REEVES┃ Asphalt Plant Foreman Columbia, SC

Reeves Construction Company; Duncan (SC); On-site; USD 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Reeves Construction Company operates a heavy‑civil asphalt production plant, focusing on safety, compliance and quality control in the Southeast and Midwest. The daily duties include running the plant, coordinating staff, maintaining data records, and ensuring timely production to meet delivery needs.

Responsibilities emphasize safety leadership, training, stakeholder communication, and adherence to company policies while maintaining high standards of efficiency and reliability in a demanding

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• 5–7 years of experience in asphalt paving.
• Ability to read safety rules, operating instructions, and manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups.

Responsibilities

• Embrace safety culture and support safety initiatives.
• Promote and follow company policies and ethics.
• Ensure safety, quality, and efficiency standards.
• Coordinate day-to-day plant operations and staffing for targets.
• Lead safety initiatives and employee development.
• Assist with training and coaching of employees.
• Maintain relationships with customers and suppliers.
• Communicate professionally via phone and radio channels.
• Establish plant production schedules to meet supply and delivery needs.
• Enter and maintain data using company computer systems.
• Batch and inspect loads to ensure mix consistency.
• Coordinate scheduling of plant equipment maintenance.
• Order and maintain raw material inventory.
• Safely operate plant equipment, tooling, and vehicles.

Skills

Safety culture adherence

Quality control

Operational coordination

Reading comprehension

Writing reports

Education

GED

Job description

Reeves Construction Company, a Colas USA subsidiary, is a heavy‑civil construction company operating in the Southeast and Midwest.

Job Summary

Responsible for the daily operation of an asphalt production plant, including safety, compliance, and quality control.

Main Responsibilities

• Embrace the company’s safety culture, actively support all safety initiatives, and adhere to defined accountabilities implemented by the Safety Steering and Continuous Improvement teams.
• Support, promote, and practice the company core values, vision, and mission; follow code of ethics, workplace conduct, safety, and other established policies.
• Ensure the highest standards are achieved and maintained in terms of safety, quality, and efficiency.
• Effectively coordinate the day‑to‑day work environment and staff to ensure safety, regulatory, and production targets are met.
• Actively support and lead company initiatives related to safety and employee development.
• Assist with training, coaching and development of employees to perform at their highest level.
• Maintain effective relationships with internal/external customers, suppliers, and company business groups.
• Effectively communicate in a professional manner in person, over the phone, and on company radio channels.
• Establish plant production schedules to meet supply, schedule, and delivery needs.
• Use computer system to enter and maintain data, manage schedules, prepare reports, and respond to e‑mail correspondence.
• Batch and inspect loads to ensure consistency of mix.
• Coordinate scheduling of plant equipment maintenance.
• Order and maintain inventory of raw materials supply.
• Safely operate company equipment, tooling, and vehicles as needed.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
• 5–7 years of experience in asphalt paving.

Language Skills

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as 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

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
• Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Must be able to climb onto and up and down a machine several times a day.
• Must be able to sit in a machine and operate it for several hours without stopping.
• Must withstand vibration from job site conditions and noise from other equipment.
• Must be able to use arms, hands, and feet in repetitive motions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach and signal with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee frequently is required to stand and walk. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 60 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. Employees must have 20/40 vision, either naturally or with corrective lenses. Hearing should be excellent or corrected by an audio device.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly is exposed to moving mechanical parts, outside weather conditions, and vibration. The employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; high, precarious places; toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the work environment is usually very loud.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Colas Inc. and its subsidiaries are an equal opportunity employer. For details on the specifics of this commitment, please click here to view the EEO document. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to:

• Meet the requirements of the role in which you are applying.
• Complete any part of the application process.
• Access or use the online application process and need an alternative method for applying.

Please contact Colas Inc. at [e-mail].