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General Excavating

Location:
United States, Platte

Category:
Construction

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Job Description:

General Excavating is searching for a highly motived and experienced Utilities Foreman in underground utility site work. This position must be experienced in horizontal directional drilling / boring, as well as locating utilities and managing jobs and crews.

Job Responsibility:

Perform a wide variety of manual duties in support of telecommunication construction
Perform physically strenuous work on road/highway and heavy civil construction sites to prepare worksites for telecommunications cabling
Read and interpret blueprints, drawings, and specifications to determine layout of project
Plan procedures for appropriate construction methods based on project start and completion time
Locate underground utilities and file locate requests to eliminate potential hazards
Provide updates, damages, issues, daily progress reports to construction coordinator and/or project manager
Dig ditches or trenches, backfill excavations, or compact earth to grade specifications
Operate a variety of hand and power tools, clean and prepare sites, set braces, clean up rubble and debris
Provide daily worksheets and work logs to field supervisor
Measure distances, set elevations and install pipe to grade
Practice preventive maintenance of tools and equipment
Procure materials, tools and rental equipment at specified times
Effectively handle multiple priorities with strong attention to detail
Confer with supervisory personnel, owners, engineers, contractors, inspectors, material suppliers and/or equipment dealers
Inspect or review work in progress to ensure workmanship conforms to specifications, schedules and safety compliance
Provide effective and accurate communication to supervisors, owners, subcontractors and subordinates
Assign tasks to laborers and operators and supervise crew in the field
Monitor compliance with project safety program requirements
Enforce compliance with administrative policies, procedures, safety rules and governmental regulations

Requirements:

Possess and maintain a Class A CDL
A clean Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) to pass and maintain company insurability guidelines
High school diploma or General Education Degree (GED) or equivalent combination of education and experience
Minimum of 4 years of recent foreman or equivalent experience
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos
Ability to write simple correspondence
Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations
Ability to add, subtract multiply and divide
Ability to perform operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume and distance
Ability to read a tape measure and convert inches into tenths
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed written or oral instructions
Ability to deal with problems involving multiple variables in standardized situations
Must be able to work in various weather conditions (hot, cold, wet, windy)
Must be able to work in loud, noise-filled environments

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
December 08, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

On-site work

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