Civil Construction Foreman - Water & Sewer

Louis W Bray Construction Limited; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction company in Ontario is seeking experienced Water and Sewer Foremen to join their expanding team. The position involves overseeing construction projects, ensuring safety protocols, and managing work crews to deliver high-quality work on complex water and sewer infrastructure projects.

Benefits

Competitive salaries

Company vehicles

RRSP matching

Benefits package

Qualifications

• Minimum three years of experience as a Sewer and Water supervisor in heavy civil construction.
• Ability to work unsupervised and lead work crews.
• Coordination with subcontractors, suppliers, and owners.

Responsibilities

• Directly supervise and coordinate site activities and staff.
• Ensure compliance with safety and production standards.
• Communicate with clients and resolve operational issues.

Skills

Leadership

Safety Knowledge

Communication

Problem Solving

Job description

Louis W Bray Construction is currently hiring experienced Water and Sewer Foremen to join our growing team and meaningfully contribute to the competition of complex Water and sewer infrastructure.

We offer competitive salaries, benefits, company vehicles and RRSP matching.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Accomplishes work requirements by orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, and coaching employees and supervising sub-contractors.
• Delegating tasks to team members and holding them accountable
• Conduct daily meetings outlining daily scope of work and associated hazards
• Determine equipment and material needs on-site and coordinate their delivery with the project coordinator and site superintendent.
• Meets construction work standards by following production, quality, and customer-service standards, resolving operational problems, and identifying work process improvements.
• Assist the Superintendent in creating short-term schedules and monitors such schedules
• Plans construction projects by studying technical specifications and drawings; ordering and scheduling materials and equipment.
• Inspecting work in progress to ensure that work conforms to specifications
• Accomplishes organization goals by accepting shared ownership and responsibility for each project and exploring opportunities to add value to each project
• Represent the company in meetings with clients, contractors, inspectors, etc., as required.
• Participation in daily and weekly update meetings
• Evaluate worker's abilities

• Maintain an exemplary safety record, knowledge of safety procedures, and the hazards specific to each job.
• Establish and maintain a professional working relationship with team members, architects, engineers, subcontractors and suppliers.
• Communicate daily with the site superintendent and coordinator to ensure production timelines are achievable and potential obstacles are mitigated by organizing additional resources or communicating delays with the client.
• Generating daily worksheets with cost codes and recording quantities
• Work with the superintendent to ensure deficiencies are remedied in a timely fashion and documentation is provided to the coordinator and office staff

Required Skills & Experience

• Minimum three years of experience as a Sewer and Water supervisor in heavy civil construction
• Ability to work unsupervised and lead work crews
• Ability to work out of town if and when required
• Coordination with subcontractors, suppliers and owners

Louis W Bray Constructionwelcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates participating in all aspects of the selection process. Thank you in advance for your interest in this position. Please be advised that only those selected for an interview will be contacted.