Foreman

Carolinaconduit; Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Carolinaconduit seeks an experienced Underground Utility Foreman to lead on-site construction of underground electrical and communications projects in Charleston, SC. You will read plans and specs, coordinate with customers, and supervise trenching, shoring, and quality installations while maintaining safety compliance and schedules.

The role requires strong communication, solid organizational skills, and willingness to travel or stay on-site as needed to meet project deadlines.

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years of experience in construction, underground utility environment preferred.
• Must be able to read and interpret plans and specifications.
• Strong organizational and communication skills; willing to travel and stay on-site as needed.

Responsibilities

• Onsite meetings with customers to plan and coordinate construction activity.
• Enforce company safety compliance guidelines.
• Onsite layout from blueprints and measure elevations from benchmarks.
• Coordinate scheduling of equipment, tools and materials to the job site.
• Represent the company with clients as a point of contact.
• Complete daily safety pre-task planning and weekly time sheets.

Skills

Reading plans

Trench shoring

Communication

Travel ready

Job description

Underground Utility Foreman

Well established underground electrical and communications utility contractor seeking an experienced job site foreman. Must have working knowledge of reading plans and specifications. Previous trench excavation and shoring installation experience.

Major Areas of Responsibility:

• Onsite meetings with customers to plan and coordinate construction activity.
• Enforce Company safety compliance guidelines.
• On site work lay out from blueprints, measuring elevations from benchmarks and profiles.
• Focused on job site production, details and quality of installations.
• Maintain excavation and shoring standards
• Traffic control organization and oversight
• Scout job sites for utility locates and ability to start work.
• Work with project manager to maintain schedules and target date completion of jobs.
• Scheduling equipment, tools and materials to the job site.
• Ability to shift priorities as required.
• Assist in tracking and measuring completed projects for billing.
• Represent the Company with clients as a point of contact.
• Complete daily project safety pre-task planning and weekly time sheets.

Qualifications:

Minimum of five years of experience in the construction industry, preferably in an underground utility construction environment including trench excavation. Must have solid communication skills. Good organization skills. Must be open to travel and overnight assignments.