Pavement Marking Foreman

Overview

Our Pavement Marking Foreman will oversee construction projects from beginning to end and coordinate workers. Responsibilities include guiding staff, supervising striping installation, assigning tasks, preventing occupational hazards, and keeping records. Demonstrate technical skills, managerial abilities, attention to detail, stamina, basic computer operation knowledge, and teamwork. This role fits someone with leadership skills, initiative, and prior striping installation experience. The Foreman can expect to work full-time hours that include frequent travel, with overtime and on-call work sometimes necessary to handle emergencies and get projects done on time.

Responsibilities

• Manage Construction Projects
  • Perform tasks involving physical labor at parking lots by measuring, remarking, and laying out parking lot bays, characters, numbers, and stencils using a mechanical striping machine.
  • Be accountable for all equipment, including but not limited to truck, trailer, striping machine, and ensuring that proper materials are on site to complete each construction project.
  • Communicate with Project Managers regarding weather status, start time, and coordination of work flow on job site if Paving Crews are still working.
• Work Orders, Maps, and Documentation
  • Ensure that all materials are installed to manufacturer specifications for the project and all work is completed meeting Pave America Standards.
  • Review maps and ensure that work orders are complete to Project Manager/Customer specifications.
  • Ensure that all work photos have been submitted through Pavement Software Solutions and/or directly to the Project Manager/Customer per request on each project.
• Supervise and Assist Crew Members
  • Assign tasks to construction crew members and supervise their work, including training on proper techniques and specifics related to striping.
  • Provide supervision while also obtaining materials, lifting heavy items, and loading and unloading the work truck to help crew members.
  • Evaluate and suggest changes based on working conditions and equipment usage to increase efficiency.
  • Provide evaluations of crew members for additional training and/or promotional opportunities.
  • Lead other teams with special tasks when deemed necessary by Superintendent.
• Safety and Equipment Maintenance
  • Clean and prepare job site to eliminate possible hazards for crew and public safety.
  • Facilitate the safety of crew while on job site with proper PPE and meet any additional safety requirements as outlined in work order.
  • Verify equipment is in proper working order and report any equipment issues to Superintendent.
  • Be accountable for routine repair and maintenance of equipment.
  • Ensure proper signage is displayed at each job site.
• Complete Daily Reports
  • Be accountable for total cost and production timeline during the entirety of the project, meeting profitability requirements.
  • Record daily job information such as material, equipment, and personnel in Pavement Software Solutions daily.

• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Experience applying paint using a mechanical striping machine.
• Understanding of equipment functionality including starting engines, moving throttles, switches, levers, and pedals to operate machines such as mechanical striping machines and box trucks.
• Top-level skilled striper who understands the factors that affect project completion, whether estimating materials needed or providing an expected completion date to the client.
• Ability to assign work and supervise other construction workers (1-2 people) involved in the striping installation process, requiring coaching, training, motivating others, and handling conflicts among workers while maintaining safety standards at all times.
• Analytical thinking is essential for reading and analyzing maps and work orders, ensuring a project meets all specifications.
• Capacity to evaluate and train crew members for cross-training and promotional opportunities.
• Ability to work under stressful situations.
• Stamina to meet demanding schedules, including nights, weekends, and occasional holidays.
• Availability to work overtime as required.
• Some out-of-state travel may be required.
• Experience in more in-depth, complicated striping projects such as advanced layout.
• Ability to disassemble and reassemble equipment to meet maintenance schedules.
• 10+ years of experience in striping, including leading a crew.

Physical Requirements: (Each to have one of the following based on the position: Never, Rarely, Occasionally, Constantly)

• Remaining in a stationary position, often standing or sitting for prolonged periods: Constantly
• Moving about to accomplish tasks at a worksite or moving from one worksite to another: Constantly
• Moving self in different positions to accomplish tasks in various environments, such as stooping, kneeling, or crouching: Constantly
• Adjusting, moving, and lifting objects in all directions: Occasionally
• Talking and hearing to communicate with others: Constantly
• Seeing to perform job duties at close range: Occasionally
• Seeing to perform job duties at a distance: Constantly
• Repeating motions that may include the wrists, hands, and/or fingers: Constantly
• Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like: Rarely
• Operating machinery and/or power tools: Occasionally
• Operating motor vehicles or heavy equipment: Constantly
• The ability to travel regionally or nationally: Rarely

Physical Demands:

• Sedentary work that primarily involves sitting/standing: Constantly
• Light work that includes moving objects up to 20 pounds: Occasionally
• Medium work that includes moving objects up to 50 pounds: Occasionally
• Heavy work that includes moving objects up to 100 pounds or more: Never

Working Conditions:

• Low temperatures: Occasionally
• High temperatures: Constantly
• Outdoor elements such as precipitation and wind: Occasionally
• Noisy environments: Occasionally
• Hazardous conditions: Rarely
• Shift work, including overnight work: Occasionally
• Frequent overtime, including weekends: Occasionally
• Office environment: Occasionally

Pave America and its companies offer a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial, and other benefits that support your total well-being.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and comply with OFCCP regulations. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, age, national origin, religion, physical and mental disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/assignment, citizenship, pregnancy or maternity, protected veteran status, or any other status prohibited by applicable national, federal, state or local law. We actively promote diversity and inclusion within our workforce. Pave America and its companies promote a drug-free workplace. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries. In compliance with OFCCP requirements, we invite applicants to voluntarily self-identify their gender, race, and veteran status. Submission of this information is voluntary and refusal to provide it will not subject you to any adverse treatment.