Job Details

Job Title: Foreman

Employer: Forgen

Location: Bethune, Saskatchewan, S0G, Canada

Salary: $18.00 to $23.57 per hour (To be negotiated) / 40 hours per week

Schedule: 8-hour shift

Employment type: Non-Exempt, Seasonal

Start date: Starts as soon as possible 

Verified: Yes

About Us

At Forgen, we aim to bring together and build a strong team of amazing people. Joining our team, you will be open to unlimited growth potential, as well as the support of professionals across the country who want to see you succeed. Our company excels in complex geotechnical and environmental construction services which helps to restore and strengthen our natural surroundings.

This ensures that people, communities, and the environment for generations to come remain protected. Furthermore, our employees support meaningful projects across the United States and Canada and our impact on future generations is just getting started. Whether you want to kick-start your career in the environmental construction industry or you’re a seasoned professional who wishes to fill one of our open management positions, we invite you to discover your future with Forgen.

Job Functions

A Construction Foreman is responsible for supervising and troubleshooting routine issues that may occur on the job site. Aside from ensuring that safety rules are followed regularly, they develop work schedules based on the availability of employees or contractors and weather conditions.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Ensure that you embrace Forgen’s Core Values in all aspects of the job.
• You will lead, manage, and be accountable (LMA) for the direct reports.
• You will carry out the roles and responsibilities of Foreman as listed on the Accountability Chart.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Report project progress to superiors.
• Develop a work schedule for workers.
• Supervise all construction workers.
• Be the liaison between construction workers and supervisors.
• Ability to negotiate.
• Solve disputes between workers.
• Ensure that a project is adequately staffed.
• Assign tasks to construction workers.
• Ensure that the project is staying on or under budget.
• Ability to read construction drawings and blueprints.
• Perform quality checks on construction equipment.
• Ensure all safety precautions and quality standards are met.
• Perform additional assignments and special projects as directed.

Experience/Education

• High school diploma/GED or equivalent.
• Have four to five years of experience in the construction industry.
• The following experience is required:
  • One plus years of leadership experience.
  • Seven-plus years of experience in the construction industry.
  • Experience working and living in remote field sites.
  • Valid Driver’s License and ability to drive on behalf of company business.
• The following safety training is preferred, but not mandatory. The company will provide additional training, as necessary.
  • 40-hour HAZWOPER training.
  • Competent Person Safety Training
  • 8-Hour Supervisory Training
  • 30-Hour OSHA Construction Safety Training
  • First Aid and CPR

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Advanced knowledge of construction engineering technology, codes, and standards, and an in-depth understanding of the interdependence and relationship between other functional units.
• Highly motivated, with a demonstrated passion for excellence and taking initiative.
• Strong work ethic, willing to do what it takes to get the job done right the first time.
• Demonstrated commitment to ethics and integrity.
• Passion for safety, with the ability to help us ensure that nobody gets hurt.
• Team player with the ability to work independently to meet deadlines, goals, and objectives.
• Strong organization, time management, and attention to detail.
• Develop work schedules and allocate staff to different duties and/or shifts.
• Basic computer skills including knowledge and experience with Microsoft Office, Outlook, and Excel.
• Above average oral and written communication skills, leadership skills, along use of independent judgment and creativity applied to the resolution of issues.
• Highly proactive and responsive to internal and external customers
• Ability to exercise independent judgment and advise project leadership on complex issues
• Good problem-solving skills/decision-making skills.
• Ability to read and understand blueprints.

Physical Demands

The following physical activities or abilities are commonly, but not always, associated with the performance of this position. The actual requirements of this position will vary.

• Lift, carry, and push/pull at least 50 pounds without difficulty.
• Be able to stand or walk on a project site for extended durations.
• Climb in and out of equipment.
• The ability to communicate effectively with vendors, management, and other co-workers, both individually and in front of a group is important.
• The ability to prepare, inspect, and review documents is a critical component of this role.
• Regular use of the telephone and email for communication is also essential.
• Sitting for an extended period is common.
• Good manual dexterity for the use of common office equipment such as computers, calculators, copiers, and fax machines.
• Good reasoning ability and decision-making are important.
• Able to understand and utilize management reports, memos, and other documents to conduct business.

The following physical activities or abilities are commonly, but not always, associated with field project sites. 

• Be able to stand or walk on a project site for extended durations.
• Climb in and out of equipment.
• When on project sites or if performing some type of work activity wear all required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) including, but not limited to, earplugs, protective eye wear, gloves, hard hat, steel-toed work boots, and high visibility safety apparel.

Work Environment

The following environmental/atmospheric working conditions are commonly, but not always, associated with the performance of this position. The actual working conditions will vary.

• Job Site environment, including, but not limited to, machines, tools, heavy equipment, chemicals, solvents, dust, fumes, noise, toxic materials; waste, and infectious materials; and work in inclement weather conditions.
• Occasional exposure to extreme weather conditions.
• Maintain physical condition appropriate to the performance of assigned duties and responsibilities such as heavy lifting and climbing; work in confined spaces; work at heights, work around heavy construction equipment.
• Maintain effective audio/visual discrimination and perception to the degree necessary for the successful performance of assigned duties.

WHAT IS A FOREMAN?

Before we delve into the qualities needed to become a good foreman, let’s brush up on what a foreman is. A site foreman or a construction foreman is a building and construction worker who looks after a construction crew at a building site. Foreman and foreperson mean the same thing, however, foreperson is becoming more common these days, as both men and women perform this role today.

Unlike trades like carpenters and plumbers who work on the tools, a site foreman works off the tools. This simply means that a foreperson doesn’t work with their hands as much as trades and laborers do. Rather, they give instructions, work on plans, set deadlines, and manage budgets. Furthermore, a foreperson also works closely with other site supervisors, construction managers, project managers, and developers.

Qualities Of A Foreman

Good At Communicating

As a foreperson in charge of a team, you’ll need to have excellent communication skills.

You need to be able to read and write at the year 10 level at the minimum.

You also need to be able to get on well with people, explain things clearly, and resolve disputes effectively.

Highly Organized 

As a construction foreman, you’ll be handling many different tasks.

You need to consider budgets and supplies of building materials, while making sure that the building project is running on time.

With so many balls to juggle, a good foreman will have exceptional organizational skills.

Time Management Skills 

Similarly, you need to be great at making sure all tasks and duties are performed within an acceptable time frame. Time management skills don’t come naturally for many people, but they can be learned and developed through proper training such as by doing building and construction courses (more on these below).

Licenced Builder

To become a foreman, you absolutely must be qualified with the right license or registration. As a licensed builder, you’ll have the proper credentials to perform the role of foreperson knowing that you can do a great job and work effectively with your crew.

Resilient

As you can see, a good foreperson needs to have a lot of skills and qualifications because they do a role with great responsibility. This is why a foreperson or foreman’s salary can be so high. According to Seek, the average foreperson salary in 2022 is $137,000 per year. It isn’t any wonder why you need to have the resilience to get through time pressures and tight deadlines while keeping a cool head.

Fit And Healthy

Just like many other building and construction careers, the role of foreperson is performed on a building site.

A foreman’s day-to-day involves being on the site alongside the other workers and moving around from place to place.

While it isn’t as physically demanding as a trade or laborer job, the foreperson role still requires you to be physically fit and healthy.