Foreperson

Foreperson

The Role:

The purpose of the role of General Foreperson is to ensure the delivery of projects safely on time within budget and snagfree. The postholder will be responsible for scheduling coordinating and supervising the work of all site operatives.

Key Responsibilities:

Operate and promote safe working onsite.

• Implement company requirements and legal regulations paying specific attention to HSE legislation and quality.
• Carry out and record site inspections
• Ensure all works are carried out in line with approved method statements conduct and amend risk assessments and deliver toolbox talks/briefings
• Ensure site personnel have jobrelevant training requirements and are entered into the site personnel training register
• Lead by example

Ensure the completion of work on time and within budget

• Proactively drive the progress of the works challenging methods to maximise progress and minimise costs
• Schedule coordinate and supervise the daily activities of gangs/site operatives
• Ensure gangs/site operatives complete all required documentation in line with customer/company requirements
• Track and document daily work productions
• Organise and monitor the work of subcontractors onsite.

Equipment and materials management

• Be proactive in challenging plant/equipment utilisation and driving down costs
• Order and manage hired/internal equipment daily
• Coordinate delivery and collection of materials as required

General

• Liaise with customers/suppliers/third parties as necessary
• Assist with promoting best practice
• Assist with promoting the company to customers

Key measures & targets:

• Deliver required services on time to cost/quality standards
• Contribute wherever possible to enable the Company to meet CDM/health and safety targets
• Contribute wherever possible to enable the Company to meet environmental targets

Key relationships:

• Design and engineering team and other technical staff
• Projectbased staff including Contracts Managers Project Managers Site Agents Site Engineers
• Clients suppliers and third parties

Person Specification:

The successful candidate is likely to meet all the following criteria:

Essential

• Extensive experience in the construction industry specifically within a general civil environment.
• Previous experience in infrastructure drainage public realm highways and structures
• Proven track record with the delivery of largesized schemes or supervisory experience of work on multiple schemes at any one time
• Proven people management skills including the management of subcontractors
• Practical handson approach
• CSCS supervisor card
• SMSTS qualification
• Lift supervisor
• First aid qualification
• NRSWA supervisor
• Excellent people skills with proven leadership qualities and the ability to motivate others
• Excellent communication organisational planning and time management skills

Desirable

CPCS appointed a person for lifting operations