Webber - Asphalt Foreman - Heavy Civil

Job Description

Supervisor:
Construction Manager

Asphalt experience.

Provides management for construction crew and their material and equipment, ensuring that specifications are being followed, and work is proceeding on schedule. Oversee duties involving heavy highway construction activities including earthwork/dirt, and pavement. Manage skilled craftsmen on exciting and challenging construction projects.

• Create and complete a job safety analysis every morning to address safety concerns and ensure employees work in a safe manner.
• Oversee crew’s activities efficiently.
• Supervise, manage, and direct the training, development, appraisal and work assignments for crew members.
• Have a strong understanding of the project plans for specific duties.
• Have a strong comprehension of blue‑prints and specifications.
• Manage tools, materials and supplies.
• Manage the equipment utilization.
• Provide immediate response to site production issues.
• Report the crew’s hours worked and code time accurately on daily timesheet.
• Improve operations of the company in any way possible.

• Driver’s License, OSHA
  10/30, First Aid, and CPR

• Comply with all safety policies, practices and procedures. Report all unsafe activities to Safety Representative and/or supervisor.
• Participate in proactive team efforts to achieve departmental and company goals.
• Provide leadership to others through example and sharing of knowledge/skill.

• Ability to read a limited number of two- and three‑syllable words and to recognize similarities and differences between words and between series of numbers.
• Ability to print and speak simple sentences.

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
• Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

• Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.

The employee in this job must be knowledgeable about and follow the company’s safety policies and procedures as described in the company’s safety manual.

Less than High School Diploma.

• 5+ years of experience in highway and road construction required.
• Knowledge of one or two phases of construction (Pipe, Dirt, Structures, Pavement, etc.).

Heavy physical activity performing strenuous day activities of a primarily productive/technical nature.

Manual dexterity sufficient to reach/handle items and work with the fingers. Ability to perceive attributes of objects and materials.

Outdoor exposure to changing weather conditions (rain, sun, snow, wind, etc.).

The work environment/physical demands characteristics described here are representative of those the employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The employee is regularly exposed to outside weather conditions, extreme cold, and extreme heat. The employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; and high and/or precarious places. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Webber, a Ferrovial company, and its group of companies, are equal opportunity employers. We treat all job applications equally, regardless of gender, color, race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, covered veteran status or protected genetic information (each, a “Protected Class”), or any other protected class in accordance with applicable laws.