Foreperson

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Foreperson

US-PA-Perkasie

Job :
Type: Regular Full-Time
Category: Contracting
Blooming Glen Contractors, Inc.

Overview

Blooming Glen Contractors, a partner with the H&K Group, Inc., located in Blooming Glen, PA, is looking for an experienced Foreperson! The foreperson directs activities of workers concerned with construction of highways, pipelines, or other construction projects. Why work for Blooming Glen Contractors, Inc.?

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience
  100% Company-paid Health Benefits
  401(k) Savings and Investment Plan Tuition reimbursement programs available to qualifying employees for approved programs
  
  Company provided on-the-job transportation to meet job responsibilities

Responsibilities

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Performs all work according to OSHA/MSHA and H&K Safety policies
  
  Record daily events in job diary.
  
  Schedules materials, equipment, and work for the crew. Analyze crew SIP's to create site SIP's.Obtains quantities from crews and prepare for billing process with PM.Analyzes cost reports for production adjustments. Accurately code and control onsite costs.
  
  Conducts site meetings. Attend E&S meetings and Job Turnover meetings.
  
  Communicates goals and purposes effectively. Lead and demonstrate by example.
  
  Influences and enforces company values. Recognizes misalignments with company values and culture and ensures compliance.
  
  Understands and anticipates customer's needs.
  
  Understands business practices within the organization. Understands the importance of repeat business.
  
  Communicates with customer representatives and represents the Company professionally.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Required Skills, Education, and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university OR one year of related experience and/or training
  • Equivalent combinations of education and experience may be considered
  Ability to read blueprints and job-related documents
  
  Strong verbal and written communication skills
  
  Mathematical skills including probablitiy and statistical inference, fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry
  • Ability to apply concepts to practical situations
  Demonstrated leadership ability
  
  Problem solving
  
  Basic computer skills including internet, email, and the use of digital cameras for work documentation
  
  Driver’s license and clean driving record
  
  Ability to fit test & utilize appropriate PPE as needed
  
  Ability to meet physical requirements (movement, lifting, as relevant to job)

Preferred Skills, Education, and Experience

• Two years of related experience and/or training
  
  Supervisory experience
  
  OSHA or other relevant safety certifications

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to
  • Stand, walk
  • Use hands to finger, handle, or feel
  • Reach with hands and arms
  • Climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
  • Talk or hear
• Occasionally required to sit
• Frequently required to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• Specific vision abilities include
  • Close
  • Distance
  • Color
  • Peripheral
  • Depth perception
  • Ability to adjust focus

Work Environment

• Regularly exposed to outside weather conditions
• Frequently exposed to
  • Moving mechanical parts
  • Fumes or airborne particles
• Noise level is usually moderate

Blooming Glen Contractors, Inc. (BGC) is a family owned and operated heavy civil construction services and site contracting company based in Perkasie, Pennsylvania. BGC provides full-service site contracting and heavy civil construction services in the following core service areas: complete site and land development, demolition, transportation & structures, water & wastewater, design-build and value engineering and emergency response.

Founded in 1971, BGC remains dedicated to providing our customers and clients with exceptional service and finished products of the…