What are the responsibilities and job description for the Carpenter General Foreman position at Bechtel Construction Services?
Job Description
- Ensure a safe working environment by observing employee behavior and promoting the Bechtel Zero Accident objective.
- Provide feedback and enforce consequences for safe or unsafe behavior.
- Read and interpret blueprints, understand job specifications, and implement Bechtel's job procedures and work rules.
- Understand project work scope and integrate priorities.
- Instruct journeymen in specific craft tasks, including safety procedures and techniques.
- Be knowledgeable of other craft disciplines to facilitate work coordination between crafts.
- Enforce work and safety rules in a fair and consistent manner.
- Provide timely guidance to foremen to prevent crew work stoppage.
- Give precise directions to foremen and ensure they are effectively supervising work crews.
- Understand work priorities and schedules, and assign work plans.
- Identify problems and develop action plans to resolve them with minimal disruption.
- Coordinate with other disciplines to prevent scheduling conflicts.
- Be responsible for the quality of work performed by supervised crafts.
- Submit accurate reports regarding time sheets, backcharges, quantity, and work status.
- Ensure foremen and crews understand assignments and directions before commencing work.
- Participate in open communication and exchange of ideas.
- Administer praise and discipline consistently and fairly, initiating corrective action when necessary.
- Conduct work preplanning by providing meaningful input at weekly scheduling meetings.
- Monitor work progress and report impending schedule problems to supervision.
