Sheet Metal Field Foreman

Overview

Position:
Sheet Metal Foreman

This is a non-union position!

Company Overview:
Delta Metals Inc. is Southeast Georgia’s largest sheet metal and roofing contractor. Founded in 1959, we strive to provide clients with high quality products and superior service at competitive prices.

Our products are fabricated in our factory in Savannah, Georgia, and can be shipped to your facility for installation or our service and construction team can install them for you. Let our craftsmen create the metal products you need.

A good fit for this role is someone with 5+ years' experience managing a construction crew—specifically in the sheet metal/commercial ductwork industry. Our Sheet Metal Foremen manages our field projects in a hands-on way. You will manage a small crew of laborers at varying job sites, installing custom duct systems. Join a team of dedicated and skilled workers to bring quality products and services to our community.

• Coordinating daily tasks according to priorities and plans, making changes when necessary due to weather, supply, delivery and personnel
• Delegating individual responsibilities and projects to crew members and contractors
• Training, managing and mentoring employees and contractors
• Providing adequate resources and staffing to meet project schedules, laws, regulations, best practices and safety needs
• Emphasizing safe use of tools, machinery and equipment while providing training on safety gear, helmets and procedures
• Enforcing safety rules; evaluating the workplace for potential hazards, and working with management to mitigate safety concerns
• Developing and managing project timelines and quality standards for all job sites
• Resolving conflicts or miscommunications quickly and amicably
• Regularly reporting project status to supervisors, site engineers, and other officials
• Other duties as assigned by management

• Must have 5+ years of sheet metal experience, specifically in installing duct systems.
• Must know how to fit/form metal using industry tools such as plate rollers, shears, etc.
• Have a thorough knowledge of the properties of steel, aluminum, and stainless steel when fabricating and welding
• Must be able to manage project schedules amid competing priorities
• Have knowledge of surface metal preparation for welding and painting
• Customer-service skills to communicate with inspectors and administration to develop a positive working relationship.
• Decision-making skills for selecting personnel and subcontractors for specific tasks and jobs to meet deadlines and budgets.
• Initiative for generating their own business opportunities and being proactive in locating new clients. Many foremen market the companies that employ them while bidding on jobs.
• Leadership skills for effectively delegating tasks to lower-level managers, subcontractors and construction workers.
• Speaking skills for providing clear orders, explaining complex information to clients and construction workers and discussing technical details with other building specialists.
• Technical skills for interpreting construction methods and technologies along with contracts and technical drawings.
• Ability to plan work, evaluate the time requirements to complete a job, and schedule accordingly
• Time-management skills to meet deadlines and ensure construction phases are completed on time so that the next phase can start.
• Writing skills for writing budgets, proposals and plans along with documenting work progress for clients and others involved.
• Requires the ability to use a phone and tablet to input data, such as timecard information, emails, etc.
• Bilingual (Spanish) a plus for this role

218 East Lathrop Avenue, Savannah, GA 31415

Work is typically performed while standing, in a non-climate-controlled machine shop or on job sites with varying weather and working conditions.

Starting at $25/hour

Delta Metals has a generous benefits package to include medical, dental, vision, life, long and short term disability, as well as accident, cancer, and critical illness plans, HSA, 401K, Vacation & sick time, and 6 paid company holidays.

It is the policy of Delta Metals, Inc. not to discriminate against any applicant for employment, or any employee because of age, color, sex, disability, national origin, race, religion, or veteran status.