Labor Foreman

LABOR FOREMAN

Reportsto:
Field Services Team Supervisor

FSLA:
Exempt

Objective:
Train and mentor laborers; directly manage specific trades and assure compliance to specification and project schedules; assist the site superintendent with managing the project site, including but not limited to assigning appropriate labor staff, creating and managing various site reports as needed, and enforcing safety rules and regulations.

• Train and mentor laborers.
• Directly manage specific trades or people on the job and ensure compliance to specification and project schedules.
• Read and interpret plans, instructions and specifications to determine work activities.
• Assist superintendent with managing non‑Windover laborers.
• Assign appropriate labor staff to projects.
• Manage and control safety on site.
• Maintain and manage subcontractor and visitor sign‑in logs.
• Create and manage daily reports on Procore as needed, at the supervisor’s discretion.
• Report any problems, damage, hazardous conditions and oversights to superintendents.
• Clean and prepare construction sites to eliminate possible hazards.
• Always maintain a clean and organized job site, both inside and outside the fence.
• Control traffic passing near and in and around the work area.
• Open and close job site under superintendent’s direction.
• Listen to, understand, and exceed customer expectations.
• Treat everyone with respect.

• Ability to determine the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
• Capable of communicating with others and conveying information effectively.
• Ability to select and use training methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
• Strong organizational skills with ability to multitask.

• Problem solving:
  Use logic and reasoning to identify strengths and weaknesses or alternative solutions.
• Time management skills, including managing your time and the time of others.
• Active listening:
  Ability to give full attention to what others are saying, taking the time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at appropriate times.
• Active learning:
  Understand the implication of new information for both current and future problem solving and decision making.
• Like to learn and teach.

• Minimum 5 years of experience as Laborer.
• Knowledge of material, methods, and tools involved in the construction or repair of houses and buildings.
• OSHA 30 Hour Certification.
• Responsible for supplying basic hand tools (power tools and specialty tools will be provided).

The work environment, physical demands, and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by employees to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.

The employee may lift heavy objects no heavier than 50 lbs. without assistance, walk and stand for long periods and perform strenuous physical labor under adverse field conditions. The employee lifts, pushes, pulls or carries objects and uses abdominal and lower‑back muscles to provide support overtime without fatigue.

• Good manual dexterity (hand, hand with arm, two hands) and multi‑limb coordination.
• Ability to quickly move arms and legs.
• Talking and hearing, both in person and by telephone.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The employee must have excellent stamina.

Regularly required to use written and oral communication skills; read and interpret data, information, and documents; observe and interpret situations; learn and apply new information or skills; perform highly detailed work on multiple, concurrent tasks; and work under intense deadlines with frequent interruptions.

Nothing in this Job Description restricts Windover’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this position at any time. This position is at-will, which means that either the employee or Windover may terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without notice and for any reason or no reason.