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Job Title: Foreman 
Department: Construction
Reports To: Construction Manager
Employment Status: Hourly (Non-exempt)
Primary Location: Galena, IL

We will determine salary based on skills and experience in relation to the function of the role, as well as equity to any other employees in the same or similar role.

Job Summary:

We are looking for a Telecommunications Construction Foreman to join our team. The Foreman will manage the installation of underground facilities while acting as a point of contact among crew members. They will ensure that safe, accurate, and timely work is being performed. This individual will have exceptional time-management skills and the ability to prioritize tasks in an ever-changing work environment. We are looking for experienced individuals with knowledge of the telecommunications construction industry. 

Job Responsibilities (Including, but not limited to):
•Work alongside your team to ensure team members while managing and tracking daily activities of assigned crews.
•Continually inspect work sites for potential hazards and/or safety concerns, ensuring safe work environments and compliance with state, federal, OSHA, and Congruex safety policies.
•Operate (but not limited to) track-hoe, back-hoe, mini excavator, skid steer, dozer, haul truck and trencher
•Excavate and backfill, in a safe manner, trenches for underground utilities
•Perform placement of conduit in open trenches
•Proof conduits
•Pothole existing utilities
•Complete rigging and setting of structures
•Form and pour concrete
•Place asphalt
•Track materials, aggregates, and project requirements.   
•Read blueprints, drawings, and plans.
•Communicate both orally and written, with local officials, company management and staff, and customers on a daily/weekly basis.
•Update the Construction and/or Project Manager on crew needs, progress, etc on a daily/weekly basis.
•File complete and accurate paperwork daily.
•Ensure work sites have been adequately cleaned up and worksite is restored after work.
•Travel overnight to various sites as requested.
•Assist and train crews as needed.
•May schedule and coordinate subcontractors.
•Other duties as assigned.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

General
•High school diploma or equivalent.
•Valid Class A CDL with acceptable driving record.
•Ability to pass a pre-employment drug test, background check, and MVR. 
•Basic computer skills.
•Have broad experience in a telecommunications construction environment, including placing, pulling, and transferring strand, coax, and fiber.
•At least 5 years of recent experience in telecom construction. 
•Ability to read and understand blueprints and project specifications.
•Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing with crew, leadership, and customers.
•Ability to manage crews.
•Ability to drive and operate company vehicles, bucket trucks, and work equipment.
•Ability to ensure compliance with OSHA and other regulatory bodies’ safety standards.
•Ability to utilize proper safety equipment.

Physical Demands and Work Environment
•Must be able and willing to work indoors and outdoors, subject to inclement weather conditions.
•Must be able to maintain visual and audible contact with other crewman and all moving or stationary persons/vehicles/objects to ensure safe coordination of movement.
•Must be able to work around heavy equipment and machinery.
•Must be able to stand or walk for long periods of time.
•Must be able to lift and carry up to 50 pounds.
•Routinely requires extended periods of bending, squatting, climbing, kneeling, pushing, pulling, lifting, lifting in awkward positions, standing, and twisting.
•Must be able to stand, walk, sit or be in other physically demanding positions for long periods of time.
•Must be able to work while wearing safety boots, safety glasses, hardhat, and any applicable safety gear.

Company Profile:

WhiteCo, a Congruex company
Founded in 1995, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin-based White Construction (WhiteCo) is a self-perform telecom construction company specializing in fiber-to-the-home (FTTH), fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) and fiber optic interconnects/long hauls, while also having strong aerial, splicing, and cutover capabilities. WhiteCo has an outstanding reputation of providing turnkey design and construction services throughout the Midwest to a diverse client base.

WhiteCo offers a full suite of benefits, including health insurance and 401(k) savings starting on day one, paid holidays, paid time off, and is an equal opportunity employer functioning under an Affirmative Action Plan.

Congruex
Congruex was formed in 2017 to take advantage of historic demand for digital connectivity. The digital networks we design and build for our clients enable everything in the modern world to operate, from healthcare and energy to transportation and social interactions.  Few companies in our industry can operate at scale and self-perform services like our multinational team. Our clients choose Congruex to deliver turnkey digital networks under a single platform. Our unified vision is to become the best end-to-end provider of network design and build services in the U.S.

We are the One Congruex Family. We are building tomorrow, together.

All requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform other job-related duties requested by their supervisor.

Requirements are representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills, and/or abilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbent will possess the abilities or aptitudes to perform each duty proficiently.

This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at-will” employment relationship.