Senior Pile Foreman — Solar EPC On-Site Leader

18 Primoris Renewable Energy; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid holidays

Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA/HSA, PT/1

401K with matching

Job summary

Primoris Renewable Energy seeks a General Foreman to supervise on-site pile foremen and technical leads, ensuring safe, productive, and compliant work on utility-scale solar projects. You will lead scheduling of labor, materials, and equipment while enforcing contractual specifications and safety standards.

Relocation to the project site is required; you will partner with the Trade Superintendent to optimize labor and equipment use and mentor field teams to improve delivery performance.

Qualifications

• Utility-scale solar pile installation experience.
• Experience supervising pile installation crews.
• Experience managing pile production, quality, and safety performance.
• GPS/Trimble experience is required.
• Ability to read construction drawings and coordinate with survey and QA/QC teams.
• Must have a valid driver license and an acceptable motor vehicle driving record (MVR).
• Ability to supervise many employees.
• Thorough knowledge of tools and equipment uses and limitations.
• Good communication skills to deal with owners and employees.
• Possess a solid understanding of job costing.
• May be required to become a qualified individual in pursuit of a company contract licensing, or journeyman or master electrician license.
• Ability to read and understand prints and contract documents.
• Knows and understand the required federal and state codes for the project.

Responsibilities

• Supervises and sets direction for all Pile Foremen and technical leads on-site to ensure best use of all company resources; and adherence to all company policies and state and federal regulations.
• Provides formal coaching feedback to Foremen as well as regular informal feedback to Field Engineers.
• Schedules equipment, materials and tools to effectively utilize all resources and to maximize production and minimize costs after becoming familiar with scope of work and site conditions.
• Collaborates with Trade Superintendent on all scheduled activities.
• Manages, coaches, trains and implements standardized Work Plans and Work Methods.
• Assists Trade Superintendent in process improvement efforts.
• Acts as a technical civil and mechanical consultant to all field personnel.
• Manages and is responsible for safe working conditions and safety procedures on the project, more particularly for specific discipline.
• Understands and enforces company, jobsite specific, federal, and state safety regulations on site and addresses any concerns with Trade Superintendent.
• Will be responsible within work discipline for the utilization of best safety practices: the management of employee training for work methods, emphasis on special risks, cranes, lifting, DOT requirements, site conditions, telehandlers, JHA’s, accident injury management, electrical safety hazard, LOTO, arc flash (all as apply).
• Communicates with Trade Superintendent to update him/her on project problem areas and the specific status of the project.
• Collaborates with Trade Superintendent to plan and staff (hiring, promoting, disciplining, terminating) trade employees through the proper utilization of company resources, processes and policies.
• Conducts oneself with professional and respectful demeanor while interacting with all internal and external individuals.
• The General Foreman is expected to create a collaborative environment with front line supervision, craft, subcontractors, vendors, and the Owner to continually improve the company’s delivery performance.
• Compares labor and equipment production and efficiency to the job estimate for specific discipline and informs the Trade Superintendent of cost over-runs and the utilization of company resources.
• The General Foreman is accountable for verifying that the project construction activities and project engineering are in conformance with the project Quality Plan, and Work Methods.
• General Foremen are responsible for establishing, aligning, and communicating the project specifications and craftsmanship expectations to all craft workers, vendors, subcontractors, and other agents.
• Mentors other professional positions such as Field Coordinator/Field Engineers and Foremen on work discipline, production costs, scope of work, quality, and safety.
• Understands scope of work per the contract.
• Perform additional assignments per supervisor’s direction.
• Maintain crew and equipment matrixes, comparing information back to established Work Plans and updating Operations Analysis as needed.
• Familiarize themselves with site conditions.

Skills

Utility-scale solar pile installation

Supervising pile installation crews

Pile production, quality and safety

GPS/Trimble experience

Read construction drawings

Valid driver license / MVR

Supervise many employees

Tools and equipment knowledge

Communication with Owners/Employees

Job costing understanding

Contract licensing / electrician lic.

Read prints & contract documents

Federal/state codes knowledge

Tools

GPS/Trimble software

Job description

Primoris Renewable Energy seeks a General Foreman to supervise on-site pile foremen and technical leads, ensuring safe, productive, and compliant work on utility-scale solar projects. You will lead scheduling of labor, materials, and equipment while enforcing contractual specifications and safety standards.

Relocation to the project site is required; you will partner with the Trade Superintendent to optimize labor and equipment use and mentor field teams to improve delivery performance.