Welding General Foreman

Bechtel Corporation; Sulphur (LA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Bechtel Corporation in Sulphur, LA seeks an experienced supervisor for industrial construction. The role focuses on safety, planning, and coordinating craft crews, ensuring alignment with project priorities and Bechtel procedures.

You will mentor journeymen, enforce work rules, prepare time sheets, and solve scheduling conflicts, with emphasis on zero-accident culture and dependable execution.

Qualifications

• 8 years industrial construction experience with 4 years in supervisory roles.
• Ability to instruct journeymen in craft tasks and safety procedures.
• Read and interpret blueprints and implement procedures.

Responsibilities

• Instruct journeymen and coordinate with foremen to prevent delays.
• Provide guidance to foremen to maintain work progress and quality.
• Administer time sheets, backcharges, quantity, and work status reports.
• Plan, prioritize, and assign work in line with project needs.

Skills

Blueprint reading

Leadership

Safety supervision

Communication

Job description

33112BR

Job Description:

1. Safe work observation with focus on changing employee behavior to achieve Bechtel Zero Accident objective.

2. Provide employee feedback and/or consequences for safe/unsafe behavior.

3. Read an interpret blueprints, understand job specification and implement Bechtel job procedure and work rules.

4. Understand the work scope and integrate priorities of the project.

5. Instruct journeymen in specific craft tasks including safety procedures and techniques.

6. Be knowledgeable of other craft disciplines in order to effect work coordination between crafts.

7. Know, administer, and enforce work and safety rules in a fair and consistent manner of the crafts under your direction.

8. Provide timely and concise guidance to foremen to preclude crew work stoppage.

9. Provide precise directions to foremen and ensure foremen are effectively supervising work crews.

10. Understand work priorities and schedules and assign work plans.

11. Identify problems and develop action plans to resolve with minimal work disruption.

12. Initiate the coordination required with other disciplines to prevent scheduling conflicts.

13. Responsible for the quality of work performed by the crafts under your supervision.

14. Ensure accurate reports are submitted with regard to time sheets, backcharges, quantity, and work status.

15. Ensure foremen and crews understand assignments and directions prior to commencement of work.

16. Participate in the free exchange of ideas between yourself and others.

17. Administer praise and discipline consistently and fairly and initiate corrective action when required.

18. Conduct work preplanning by providing meaningful input at weekly scheduling meetings.

19. Monitor work progress and report impending schedule problems to supervision.

20. Typically has 8 years industrial construction experience with 4 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.