Retaining Wall Foreperson
Company: The H&K Group
Location: Hallstead
Posted on: October 17, 2024
Job Description:
H&K does not discriminate in employment opportunities or
practices on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national
origin, age, disability, veterans' status, or any other
characteristic protected by law. We are always looking for the
best, most qualified people to join our team.
Pre-employment drug testing (EOE)
Great Benefits offered!
Retaining Wall Foreperson
US-PA-Hallstead
Job ID: 2023-2247
Type: Regular Full-Time
Category: Contracting
Pikes Creek Division Remote Office
Overview
H&K Group, Inc. is looking for a Retaining Wall Foreperson to
train and direct a team in the construction of commercial retaining
walls as well as excavation support in heavy civil and highway
construction projects throughout Northeast PA and the Lehigh
Valley, with a current focus on Susquehanna, Wyoming, Lackawanna,
Luzerne, Monroe, Carbon, Schuylkill, Lehigh, and Berks Counties.
Why work for H&K Group, Inc.?
- Competitive salary commensurate with experience
- 100% Company-paid Health Benefits
- 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan
- Tuition reimbursement programs available to qualifying
employees for approved programs
- Additional training programs including on the job, online
through H&K Academy, manufacturer offered training, and
more
- Company provided vehicle to meet job responsibilities
Responsibilities
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Performs all work according to OSHA and H&K Safety
policies
- Reads blueprints and job-related documents to properly plan
work
- Records daily events in job diary
- Schedules materials, equipment, and work for the crew
- Develops crew SIP's and submits to site foreman
- Tracks daily quantities and submits to site foreman
- Conducts daily huddles with crew to establish daily production
goals and ensures all members of crew know and buy into the plan
for the day
- Communicates goals and purposes effectively. Lead and
demonstrate by example
- Influences and enforces company values. Recognizes
misalignments with company values and culture and rectifies
- Proactively trains and mentors crew members to enhance their
skills and knowledge
- Communicates with customer representatives and inspectors in a
courteously and professionally
- Performs all other duties of crew members as needed
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
Required Skills, Education, and Experience
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or
university OR one year of related experience and/or training
- Equivalent combinations of education and experience may be
considered
- Working knowledge and ability to safety and efficiently
understand and direct crane set up and lifting plans
- Ability to read blueprints and job-related documents
- Ability to operate surveying instrument, shoot elevations and
straight lines
- Experience with pile driving and drilling equipment
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Demonstrated leadership ability
- Problem solving
- Basic computer skills including internet, email, and the use of
digital cameras for work documentation
- Driver's license and clean driving record
- Ability to travel as required for projects
- Ability to fit test & utilize appropriate PPE as needed
- Ability to meet physical requirements (movement, lifting, as
relevant to job) Preferred Skills, Education, and Experience
- 2 years of relevant experience and/or training
- Experience operating heavy equipment used in highway
construction
- Supervisory experience
- OSHA or other relevant safety certifications Physical Demands
- Regularly required to
- Stand, walk, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, and crouch or
crawl
- Use hands to finger, handle, feel; reach with hands and
arms
- Talk and hear
- Occasionally required to
- Sit
- Lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
- Vision abilities include
- Close
- Distance
- Color
- Peripheral
- Depth perception
- Ability to adjust focus Work Environment
- Regularly exposed to
- Outside weather conditions
- High, precarious places
- Frequently exposed to
- Moving mechanical parts
- Fumes or airborne particles
- Noise level is usually moderate H&K's Structures Division
key difference is our customized, value engineered approach to your
project. We specialize in providing value engineering and utilizing
the latest technology to address the difficult commercial site
problems where hills, slopes, cuts, fills, wetlands, and additional
space are critical elements in development. We do this with the
best geotechnical engineering possible, National Concrete Masonry
Association (NCMA) certified installers and a dedicated management
team. The H&K Group, Inc. provides complete heavy civil
contracting and construction materials solutions with safety,
speed, quality, efficiency, and value. Beginning as a small family
business a half century ago, we are now a dynamic group of
vertically integrated companies that has been growing and
prospering for over 50 years. Thank you for your interest in
employment with H&K Group, Inc. At H&K, we invest in our
people, providing the essential training, instruction, and
supervisory support that they need to develop and grow within our
company. We acknowledge that H&K's strength and success is
directly related to our employees and the talents, dedication, and
job performance they exemplify. We seek dynamic, motivated people
who are driven to make a difference. This position may have the
opportunity to work on prevailing wage projects. Prevailing wage
work is not guaranteed. Final determination on pay will be made by
company leadership consistent with the scope of work and
considering the candidates' education, experience, skills, past
performance, demonstrated leadership, and influence. H&K does
not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the
basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age,
disability, veterans' status, or any other characteristic protected
by law. We are always looking for the best, most qualified people
to join our team. Pre-employment drug testing (EOE)Pre-employment
Physical 100% Company-Paid Health Benefits!
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