STRUCTURAL FOREMAN

East Coast Repair & Fabrication, LLC; Newport News (VA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Vision, Dental Insurance

Life Insurance

Job summary

East Coast Repair & Fabrication, LLC in Newport News, VA, seeks a Structural Foreman to lead and train skilled personnel, manage material needs, and ensure timely completion of shipyard tasks in a compliant, safe environment.

You will coordinate with Project Managers, estimate growth work, and enforce time-keeping and regulations while supervising staff and maintaining schedules across projects.

Qualifications

• Graduation from a standard apprenticeship/trade/vocational school preferred.
• High school diploma or GED required.
• Bachelor's degree in Marine Engineering, Naval Architecture, or other engineering fields preferred.
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience managing/supervising in a shipbuilding or ship repair company.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States.
• Must be able to gain access to military installations.
• Must successfully pass a drug screen and background investigation.

Responsibilities

• Ensure required trade personnel, material, and equipment is available to support all ongoing and upcoming projects.
• Allocate supervision and trade personnel to each job.
• Determines appropriate procedures required to accomplish technical requirements of each job and relays this to the trade supervisors.
• Responsible for the timely requisitioning of material and equipment for each job.
• Coordinates with Project Manager and or Superintendent when required to ensure schedule requirements can be met and condition reports concerning technical requirements are properly submitted and priced.
• Assist in estimating both growth work and new work when required.
• Ensure supervisors are compliant with time keeping procedures.
• Coordinates with HR, Safety, QA, and the Production Manager to maintain all employee training and certifications.
• Responsible for the recruitment, training, supervision, and evaluation of department staff.
• This position will also assure organizational compliance with all safety, quality, environmental, and state, local and federal regulations.
• The Foreman will also perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Supervising trade personnel

Project coordination

Safety compliance

Reading blueprints

Estimating growth work

Education

High school diploma

Apprenticeship/trade school

Bachelor's degree in Marine Engineering (preferred)

Job description

At ECR, we consider our employees to be our most valuable asset.

ECR is an expanding company that offers great opportunities for personal career growth to individuals who are committed to lifelong learning and are willing to work hard for a mission that supports the United States of America. Our Company teams up with many of the largest government contractors in the marine and industrial markets, and also leads projects for both defense and civilian interests.

If you are looking for an exciting career with a company where you can advance your skills while receiving fair compensation and a competitive benefits package, then ECR is a good fit for you. Scroll down to see our open positions.

ECR offers our employees a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

• Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance
• Life Insurance (including coverage for Dependents)
• Short and Long-Term Disability Insurance

STRUCTURAL FOREMAN

JOB SUMMARY

Responsible for maintaining, supervising, and training experienced trade personnel required to accomplish all assigned and upcoming tasks. Ensure that all material required by the Foreman's craft is requisitioned in a timely manner and on site in accordance with schedule requirements so that jobs are completed in a timely and efficient manner.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

1. Ensure required trade personnel, material, and equipment is available to support all ongoing and upcoming projects.
2. Allocate supervision and trade personnel to each job.
3. Determines appropriate procedures required to accomplish technical requirements of each job and relays this to the trade supervisors.
4. Responsible for the timely requisitioning of material and equipment for each job.
5. Coordinates with Project Manager and or Superintendent when required to ensure schedule requirements can be met and condition reports concerning technical requirements are properly submitted and priced.
6. Assist in estimating both growth work and new work when required.
7. Ensure supervisors are compliant with time keeping procedures.
8. Coordinates with HR, Safety, QA, and the Production Manager to maintain all employee training and certifications.
9. Responsible for the recruitment, training, supervision, and evaluation of department staff.
10. This position will also assure organizational compliance with all safety, quality, environmental, and state, local and federal regulations.
11. The Foreman will also perform other duties as assigned.

AUTHORITY

The Foreman has the authority to make decisions involved with carrying out the above responsibilities. However, the Foreman may not proceed without approval of his supervisor:

Revise compensation, hire or fire any employee reporting directly to the Foreman.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

1. Works with minimal direction, independently determines methods and procedures on new assignments and provides guidance to others.
2. Determines appropriate actions, methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for expediting results by exercising independent judgment within defined practices and policies.
3. Follows an organized method in approach to work but is cognizant of the time needed to provide a service or product.
4. Ability to create a healthy and motivating work environment and atmosphere
5. Team player that inspires other team members to accomplish common goals
6. Ability to coach, set team goals, delegate tasks, communicate expectations, and hold others accountable
7. Leads by example in an ethical and fair manner while displaying the highest levels of honesty, integrity, and professionalism
8. Ability to read, analyze, and interpret Specification Items, professional drawings, technical procedures and governmental publications and regulations
9. Ability to write reports, correspondence, e-mails, and plans in a professional, clear, and concise manner
10. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, peers, and subordinates
11. Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
12. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form and organize and apply them to accomplish tasks

RELATIONSHIPS

Reports to the Production Manager

PERSONS REPORTING TO FOREMAN

• Other staff as assigned

JOB REQUIREMENTS

QUALIFICATIONS

1. Graduation from a standard apprenticeship/trade/vocational school preferred
2. High school diploma or GED required
3. Bachelor's degree in Marine Engineering, Naval Architecture, or other engineering fields preferred.
4. Minimum of five (5) years of experience managing/supervising in a shipbuilding or ship repair company
5. Must be authorized to work in the United States.
6. Must be able to gain access to military installations.
7. Must successfully pass a drug screen and background investigation.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

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. Must be able to tour all vessels, piers, docks, and work sites to perform the duties of this job. The employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use of hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear; climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision depth perception and ability to adjust focus. (Ability to view computer monitors without eye strain for extended periods of time).

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

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 is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; high, precarious places; and outside weather conditions. Hearing protection will be required in many work areas. During work-site visits will be required to wear appropriate PPE including, but not limited to:

• Hard Hat
• Ear Plugs or Attenuator
• Safety Shoes
• Dust Mask or Respirator
• Gloves

SAFETY

Must comply with the companies Safety, Environmental, and OSHA standards.

EOE/M/F/Disability/Vet