Foreman

• Manage and track daily activities of assigned crews
• Continually inspect work sites for potential hazards and/or safety concerns, ensuring safe work environments and compliance with state, federal, OSHA, and Congruex safety policies
• Operate (but not limited to) track-hoe, back-hoe, mini excavator, skid steer, dozer, haul truck and trencher
• Excavate and backfill, in a safe manor, trenches for underground utilities
• Perform placement of conduit in open trenches
• Proof conduits
• Pothole existing utilities
• Complete rigging and setting of structures
• Form and pour concrete
• Place asphalt
• Track materials, aggregates, and project requirements
• Communicate both orally and written, with local officials, company management and staff, customers, and other stakeholders
• Update the Construction and/or Project Manager on crew needs, progress, etc
• File complete and accurate paperwork daily
• Ensure work sites have been adequately cleaned up and worksite is restored after work
• Travel to and from assigned job sites
• Assist and train crews as needed
• May schedule and coordinate subcontractors
• Other duties as assigned

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Ability to pass a pre-employment background check and drug test
• Possess and maintain a clean Motor Vehicle Record (MVR)
• Have board experience in a telecommunications construction environment, including placing, pulling, and transferring strand, coax, and fiber
• 5 years minimum operating heavy construction equipment
• Ability to read and understand blueprints and project specifications
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing with crew, leadership, and customers
• Ability to manage crews
• Ability to drive and operate company vehicles, bucket trucks, and work equipment
• Ability to ensure compliance with OSHA and other regulatory bodies’ safety standards
• Ability to utilize proper safety equipment
• Must be able and willing to work indoors and outdoors, subject to inclement weather conditions
• Must be able to maintain visual and audible contact with other crewman and all moving or stationary persons/vehicles/objects to ensure safe coordination of movement
• Must be able to work around heavy equipment and machinery
• Must be able to stand or walk for long periods of time
• Must be able to lift and carry up to 50 pounds
• Routinely requires extended periods of bending, squatting, climbing, kneeling, pushing, pulling, lifting, lifting in awkward positions, standing, and twisting
• Must be able to stand, walk, sit or be in other physically demanding positions for long periods of time
• Must be able to work while wearing safety boots, safety glasses, hardhat, and any applicable safety gear
• OSHA 30
• Commercial Driver’s License (CDL)
• DOT Medical Card
• Competent Person Certification
• Confined Space training
• Trench Safety training
• Pole Climbing & Ladder Safety
• Flagger Certification
• Forklift Certification
• First Aid / CPR

Bilingual Spanish and English speaking preferred