OSP Construction Foreman

Job Profile

Job Title: Foreman
Business Unit: CNS, a Congruex company
Employment Status: Full-time, Non-Exempt (Hourly)

CNS Networks, a Congruex Company, is looking for a Warehouse Associate to join our Construction team. Learn more about our operating unit at: www.Congruex.com

Who is Congruex

Congruex designs and builds broadband and wireless communications infrastructure. The work we do enables everything in the modern world to operate, from healthcare and energy to transportation and social interactions.

We deliver turn-key network solutions under a single platform by aligning our engineering and in-market construction operating units. Our vision is to be the best end-to-end provider of network services in the U.S. and our core values of GRIT connect everything we do.

We are building tomorrow, together. Will you join us?

Your New Job

Job Summary:

• Manage and track daily activities of assigned crews.
• Continually inspect work sites for potential hazards and/or safety concerns, ensuring safe work environments and compliance with state, federal, OSHA, and Congruex safety policies.
• Operate (but not limited to) track-hoe, back-hoe, mini excavator, skid steer, dozer, haul truck and trencher
• Excavate and backfill, in a safe manor, trenches for underground utilities
• Perform placement of conduit in open trenches
• Proof conduits
• Pothole existing utilities
• Complete rigging and setting of structures
• Form and pour concrete
• Place asphalt
• Track materials, aggregates, and project requirements.
• Communicate both orally and written, with local officials, company management and staff, customers, and other stakeholders.
• Update the Construction and/or Project Manager on crew needs, progress, etc.
• File complete and accurate paperwork daily.
• Ensure work sites have been adequately cleaned up and worksite is restored after work.
• Travel to and from assigned job sites.
• Assist and train crews as needed.
• May schedule and coordinate subcontractors.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Ability to pass a pre-employment background check and drug test
• Possess and maintain a clean Motor Vehicle Record (MVR)
• Have board experience in a telecommunications construction environment, including placing, pulling, and transferring strand, coax, and fiber
• 5 years minimum operating heavy construction equipment
• Ability to read and understand blueprints and project specifications
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing with crew, leadership, and customers
• Ability to manage crews
• Ability to drive and operate company vehicles, bucket trucks, and work equipment
• Ability to ensure compliance with OSHA and other regulatory bodies’ safety standards
• Ability to utilize proper safety equipment
• Bilingual Spanish and English speaking preferred

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• Must be able and willing to work indoors and outdoors, subject to inclement weather conditions
• Must be able to maintain visual and audible contact with other crewman and all moving or stationary persons/vehicles/objects to ensure safe coordination of movement
• Must be able to work around heavy equipment and machinery
• Must be able to stand or walk for long periods of time
• Must be able to lift and carry up to 50 pounds
• Routinely requires extended periods of bending, squatting, climbing, kneeling, pushing, pulling, lifting, lifting in awkward positions, standing, and twisting
• Must be able to stand, walk, sit or be in other physically demanding positions for long periods of time
• Must be able to work while wearing safety boots, safety glasses, hardhat, and any applicable safety gear

Required Licenses/Certificates/Registrations:

• OSHA 30
• Commercial Driver’s License (CDL)
• DOT Medical Card
• Competent Person Certification
• Confined Space training
• Trench Safety training
• Pole Climbing & Ladder Safety
• Flagger Certification
• Forklift Certification
• First Aid / CPR

No matter what role you play, you are an important part of the One Congruex Family. We offer:

• Medical, Dental & Vision Benefits
• 401(k) Program with a Company Match.
• Free Wellness Resources & Marketplace Discounts
• Paid Maternity & Parental Leave
• Paid Basic Life Insurance & Voluntary Options
• The pillars of Congruex culture are GRIT, safety, inclusion, and family.

All requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform other job-related duties requested by their supervisor. Requirements are representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills, and/or abilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbent will possess the abilities or aptitudes to perform each duty proficiently. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at-will” employment relationship.