Construction Foreman jobs in Delaware

Job Title: Construction Foreman

About Your Opportunity: Join our team as a Construction Foreman, where your primary responsibility will be the planning and execution of construction, erection, and demolition work on assigned projects. You will play a crucial role in coordinating activities with the project superintendent, project manager, and other contractors to ensure project schedules are met and work progresses smoothly, all while adhering to safety and productivity standards.

How You’ll Contribute:

• Provide direction, guidance, and work assignments for Wohlsen self-performing workers.
• Perform layout for self-performed work, ensuring compliance with project requirements.
• Monitor and meet established productivity rates, submitting weekly reports to the project team.
• Coordinate staffing needs with the Carpentry Superintendent, preparing manpower projections.
• Review construction documents, ensuring a good understanding of self-perform scope and adjacent work.
• Coordinate with Yard Manager and vendors to ensure proper supply of tools, materials, and equipment.
• Regularly inspect and observe direct reports' work, ensuring compliance with specifications and safety standards.
• Enforce safe work practices, conduct daily huddles, and address safety concerns.

Other Functions:

• Weekly submission of timesheets for Wohlsen direct reports.
• Administer, collect, and submit weekly toolbox meetings for all Wohlsen workers.
• Review site-specific rules and logistics with new workers to ensure compliance.
• Coordinate with Carpentry Superintendent and initiate disciplinary action as required.

Qualifications:

• Ability to read blueprints.
• Master Carpenter’s background.
• Ten years of construction experience, three years in a supervisory capacity.
• First aid training.
• OSHA Certification.
• Ability to use transit and levels.
• Ability to work at heights greater than 6 feet above ground level.

Machines/Tools/Equipment:

• Working knowledge of surveying equipment; total station equipment preferred.
• Proficiency in the use of standard construction and demolition tools and equipment.
• Forklift operation skills are a plus.
• Basic computer skills, including Word and Excel.

Working Conditions:

• Primarily on construction job sites with exposure to all weather conditions.
• Some work in controlled office environments.
• Regular travel by motor vehicle and occasional overnight travel by various modes of transportation.

If you are a skilled Construction Foreman with a commitment to safety and quality, we invite you to apply and become an integral part of our dynamic team at Wohlsen Construction.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.

Note to Recruiters, Placement Agencies, and Similar Organizations: Wohlsen does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. Please do not forward unsolicited agency resumes to our website, locations, or to any Wohlsen team member. Wohlsen will not pay fees to any third-party agency or firm and will not be responsible for any agency fees associated with unsolicited resumes. Unsolicited resumes received will be considered property of Wohlsen and will be processed accordingly.

This job is a safety-sensitive position.