Bilingual Foreman (Structures)

Kokosing Construction Company, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 45,460 - 61,992; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Paid time off

401K plan

Job summary

Kokosing Construction Company, Inc. is hiring a Structures Foreman for heavy highway projects in Virginia. This role involves directing and training the crew, supervising work on structures, and ensuring safety and compliance standards are met.

Candidates should possess five years of related experience, particularly with bridge and roadway work. The position offers competitive compensation, benefits, and opportunities for growth within a leading construction company.

Qualifications

• Five years related experience and/or training; experience with structures for bridge and roadway work required.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Regularly required to lift or move up to 50 pounds.

Responsibilities

• Oversees crew performance and ensures compliance with project specs.
• Plans sequences of activities on the project in coordination with the project engineer.
• Enforces OSHA safety regulations and maintains job diary.

Skills

Ability to read and interpret safety rules

Effective communication skills

Mathematical skills

Problem-solving abilities

Education

Five years related experience in bridge and roadway work

Job description

Job Summary

Kokosing (www.kokosing.biz) is one of America's 50 largest General Contractors and services a broad spectrum of clients in both the private and public business sectors. Kokosing’s services include heavy civil/industrial construction such as highways, bridges, underground utilities, water/wastewater facilities, and marine construction. For over 75 years, Kokosing has successfully attracted the most qualified technical personnel in the construction industry by offering visible challenges, superior quality, and attractive rewards. With over $2.8 billion in annual sales and a commitment to its workforce, Kokosing is the winning team.

Kokosing has a need for a Structures Foreman to work on our heavy highway projects in the Tidewater area of Virginia (Chesapeake/Norfolk/Newport News), including our project in Wallops Island, VA. Bilingual skills required (Spanish/English).

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Reviews documents and plans, making sure all questions are answered, before proceeding with any activities.
• Examines blueprints, plans and profiles to determine dimensions of structure, and grade or profile of road or pipeline.
• Works from surveyor’s layout and cutsheets; determines line and grade where necessary.
• Directs and trains crew in performing work as shown on contract drawings and specifications within the production budget of job estimate.
• Acts as OSHA defined "competent person" on job.
• Selects materials and structural units, such as lumber and forms, to ensure conformance with provisions of Project.
• Plans ahead to ensure that appropriate materials are on hand when needed.
• With Superintendent and Project Engineer, plans sequence of activities on the Project in two‑week schedule planning.
• Assigns workers to such tasks as operating machinery and equipment, cutting material to size, building concrete forms, erecting wooden framework or laying pipe.
• Inspects work performed by subcontractors, to ensure conformance with specifications.
• Supervises workers engaged in building structures such as cofferdams, support of excavation, and concrete forms.
• Studies production schedules and estimates worker hour requirements for completion of job assignment.
• Knows crew members by name. Maintains contact list.
• Conducts daily "Huddle" with crew: explains in detail the work to be accomplished and how it is to be accomplished; trains inexperienced crew members.
• Interprets company policies to workers.
• Enforces and abides by Company disciplinary procedures when dealing with employee problems.
• Evaluates ongoing safety issues on job and makes changes where necessary.
• Enforces safety regulations and use of Personal Protective Equipment.
• Establishes or adjusts work procedures to meet production schedules.
• Recommends measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, and quality of product.
• Suggests changes in working conditions and use of equipment to increase efficiency of work crew.
• Analyzes and resolves work problems or assists workers in solving work problems.
• Initiates or suggests plans to motivate workers to achieve work goals.
• Maintains time and production records: detailed and accurate time sheets, with verified quantities included and detailed locations of work performed. Time sheets turned in on time.
• Keeps job team informed of progress and problems.
• Estimates, requisitions, and inspects materials.
• Sets up machines and equipment and supervises use.
• Maintains detailed daily job diary.
• Holds meaningful weekly safety meeting for crew and files report on attendance and content.
• Performs activities of workers supervised.
• Minimizes punch list; finishes work activities.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Responsible for overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of this Crew.
• May manage 1 Lead Person who supervises a total of 2 to 3 employees in the Crew.
• Directly supervises 3 to 5 non‑supervisory employees.
• Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws.
• Responsibilities include training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Qualifications

• Five years related experience and/or training. Experience with structures for bridge and roadway work required.
• Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
• Mathematical skills: add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure; compute rate, ratio, and percent.
• Reasoning ability: apply common sense to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form; deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Physical demands: regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop; kneel; crouch; crawl; talk or hear. Frequently work or walk on uneven ground and lift or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required: close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

Working outside weather conditions; uneven ground; high, precarious places or work in shafts and tunnels; occasional exposure to fumes or airborne particles and vibration; moderate or occasionally loud noise level.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits package including medical, life, and disability insurance, paid time off and a 401K plan.
• Expected base hourly range: $33 - $45+.
• Compensation decisions are based on factors such as education, experience, licensure, certifications, geographic location, and internal equity.
• Range does not include incentive pay or benefits; additional information provided separately.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Kokosing is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action federal and state contractor. The company does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected class.