Foreman Surveyor

Responsibilities

• Plan daily for the following day's activities.
• Ensure that sufficient materials are available alongside trenches.
• Monitor progress against target and report.
• Locate and expose all existing services prior to each day's work.

LABOUR MANAGEMENT

• Ensure that team leaders and operators have all the information prior to starting the work process.
• Maintain discipline of team.
• Train students and tachisighters.
• Ensure that healthy/open communication takes place up and downwards.

PLANT MANAGEMENT

• Responsible for the safekeeping, accuracy, and maintenance of instruments and other tools issued.
• Check instruments on a regular basis and report.
• Ensure correct application of plant.
• Report downtime & mechanical problems on the plant.
• Responsible for maintenance of profiles and tamnanis.
• Ensure that all survey equipment is stored safely and neatly.

SURVEYING

• Check all benchmarks, survey beacons, and existing connection points for accuracy.
• Report any discrepancies from the plan or existing information.
• Check levels of the previous day, especially where work has to continue.
• Ensure that each team has line and level in place to start work timeously.
• Locate all indicated existing services and report line and level clashes.
• Check and observe level and line during pipelaying.
• Report any deviations immediately.
• Responsible for the recovery of survey material (droppers and pegs).

COST MANAGEMENT

• Measure work daily and complete survey and daily costing sheets.
• Allocate correct cost codes for fuel and labour.

CONTRACTUAL MANAGEMENT

• Responsible for setting out accurately according to drawings, specifications, documentation, and Company standards.
• Consult the plan register and use latest updates.
• Responsible for surveying and recording of as-built information.
• Survey all existing ground levels and record and report discrepancies.
• Record all survey information according to Company standards.
• Ensure that quality standards are upheld.
• Ensure that safety procedures are followed.
• Use correct line of communication with Engineers.

PUBLIC RELATIONS

Ensure healthy relationships with Engineers and Clients.

• Be aware of public access and particular requirements of the contract.
• Report potential problems to Site Agent regarding access, etc.

Other

Any other task or instruction that is reasonable and in line with the skillset of the employee.

Key Skills

Construction Experience, Heavy Equipment Operation, Rigging, Commercial Driving, Paving, OSHA, Roofing, Irrigation, Telecommunication, Horizontal Drilling, Excavator, Leadership Experience