General Foreman - Construction

Aerotek; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 58,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Aerotek in Edmonton, AB is seeking a General Foreman to oversee day-to-day commercial construction operations. The role includes supervising crews, coordinating schedules, and ensuring quality workmanship while performing hands-on carpentry on a tenant improvement project.

Reporting to the site superintendent, you will manage safety, permits, inspections, and toolbox talks, with a contract-to-hire path and a typical Monday–Friday schedule on site.

Job description

Job Title: General Foreman

Job Description

The General Foreman oversees day-to-day operations on commercial construction sites, acting as the primary point of contact between construction workers and site supervision. This role coordinates daily tasks, creates and manages worker schedules, and ensures high-quality workmanship across all work areas. The successful candidate will lead a portion of a large tenant improvement project, supervising employees and subtrades while also performing hands-on carpentry and construction work. While reporting to the site superintendent, the General Foreman is expected to independently run smaller projects and maintain a safe, organized, and efficient job site.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and assign daily tasks to crew members, ensuring all workers understand their responsibilities and work areas.

• Create, manage, and adjust schedules for employees and subtrades to keep the project on track and meet deadlines.

• Act as the main point of contact between construction workers and site supervision, communicating expectations, changes, and progress clearly.

• Oversee the quality of work on site, ensuring that construction standards, specifications, and finishing details are consistently met.

• Lead and supervise a portion of a large tenant improvement project, ensuring subtrades are meeting expectations and delivering work on time.

• Conduct daily Morning Toolbox Talks from 7:00am to 7:15am, reviewing tasks, safe work procedures, quality requirements, subtrade work areas, and expected deliveries.

• Discuss and monitor daily and weekly progress expectations, measuring performance against project timelines.

• Ensure completion of Field Level Hazard Assessments (FLHA) for applicable tasks and work areas.

• Oversee completion of permits such as ground disturbance, hot work, and other required site permits.

• Manage equipment inspections and maintenance logs to ensure tools and machinery are safe and in good working order.

• Maintain site trailer cleanliness, organize sea cans, and promote clean, orderly work areas, setting a high standard for the entire site.

• Communicate coffee and lunch break times clearly, ensuring workers know when to be in the trailer and when to return to work.

• Provide drawing details and information related to specific work areas in conjunction with the site superintendent.

• Notify workers of changes to scope and/or drawings, ensuring all team members understand updated requirements and plans.

Why Work Here?

Employees enjoy a supportive team culture with regular team-building and appreciation events such as BBQs and pizza parties. Performance-based bonuses may be available, offering recognition for strong results. There is clear potential for advancement, with opportunities to grow into roles such as site superintendent as the organization expands over the coming years.

Work Environment

The role is primarily based on commercial construction sites with a typical schedule of Monday to Friday from 7:30am to 4:30pm, with the possibility of finishing at 3:00pm on Fridays. Most work occurs on weekday day shifts, though some projects, particularly tenant improvement work, may require occasional overnight shifts. Workers are expected to be fully prepared for work by 7:00am, wearing appropriate personal protective equipment including boots, hard hat, vest, gloves, and safety glasses.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Edmonton, AB.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $42.00 - $45.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Edmonton, AB.

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Edmonton,AB.

À propos d'Aerotek

Aerotek® Inc. fournit des solutions de dotation en personnel et de services dans les domaines de la fabrication, de la logistique, de la construction, de laviation, des installations et de la maintenance. Nous offrons lexpertise, les solutions et les personnes nécessaires pour relever les défis de lindustrie nord-américaine. Basée à Hanover, au Maryland, Aerotek exploite un réseau unifié de plus de 200 bureaux à travers lAmérique du Nord, soutenant plus de 18 000 clients chaque année. Aerotek est une entreprise du groupe Allegis, leader mondial en ressources humaines et solutions daffaires. Pour en savoir plus, visitez: Aerotek.com | 1-888-AEROTEK.

Aerotek offre un salaire hebdomadaire, des avantages sociaux y compris des soins médicaux, des soins dentaires et des soins de la vue, ainsi quun programme daide aux employés et un programme de rabais.

La société souscrit au principe dégalité daccès à lemploi et examinera toutes les candidatures sans tenir compte de la race, du sexe, de lâge, de la couleur, de la religion, de lorigine nationale, du statut de vétéran, de handicap, de lorientation sexuelle, de lidentité de genre, de linformation génétique ou de toute autre caractéristique protégée par la loi.

Ordonnance sur légalité des chances de San Francisco:

Conformément à lOrdonnance sur légalité des chances de San Francisco, pour tous les postes situés dans la ville et le comté de San Francisco, nous examinerons les candidatures des personnes qualifiées ayant un casier judiciaire ou des antécédents criminels.

Utilisation de lintelligence artificielle (IA):

Nous pouvons utiliser lintelligence artificielle (IA) pour soutenir certaines étapes de notre processus dembauche, notamment la recherche, la présélection et lévaluation des candidatures. LIA aide à analyser les candidatures et les qualifications, mais les décisions finales sont prises par notre équipe de recrutement. En soumettant votre candidature, vous reconnaissez et acceptez que celle-ci puisse être examinée à laide doutils dIA.

About Aerotek

Aerotek® Inc. provides staffing and services solutions in manufacturing, logistics, construction, aviation, facilities and maintenance. We provide the expertise, solutions and people required to rise to the challenges of North American industry. Headquartered in Hanover, Md., Aerotek operates a unified network of over 200 offices across North America, supporting more than 18,000 clients each year. Aerotek is an Allegis Group company, the global leader in workforce and business solutions. To learn more, visit: Aerotek.com | 1-888-AEROTEK.

Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, employee assistance and discount programs.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance:

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI):

We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.