Job Overview
We are seeking a skilled and reliable Foreman to join our team. The Foreman will directly support our landscape construction project sites as directed by the Superintendent. The Foreman role is critical for project timelines and success. As a Foreman, you lead the team, share your knowledge, and follow through on a project from beginning to end.
MDL Landscaping serves Cochrane, Calgary, Airdrie, and surrounding areas in between.
Responsibilities
- Work hand-in-hand with your Superintendent by reading project plans, apply that information to the job scope, and develop a plan, within scope, of priorities.
- You will be the point of first contact on a specified job site for your Superintendent, Operator, Labourers, and other cross-collaborative trade workers.
- The Foreman must lead his or her crew in an appropriate manner, sometimes during high stress occasions when deadlines are approaching.
- Your job scope may include, but not limited to; grading, excavating, hand digging, mulching, prep work, laying sod, planting large root ball trees, brick laying, fencing, building retaining walls, building parks, building commercial spaces, and warranty work. You will lead these jobs and work with your crews.
- Safely maneuver and operate any given equipment within residential & commercial locations, sometimes with high pedestrian traffic or within other active construction sites.
- Perform vehicle and equipment inspections (if applicable), fill daily safety forms, and maintain accurate records of crew hours on any given project site.
- You will be responsible for presenting, demonstrating, and maintaining safety standards on any given job site.
- While operating any equipment, you will do so with a high standard of awareness for safety, for yourself and the team around you.
- The Foreman will have opportunity to pick up hours in lieu of rain days.
Requirements
- Ideally, you have basic experience operating Skid Steers, Frontend Loaders, or Excavators. Sometimes, your crew may not have a dedicated operator.
- Experience loading and unloading machinery and driving truck and trailer.
- Valid commercial driver’s license (CDL Class-5), related operating certifications as needed.
- A strong understanding of the landscape construction process in a residential and commercial property aspect.
- Be technologically capable for tracking your own and crew hours, and safety standard forms digitally.
- Available to work weekends as required (weather, deadline, or general maintenance related).
- Be open minded, have a strong willingness to learn, and the ability to teach/train others.
- Be skillful with leadership orientated methods and approaches.
- Be comfortable working with a team comprised of different personalities and skill levels.
- Basic mechanical knowledge, not required, but helpful for troubleshooting.
- Ability to work outdoors in varying weather conditions and lift up to 50 pounds when necessary.
- Strong attention to safety protocols, a detail-oriented approach to accomplish the job tasks, and be versatile for last minute project location changes.
Pay: $28.00-$32.00 per hour
Work Location: In person
