What are the responsibilities and job description for the General Foreman Equipment Lead position at Zachry Group?
Job Description
The Heavy Equipment General Foreman will oversee and manage civil equipment crews.
Responsibilities
This position will be responsible for a crew of up to 5-15 craft workers. The crew will be a mix of foreman, journeyman, helpers, and laborers.
ZACHRY is dedicated to providing a Safe and Drug-Free work environment and is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
The Heavy Equipment General Foreman will oversee and manage civil equipment crews.
Responsibilities
- Must have 4 years’ experience as a dirt operator, and 2 years in a supervisory position.
- Must possess all Knowledge Skills and Abilities for positions (see below).
- Must be able to meet all physical requirements.
- Must have reliable transportation.
- Read blueprints and specification to determine the scope of work: locations, quantities, and sizes of materials required. Identify all tools required for tasks.
- Identify safety risks and the precautions required to eliminate those risks.
- Manage multiple crews in regard to scheduling, processes and sequences, time, and cost. Illustrate in-depth knowledge of all civil processes.
- Leadership Abilities
- Ability to manage multiple crews.
- Ability to plan out the workload for multiple crews and multiple processes.
- Ability to perform all job duties of craft trade.
- Ability to read and understand IFC drawings.
- Understand when to stop production work and when an RFI needs to be initiated.
- Read and understand craft specs and cut sheets, craft spec procedures, and recommendations
- Plan work and execute
- Ability to take drawings, required material, line out helpers and execute work
- Equipment Knowledge - Basic maintenance (inspections) and Safe operations practices
- Ability to find footage, utilize addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions to perform all craft duties.
- Employee will be required to adhere to large amounts of standing, walking, bending, squatting, sitting and lifting.
- Will talk and hear to communicate.
- Will use arms and hands to signal, grab, hold, turn, push, and pull objects, materials, controls and tools.
- May be required to pick up, lift, carry and move up to 50lbs.
- Will work at heights, climb ladders and stairways, and may occasionally work off of platforms/scaffolding using the appropriate fall protection requirements.
- Must be able to work in all weather conditions (including heat, rain, cold and wind) while wearing appropriate PPE.
- Will be required to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) including but not limited to hard hat, safety glasses/spoggles, ear plugs, masks/respirators, hi-vis safety vests, leather gloves and leather steel-toed work boots.
This position will be responsible for a crew of up to 5-15 craft workers. The crew will be a mix of foreman, journeyman, helpers, and laborers.
ZACHRY is dedicated to providing a Safe and Drug-Free work environment and is an Equal Opportunity Employer.