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General Summary

The General Foreman will be responsible for supervising and coordinating all on-site activities, ensuring that construction projects are completed safely, efficiently, and to the highest standards. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in heavy civil construction, strong leadership skills, and a proven ability to manage multiple teams and projects simultaneously.

Essential Job Accountabilities

• Coordinating daily tasks according to priorities and plans, making changes when necessary due to weather, supply, delivery and personnel
  
• Delegating individual responsibilities and projects to crew members and contractors
  
• Recruiting, hiring, training, managing and mentoring employees and contractors
  
• Providing adequate resources and staffing to meet project schedules, laws, regulations, best practices and safety needs
  
• Emphasizing safe use of tools, machinery and equipment while providing training on safety gear, helmets and procedures
  
• Developing and managing project budgets and quality standards for all sites
  
• Resolving conflicts or miscommunications quickly and amicably
  
• Regularly reporting project status to supervisors, site engineers and other officials
  

Education

• High School Diploma, GED or equivalent years of experience
  

Work Experience

• Appropriate training and experience required
  

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Customer-service skills to communicate with inspectors and administration to develop a positive working relationship.
  
• Decision-making skills for selecting personnel and subcontractors for specific tasks and jobs to meet deadlines and budgets.
  
• Leadership skills for effectively delegating tasks to workers.
  
• Speaking skills for providing clear orders, explaining complex information to clients and construction workers and discussing technical details
  
• Technical skills for interpreting construction methods and technologies along with contracts and technical drawings.
  
• Time-management skills to meet deadlines and ensuring construction phases are completed on time so that the next phase can start.
  
• Writing skills for writing budgets, proposals and plans along with documenting work progress for clients and others involved.
  

Physically, working foremen must be able to:

• Work easily and skillfully with hands
  
• Climb and maintain balance on ladders and scaffolds
  
• See well (naturally or with correction) and distinguish colors
  
• Reach for, handle, and grasp wires and hand tools
  
• Bend, crouch, and work in small places
  
• Lift and carry objects weighing up to 50 pounds.
  

Our Benefits at a Glance:

Building tomorrow starts with you, and Granite knows that you can excel only if we support you in and out of the workplace. That is why we offer a broad benefits package that includes paid holidays, sick leave, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, flexible spending plans, as well as special programs for musculoskeletal health, mental wellness, and more.

Salaried employees may choose from two PPO medical plans through Anthem BlueCross, including our most popular plan, for which 100% of the premium is paid by Granite for eligible employees and dependents. Employees can also opt into a Health Savings Account (HSA) or a Flexible Spending Account (FSA).

As part of our investment in your future outside of the workplace, Granite provides a 100% match on the first 6% of eligible compensation that salaried employees defer into their 401(k) plans, which vests immediately.

Benefits may vary for positions located outside of the continental United States.

Base Salary Range:
$7.25 - $300.00
Pay may vary based upon relevant experience, skills, location, and education among other factors.

About Granite Construction Incorporated

Granite Construction Incorporated is a member of the S&P 400 Index and is the parent company of Granite Construction Company, one of the nation's largest heavy civil contractors and construction materials producers. Granite Construction is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities, Females, Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities and a Drug-Free Workplace. For additional information on applicant/employee rights please click here.

Notice to Staffing Agencies

Granite Construction, Inc. and its subsidiaries ("Granite") will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Granite, including unsolicited resumes sent to a Granite mailing address, fax machine or email address, directly to Granite employees, or to Granite's resume database will be considered Granite property. Granite will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. Granite will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees. Agencies must obtain advance written approval from Granite's recruiting function to submit resumes, and then only in conjunction with a valid fully-executed contract for service and in response to a specific job opening. Granite will not pay a fee to any Agency that does not have such agreement in place. Agency agreements will only be valid if in writing and signed by Granite's Human Resources Representative or his/ her designee. No other Granite employee is authorized to bind Granite to any agreement regarding the placement of candidates by Agencies.

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