Pipe Foreperson

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Great Benefits offered!

Pipe Foreperson

US-PA-Pottstown

Job :
Type: Regular Full-Time
Category: Contracting
Pottstown Divison

Overview

Pottstown Division of H&K Group, Inc. is looking for a Pipe foreperson to direct the activities of workers concerned with construction of highways, pipelines, or other construction projects. Why work for H&K Group, 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
  
  Additional training opportunities including on the job, online through the H&K Academy, manufacturer offered training, and more

Responsibilities

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Performs all work according to OSHA and H&K Safety policies
  
  Reads blueprints and job-related documents to properly plan work Records daily events in job diary
  
  Schedules materials, equipment, and work for the pipe crew Develops crew SIP's and submits to site foreperson
  
  Tracks daily quantities and submits to site foreperson
  
  Conducts daily huddles with pipe crew to establish daily production goals and ensures all members of crew know and buy into the plan for the day Communicates goals and purposes effectively Lead and demonstrate by example
  
  Influences and enforces company values
  
  Recognizes misalignments with company values and culture and rectifies
  
  Pro-actively trains and mentors pipe crew members to enhance their skills and knowledge
  
  Communicates with customer representatives and inspectors in a courteously and professionally
  
  Performs all other duties of crew members as needed
  
  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 probability and statistical inference, fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry
  
  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
  • Sit
  • Use hands to finger, handle, or feel
  • Reach with hands and arms
• Frequently required to talk or hear
• Occasionally required to
  • Stand
  • Walk, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
  • Lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
• Specific vision abilities
  • Distance
  • Peripheral
  • Depth perception

Work Environment

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

H&K Group, Inc.’s (H&K’s) Pottstown Division (formerly Reading Site Contractors) has been a proud member of our heavy civil construction team since 1998. H&K’s Pottstown Division provides complete heavy civil construction and contracting services to customers and clients throughout the Berks, Chester and Montgomery County PA region and beyond. From our strategic location in Pottstown, PA, we estimate, manage and operate close to all of our high-quality project work;

our customers and clients demand this attention, and we deliver. H&K provides complete heavy civil contracting and construction materials solutions with safety, speed, quality, efficiency, and…