Carpenter Foreman

Bechtel Corporation; Brownsville (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Bechtel Corporation in Brownsville, TX is seeking a supervisor with strong safety leadership to oversee industrial construction tasks. You will identify safe practices, interpret blueprints, and ensure work meets quality standards on site.

The role requires experience in supervision and coordination across trades, with a focus on scheduling, reporting, and on-time completion of planned work.

Qualifications

• Typically requires 6 years of industrial construction experience, including 2 years in supervisory roles.
• Ability to read blueprints and interpret job specifications.
• Ensure work is performed to quality and safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Identify safe practices and provide on-the-spot corrective actions when needed.
• Read blueprints, interpret specs, implement Bechtel procedures, and inspect work for quality.
• Instruct journeymen in craft tasks including safety procedures and techniques.
• Coordinate between crafts to prevent jurisdictional conflicts and ensure work flow.
• Ensure accurate time, cost, and status reporting; monitor daily reports.
• Complete planned work on schedule and align with project priorities.

Skills

Safety procedures

Blueprint reading

Leadership

Job description

31658BR

Job Description:

1. Identify practices and conditions that are safe as well as those that are at risk and provide appropriate, on-the-spot corrective action if needed.
2. Check the adequacy of existing job/task methods and procedures.
3. Provide appropriate, on-the-spot corrective action
4. Instruct journeymen in specific craft tasks including safety procedures and techniques
5. Be knowledgeable of other craft disciplines in order to effect work coordination between crafts and to prevent jurisdictional conflicts.
6. Read and interpret blueprints, understand job specifications, implement Bechtel job procedures and work rules, and inspect finished work for quality and completeness
7. Understand the work scope and integrate priorities of the project.
8. Understand work priorities and schedules.
9. Complete planned work on schedule.
10. Identify potential problems in a timely manner.
11. Take quick remedial action when work performed is not according to drawings and specifications, code requirements, or to quality of accepted construction standards.
12. Be familiar with project cost control procedures and be committed to stay within established cost goals and unit rate standards
13. Ensure accurate reports are submitted with regard to time sheets, backcharges, quantity, and work status.
14. Typically has 6 years industrial construction experience with 2 years in Supervisory roles.

Bechtel is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, disability, citizenship status (except as authorized by law), protected veteran status, genetic information, and any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Applicants with a disability, who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, may e-mail their request to [e-mail] or call [phone] for assistance. Determinations on request for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.