What are the responsibilities and job description for the Utility Pipe Crew Foreman position at Sehlhorst Equipment Services?
We are looking for an experienced Utility Pipe Crew Foreman to join our growing team. Sehlhorst Equipment Services offers competitive pay and a full range of benefits including 401(k) retirement plan with company match, paid holidays, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance.
This is a working Foreman position leading a 3–6-person crew installing underground utilities including sanitary sewer mains and laterals, storm sewer piping/precast structures/detention systems, water mains and water service lines.
Job Summary:
A Pipe Foreman supervises and works on the layout, assembly, and installation of various types and sizes of underground utility infrastructure. As a Pipe Foreman, you will lead a team in overseeing construction projects, ensuring adherence to safety regulations, and managing project timelines and budgets. With core skills in OSHA compliance, project scheduling, and construction management, you will supervise and coordinate activities on construction sites effectively. Experience with Procore, Bluebeam, and Outlook will be needed for daily job reporting and project communication. Additionally, your relevant skills in blueprint reading, quality control, and construction estimating will contribute to the successful completion of pipeline projects.
Key Responsibilities:
- Operate heavy equipment to excavate, install and backfill large pipe and culverts
- Study project specifications with Superintendent to plan procedures for pipe installation sequencing
- Responsible for the management and safety of pipe crew
- Inspect work site to determine sequencing and method of pipe installation and survey for potential hazard or safety concerns
- Manage project schedules, ensuring timely completion within budget constraints
- Utilize construction management software to track progress and allocate resources efficiently
- Oversee quality control measures to ensure compliance with project specifications
- Enforce company policies
- Use instruments such as lasers, grade rods, eye levels and transit levels to set appropriate grade for pipe installation
Qualifications:
- Minimum 5 years’ experience supervising installation of pipe and culvert on heavy civil projects
- Current OSHA 30 or greater
- Outstanding organizational and time management skills
- Excellent management and leadership skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Positive, team-oriented attitude
- GPS Topcon experience a plus
- Must be able to set your own grade lasers, pipe lasers, transit, etc.
Education/Experience Requirements:
- Site utility work: 5 years (Required)
- Heavy equipment operation: 5 years (Required)
About Sehlhorst Equipment Services:
Sehlhorst Equipment Services (SES) is a family-owned company that was established in 1985. Since then, SES has been in a growth trajectory, building on the solid reputation we have established in the region. We are committed to investing in the company and our fellow co-workers. This commitment can be seen throughout the Sehlhorst organization, most visibly by the construction of a new office and repair facility.
We are a fast-growing demolition, excavation, and site utilities contractor with a reputation as a premier subcontractor in the tri-state area.
Our demolition crews perform complete structural demolition, selective demolition/building alteration, and underground demolition and utility removal for projects ranging in size from typical single-family homes to multi-story commercial/industrial buildings.
SES Earthwork crews cut, haul, and compact hundreds of thousands of cubic yards of structural fill each year performing land clearing and topsoil stripping, mass excavation and structural fill, fine grading, and soil remediation projects.
As underground utility specialists our crews install new sewers, water, and storm infrastructure from taps in the street to a new building. We also have extensive experience repairing underground infrastructure.
To learn more, you can visit https://sehlhorst.com/.
Sehlhorst Equipment Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Sehlhorst Equipment Services is a participant in the Drug Free Work Place Program of the Ohio Bureau of Worker’s Compensation.