General Foreman

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Supervises and coordinates the work of a crew of workers within a specific craft or trade. Their main concern is ensuring that employees under their management do their jobs skillfully and efficiently while making sure assigned work is progressing in a timely manner.

Essential Job Accountabilities

• Coordinating daily tasks according to priorities and plans, making changes when necessary due to weather, supply, delivery and personnel

• Delegating individual responsibilities and projects to crew members and contractors

• Recruiting, hiring, training, managing and mentoring employees and contractors

• Providing adequate resources and staffing to meet project schedules, laws, regulations, best practices and safety needs

• Emphasizing safe use of tools, machinery and equipment while providing training on safety gear, helmets and procedures

• Developing and managing project budgets and quality standards for all sites

• Resolving conflicts or miscommunications quickly and amicably

• Regularly reporting project status to supervisors, site engineers and other officials

Education

• High School Diploma, GED or equivalent years of experience

Work Experience

• Appropriate training and  experience required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Customer-service skills to communicate with inspectors and administration to develop a positive working relationship.

• Decision-making skills for selecting personnel and subcontractors for specific tasks and jobs to meet deadlines and budgets.

• Leadership skills for effectively delegating tasks to workers.

• Speaking skills for providing clear orders, explaining complex information to clients and construction workers and discussing technical details 

• Technical skills for interpreting construction methods and technologies along with contracts and technical drawings.

• Time-management skills to meet deadlines and ensuring construction phases are completed on time so that the next phase can start.

• Writing skills for writing budgets, proposals and plans along with documenting work progress for clients and others involved.

Physically, working foremen must be able to:

• Work easily and skillfully with hands

• Climb and maintain balance on ladders and scaffolds

• See well (naturally or with correction) and distinguish colors

• Reach for, handle, and grasp wires and hand tools

• Bend, crouch, and work in small places

• Lift and carry objects weighing up to 50 pounds.