Job Description
Job Description
Job Summary:
As a Civil Foreman, you will be responsible for supervising and coordinating all civil construction activities on industrial projects. This role requires strong leadership, technical expertise, and the ability to manage a team of workers while ensuring the timely completion of projects in compliance with safety and quality standards.
Key Responsibilities:
- Monitor employees' work levels and review work performance.
- Oversee daily operations of civil construction activities, including excavation, concrete work, drainage, road construction, and other infrastructure projects within the industrial setting.
- Supervise, train, and lead a team of skilled workers, ensuring that tasks are completed efficiently, safely, and to the required quality standards.
- Read and interpret blueprints, drawings, and specifications to ensure proper implementation of civil construction tasks.
- Coordinate with project managers, engineers, and other trades to ensure project timelines and budgets are met.
- Monitor and enforce strict adherence to safety protocols and regulations, ensuring a safe working environment for all team members.
- Conduct daily inspections of the job site to assess progress, identify potential issues, and resolve any challenges that arise.
- Set forms that hold concrete to the specified pitch and depth, ensuring accurate alignment.
- Inspect forms to confirm they are properly constructed and ready for concrete pouring.
- Spread, level, and smooth concrete using a variety of tools such as rakes, shovels, hand or power trowels, hand or power screeds, and floats.
- Direct concrete pouring by signaling the truck driver and moving the chute to guide concrete onto the forms.
- Place and tie rebar, ensuring it is positioned correctly for structural integrity.
- Install embeds and anchor bolts with precision, using center lines to maintain proper spacing.
- Apply knowledge in the installation of non-shrink and epoxy grout to secure structural components.
- Adhere strictly to safety protocols, as this is a safety-sensitive position.
Education:
- High School Diploma or GED preferred.
Experience:
- Experience in concrete work, form setting, and rebar placement within an industrial setting is highly desirable.
Knowledge Skills & Abilities:
- Capable of performing physically demanding skilled labor for up to 12 hours a day.
- Knowledgeable and competent in working in confined spaces, at elevated surfaces, and on scaffolding, including ladder climbing.
- Dependable with a strong sense of integrity and a commitment to safety.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced and demanding environment, handling multiple tasks efficiently.
Work Location and Travel:
- Location is at 2730 Mine and Mill Road, Lakeland, Florida, 33801
- Work hours and days vary, with shifts scheduled from Monday through Sunday; some overnight work and frequent overtime may be required.
Work Environment:
- This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work vary (Monday - Sunday with some overnight work) and overtime is frequently required.
- This position is safety sensitive in nature, which means employees perform duties so fraught with risks of injury to self or others, or environmental injury, that even a momentary lapse of concentration or attention can have disastrous consequences.
- The working environment is often in harsh elements (hot/humid and/or cold temperatures, rain, etc.) Industrial environments often have exposure to hazardous chemicals, moving heavy equipment, and other safety-sensitive hazards/risks. Must always be alert and able to safely perform the essential duties of the job without risking harm to oneself or others.
- Mid-State maintains a firm commitment in providing a safe and healthy work environment for its employees and quality services to its clients. Mid-State is a drug-free workplace. Must be able to pass a post-offer / pre-placement drug screen and job-related employment physicals. Must also submit to a post-offer / pre-employment background check that verifies criminal history.
Physical Requirements:
Talk/Hear: Must be able to communicate with team members, receive instructions, coordinate tasks, and ensure safety on the job site.
Stand/Sit: Required to operate machinery, perform detailed tasks at different elevations, and monitor work progress on the job site.
Walk: Must be able to walk to move between different work areas, transport materials, and access various parts of the job site for performing construction tasks.
Use hands/fingers to handle or feel: Required to handle tools, tie rebar, smooth concrete, and perform precise tasks such as aligning forms and installing bolts or embeds.
Climb: Occasionally needs to climb to access elevated work areas, scaffolding, or ladders for tasks such as setting forms, placing rebar, or working on overhead structures.
Stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl: Must be able to position and secure rebar, install forms, and work on concrete surfaces in confined or low-clearance areas.
See: Required to accurately align forms, place rebar, inspect concrete work, and ensure all components are correctly installed according to specifications.
Carry, weight, Lift: Frequently required to handle construction materials, tools, and equipment necessary for setting forms, placing rebar, and performing concrete work.
Exposure to work: May include harsh weather conditions, hazardous chemicals, moving heavy equipment, and other safety-sensitive risks.
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
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