile installations
- Supervisor training
- Valid Driver’s License
- WHMIS
- Level 2 First Aid - preferred
- Workforce supervision from 10 to 50 site staff
- Project scheduling

**Computer Knowledge**
Demonstrated use of health and safety management sites and forms

**Education**
- High School Diploma
- Gold Seal Certification - Foreman an Asset

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