The Hard Craft Foreman provides leadership and is responsible for supervising workers and work crews under his or her charge, ensuring the safety of crew members, following OHSA guidelines and Austin Industrial safety rules and the overall productivity of crew members.

As a key participant in the relationship between Austin Industrial and the client, the general foreman functions largely as a coordinating manager and client interface.

Key Responsibilities:

Safety - The site foreman must provide leadership that results in a safe work culture, is responsible and accountable for the safety of the crew under his/her direction, and must understand and accept the importance and legal liability of the role.

This includes:

• Knowing and understanding the requirements of the OHSA


• Knowing, understanding, communicating and ensuring compliance with the OHSA, and company safety policies and procedures


• Facilitate mandatory safety tool box meetings


• Ensuring completion of initial safety and hazard assessments


• Participating in safety/incident investigations


• Ensuring that vehicle and equipment checks are carried out

Leadership and Supervision - The site foreman coordinates the crew, and must understand and consistently apply the general foreman’s policies. The site foreman is required to be involved and supportive of any day to day disciplinary decisions.

This includes:

• Communicating the job to and with the crew


• Assigning crew tasks


• Recognizing, addressing and resolving issues/problems among/between crew members


• Maintaining work standards and outlining behavioral expectations to ensure crew morale and productivity


• Applying the principles of workplace respect on site


• Ensuring crew compliance with project policies and procedures


• Ensuring crew compliance with company policies and procedures

Qualifications Required for this Position:

Education – no minimum education requirements.

Experience – 3-5 years of Journeyman level experience.

Per diem paid for days worked.  No in or out pay.

Must pass drug screen.

Austin ("The Company") is an equal employment opportunity employer. The Company's policy prohibits discrimination against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age (40 and over), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is also the Company's policy to comply with all federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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