Pipefitter - Foreman

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Responsible for monitoring quality and safety and providing planning and direction directly to the assigned crew for construction activities for construction projects. This is normally a first-level supervisory position and requires previous experience as a craft worker. The role of a Foreman is to assist the General Foreman in providing leadership, direction, and supervision of craft workers; and to provide coordination so that crafts work safely and productively.

Overview of Primary Duties:

• Coordinates, oversees, and briefs crew on daily work to be done.
• Plans and prioritizes job tasks, and trains, directs, organizes, and supervises a crew on the job site for quality work and efficient production.
• Is familiar with the job site safety plan.
• Enforces safe practices.
• Conducts training in safety.
• Completes safety reports.
• Ensure that all work meets or exceeds the standards.
• Manage crew timesheets.
• Prepares quality and quantity reports, and other required reports.
• Comprehend blueprints, sketches, and plans.
• Evaluate, monitor, and report on work progression, while ensuring that all works are conducted in compliance and line with the man-hour budget.
• Experience in maintaining short-range look-ahead plans.
• Must have the ability to read and interpret instructions and documentation.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in the field of work being completed to step in if needed or conduct training.
• Know what to do if an OSHA inspector comes onsite.
• Recognize and correct any unsafe conditions that may exist or occur on the job site
• Assist with job site inspections.
• Attend any required meetings, including scheduled supervisory meetings
• Demonstrate Yates Core Values and Principles
• Follow Yates Code of Conduct
• Safety Responsibilities and Expectations
• • Responsible for refusing unsafe work and for carrying out all work by the established Yates Safety Procedures and Work Practices
  • Report all incidents, near hits, and hazards to management.
  • Required to wear and maintain personal PPE.
  • Advise fellow employees of hazardous situations.
  • Participate in workplace inspections.
  • Comply with statutory requirements, including duty of care.
  • Participate in required and assigned training.
  • Provide suggestions to improve Safety.
  • Present a mature approach to working safely.
  • Attend prestart and Safety meetings and contribute.
  • Other related duties as needed and assigned by Field Supervision.
  • This is not an all-inclusive list of tasks an employee may be asked to do. Employees are expected to complete any tasks they are assigned.

Qualifications:

Level I:

• Minimum of eight (8) years of construction experience
• Minimum of six (6) years of craft-classified experience
• Required minimum of two (2) years of experience in supervision for any externally recruited candidates that are not currently a Yates employee
• Formal education/degree/certificate in construction, technical, or trade school such as NCCER Certification Plus.
• Must be able to speak, read, and write in the English language Level II:
• Same as Level I
• Successful completion of Yates Supervisor training

Requirements:

• Supervise installation per work packs and report quantities
• Complete time sheets for their direct reports to track progress and verify time
• Responsible for the quality of the finished product, completing quality documentation including check sheets and final documentation
• Successful completion of required Safety training to include, but not limited to, Confined Space, LOTO, and Working at Heights

Physical Demands/

Essential Job Functions:

This job description reflects an assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. This is not an all-inclusive list of functions that an employee may be asked to do. Employees are expected to complete any…