Primary Responsibilities:
Manage the onsite activities of a project to ensure timely and safe completion, adherence with the contract documents and adherence with project budgets. Develop and maintain a professional working relationship with the owner, architect, and other related project participants.
Typical duties and responsibilities:
- Project Activities
- Supervises onsite activities of a project.
- Reads and follows plans, material lists and guidelines and applies necessary timelines.
- Fulfills all regular and advanced installation/construction duties, including project layout and completes required paperwork in a timely manner.
- Organizes, supervises, leads and trains employees to complete projects within established guidelines and timeframe.
- Submits timesheets into payroll by deadline.
- Schedule
a. Confer with the project manager, project superintendent, project engineer and other parties in preparing a schedule of construction activities. b. Review lead times and delivery dates of suppliers and starting dates of subcontractors to assure that they are coordinated with the project construction schedule. c. Monitor purchasing activities and advise project superintendent of any vendor purchases that are critical to the completion of the project. Immediately notify the project superintendent of any event that will impact the timely completion of the project. d. Review status of submittals to ensure timely review and release of materials to support the project schedule.
- Safety
- Review site-specific safety plans with project superintendent and subcontractors to assure compliance with company safety plan.
- Perform regular jobsite inspections and conduct weekly jobsite safety meetings to assure compliance with company safety program.
- Provide immediate written notification to subcontractor not complying with safety requirements.
- Quality
- Become fully familiarized with the contract documents and minimum standards of performance
- Perform daily jobsite inspections to assure compliance with the contract documents and accepted industry quality standards.
- Require subcontractors to accept the quality and compliance of all work prior to allowing the following work to proceed
- Immediately notify the project superintendent and subcontractors, in writing, of any variances noted and assure that proper corrective action is taken immediately.
- Schedule all inspections and tests required by the contract documents.
- Review approved submittals received from project engineer to ensure familiarity with installation requirements and sequencing.
- Client Relations
- Establish a relationship with the client and architects that will enhance our capability to perform repeat negotiated work.
- Provide the Business Development Department any market insights gained through discussion with the client, architect, or other project participants regarding potential future project opportunities.
- Management
- Delegate adequate authority to subordinates to carry out their daily responsibilities.
- With the project team and subcontractors, develop a plan that will utilize the most efficient construction techniques to assure quality and efficiency in construction and monitor their implementation.
- General
- Strive to develop a feeling of pride and loyalty to the company and present oneself as a Skender advocate to all employees, clients, business partners, and potential hires.
- Actively insist that the company’s Affirmative Action Program be practiced in all employment, work assignments, and promotion opportunity decisions.
- Become familiar with all company policies and adhere strictly to them in all activities and dealings and require all employees to be aware of them and to conform to them in their activities.
- Vigorously maintain strict observance to the company’s antitrust program and adhere to the law and policy during all dealings with trade partners, clients and vendors. Take direct action when this is not evident and report discrepancies according to Skender’s policy.
- Constantly strive to improve leadership and management capability and performance, and to acquire additional knowledge, skills and ability through study and personal development, to qualify for positions of greater responsibility.
- Carry out any additional responsibilities assigned by the project manager and/or project superintendent.
Skills, Qualifications & Experience:
Educational and experience requirements:
- Five or more years’ experience in a carpentry foreman capacity in the construction field.
Capabilities:
Good written and verbal communication, organizational, supervisory, planning and motivational skills. Demand for quality, performance, and integrity.
Must have reliable transportation to get you to your designated work site, which can be anywhere in the Chicagoland area. A valid driver's license and access to a vehicle is recommended for the nature of this position.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to:
- Stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms
- Occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl
- The employee must frequently lift or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift or move up to 50 pounds
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus
Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to outdoor weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.