General Foreman - Transmission

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Company Overview

Since 2015, Altitude Energy, LLC has built a reputation for delivering safe, high-quality electrical power construction projects across the western United States. With dedicated teams in transmission, distribution, and substation construction, we deliver end-to-end power infrastructure solutions—and we’re growing. If you’re looking for a place where your work directly supports the communities we serve, where field and office teams collaborate closely, and where you can take ownership and develop your craft, you’ll find it here.

Come join our team and help power our future together.

About the Role:

Job Title: General Foreman

Division: Transmission

Field Positions (Includes Field Management):

• Fully in Field
• Traveling as required

Reports To: Operations Manager

Supervises: Multiple Crews of Foreman, Lineman, Operators and Apprentices

• Driver’s license and MVR requirement:
  Valid Commercial Driver’s License and clean MVR
• Education:
  
  High School Diploma or GED or Equivalent
• Experience:
  
  Minimum of 10 years’ previous experience as General Foreman or Foreman in Powerline Operations
• Qualifications/
  
  Certifications:
  
  OSHA 30
• Technical
  
  Skills:
  
  Proficient with everyday computer tasks, including email communication, Teams meetings, report writing, mobile app navigation, and completing project documentation. Experience with Procore is a plus.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States

Essential Skills, Duties and Responsibilities

• Performs all duties assigned by manager
• Involved in the review of incoming projects
• Help estimating team with development of project estimates and sit in on bid reviews
• Participates in project preplanning meetings
• Plays an active role in building Altitude’s Transmission team including recruiting, interviewing and onboarding new team members
• Distribute project assignments to crews
• Understand, adhere to, and enforce Company Policies and Operating Procedures

Management:

• Attend, prepare for, participate and lead meetings
• Has experience in the following areas: use of forecasting tools, production tracking, percent complete reporting, budget tracking, billing, change order management, and punch lists.
• Demonstrates the ability to understand and adhere to all contract documents, verifying that all work aligns with contractual specifications.
• Risk management:
  
  focus on avoiding delay costs, avoiding LDs, and avoiding claims
• Assists in compiling information for monthly billing and submittals
• Heavily involved in subcontractor management: cost tracking, identifying changed conditions, dispute management, risk management.
• Manage and resolve conflicts or disputes involving engineers, customers, subcontractors, and suppliers.
• Monitor and manage manpower, manhours, material, equipment, rentals and other job cost impact items.
• Weekly timesheet approval.
• Monitor and manage project schedules and crew schedules. Adjust as necessary to meet deadlines. Inform leadership of schedule issues.
• Responsible for creating or executing detailed work plans for high-risk tasks such as critical lifts and stringing operations.

Administration:

• Documentation done in a timely manner
• Ensure accurate reporting and tracking.

Communication:

• Meetings with Landowners
• Maintains open communication with leadership.

Material, Equipment, Tooling:

• Tooling and Equipment Management; you will assist with ensuring maintenance is up to date, employees trained to operate, kept organized, taken care of, kept clean and in working order, inspections are completed, taken out of service if damaged or broken.

Quality:

• Responsible for quality control on your projects

Essential Leadership Characteristics or Requirements

• Believes and leads by Altitude’s “Core Values”.
• Team player, that is a good listener, solution driven, problem…