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Position: Foreman

About Us:

At Holtger Bros., Inc, we're more than just a company we're a team of dedicated professionals committed to shaping the future of utility construction. Join us and become an integral part of our dynamic workforce, where you'll gain hands-on experience, acquire new skills, and embark on a rewarding career journey.

Key Responsibilities:

As a Foreman, you will take a leadership role in supervising a work crew and ensuring the efficient completion of job orders. Your key responsibilities include:

• Supervising a crew of 2-6 members for effective job order completion.
• Planning and organizing tasks on a daily and weekly basis for optimal efficiency.
• Identifying, communicating, and troubleshooting problems on the job site.
• Ensuring the crew performs daily preventative maintenance and addressing equipment or vehicle issues.
• Maintaining positive customer relations and upholding a professional company image on the job site.
• Creating a team working environment and fostering a positive atmosphere with crew members.
• Training crew members in various phases of utility construction.
• Communicating progress, crew attendance, and equipment needs to Construction Coordinator and Area Manager.
• Producing high-quality work and maintaining cost-effectiveness.
• Tracking assigned materials and understanding equipment parking locations.
• Performing end-of-day paperwork while overseeing job cleanup.
• Operating equipment (backhoe, trencher, plow, box pusher, tamper, directional drill) and ensuring restoration.
• Supervising and preparing job sites with cones, signs, barricades, and lighting.

Physical Demands:

• Efficient eye-hand coordination.
• Ability to perform physical labor involving frequent lifting (over 50 lbs.), bending, and shoveling.
• Capacity to work overtime, including weekends.

Additional Duties:

As a Foreman, you may take on additional duties such as:

• Setting up pedestals, driving ground rods, and reading CATV and/or telephone prints.

Qualifications:

To thrive in this role, you should have:

• At least one to two years of experience in the utility construction industry as a directional drill operator/foreman.
• Competent experience in reading CATV & Telephone prints.
• An insurance-acceptable, valid driver’s license.
• Class A CDL or the ability to obtain.
• Training in utility safety standards.

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What’s it like to work at HBI?

We look for field team members who love working outdoors, take initiative and have the desire to grow within the company. If you’re looking for general labor jobs with no experience, we’d like to meet you. We provide on-the-job training and with a good work ethic, you may be offered a promotion into a higher position, such as a foreman.

Traveling to job sites is common for our field crews. But, there isn’t a need to worry about out-of-pocket expenses. We provide per diems and hotel rooms for our crews.

Our field employees work on aerial and underground cable installation:

• Loading and unloading equipment

• Locating existing utilities

• Preparing cable routes

• Placing cable

• Restoring the site when completed