General Foreperson
The Role:
The purpose of the role of the General Foreperson is to ensure the delivery of projects safely, on time, within budget and snag-free. The post-holder will be responsible for scheduling, co-ordinating and supervising the work of all site operatives.
Key Responsibilities:
Operate and promote safe working on site
- 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 job relevant training requirements and is entered on site personnel training register
- Lead by example
Ensure the completion of works on time and within budget
- Proactively drive progress of the works, challenging methods to maximise progress and minimise costs
- Schedule, co-ordinate 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 on site
Equipment and materials management
- Be proactive in challenging plant/equipment utilisation and driving down costs
- Order and manage hired/internal equipment on a daily basis
- Co-ordinate 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 & Engineering team and other technical staff
- Project based 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 of the following criteria:
Essential
- Extensive experience of the construction industry, specifically within a general civils environment.
- Previous experience of infrastructure, drainage, public realm, highways and structures
- Proven track record with delivery of large sized schemes or supervisory experience of work on multiple schemes at any one time
- Proven people management skills including the management of subcontractors
- Practical hands on 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 person for lifting operations