Paving Foreperson at The H&K Group in Hazleton, Pennsylvania

Job Description:

H&K does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veterans' status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are always looking for the best, most qualified people to join our team.

Pre-employment drug testing (EOE)

Great Benefits offered!


Paving Foreperson

US-PA-Hazleton

Job ID: 2024-2417
Type: Regular Full-Time
Category: Contracting
Hazleton Division

Overview

Hazleton Division of the H&K Group, Inc. is seeking a Paving Foreman to direct the activities of workers concerned with paving of roads and highways. The ideal candidate is dependable, dedicated, and a strong leader.

Why work for H&K Group, Inc.?

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience
• 100% Company-paid Health Benefits
• 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan
• Tuition reimbursement programs available to qualifying employees for approved programs
• Additional training programs including on the job, online through H&K Academy, manufacturer offered training, and more

Responsibilities

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Performs all work according to OSHA and H&K Safety policies
• Reads and interprets blueprints and job-related documents
• Records daily events in job diary
• Schedules materials, equipment, and work for the crew
• Analyzes crew SIPs to create site SIPs
• Obtains quantities from crews and prepares for billing process with PM
• Analyzes cost reports for production adjustments
• Accurately codes and controls onsite costs
• Conducts site meetings
• Attends job turnover meetings
• Communicates goals and purposes effectively
• Leads by example
• Influences and enforces company values, recognizes misalignments, and ensures compliance
• Understands and anticipates customer’s needs
• Understands business practices within the organization and the importance of repeat business
• Communicates with customer representatives and represents the company professionally
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Required Skills, Education, and Experience

• PennDot road construction experience
• Strong Verbal and Written Communications skills
• Ability to work with probability, statistical inference, and the fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry
• Basic computer skills including internet, email, and documentation using digital cameras
• Demonstrated leadership
• Demonstrated dependability and punctuality
• Ability to fit test & utilize appropriate PPE as needed
• Ability to meet physical requirements (movement, lifting, as relevant to job)

Preferred Skills, Education, and Experience

• Two years of relevant PennDot road construction experience
• Supervisory or crew foreman experience
• OSHA or other relevant safety certifications

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to:
  • Stand and walk
  • Use hands to finger, handle, feel
  • Reach with hands and arms
  • Talk or hear
  • Climb, balance, crawl, stoop, crouch, kneel,
  • Occasionally required to sit
• Frequently required to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• Specific vision abilities:
  • Close
  • Distance
  • Color
  • Peripheral
  • Depth Perception
  • Ability to adjust focus

Work Environment

• Regularly exposed to outside weather conditions
• Occasionally exposed to:
  • Moving mechanical parts
  • Fumes or airborne particles
• Noise level is usually moderate

H&K Group, Inc.’s (H&K’s) Hazleton Division (formerly Hazleton Site Contractors) has been a proud member of our heavy civil construction team since 2002. Strategically located in Humboldt Industrial Park just north of Hazleton, PA, the Hazleton Division primarily serves Luzerne, Carbon, Schuylkill, Columbia, Northumberland, Montour, and Monroe Counties.

The H&K Group, Inc. provides complete heavy civil contracting and construction materials solutions with safety, speed, quality, efficiency, and value. Beginning as a small family business a half century ago, we are now a dynamic group of vertically integrated companies that has been growing and prospering for over 50 years.

Thank you for your interest in employment with H&K Group, Inc. At H&K, we invest in our people, providing the essential training, instruction, and supervisory support that they need to develop and grow within our company. We acknowledge that H&K’s strength and success is directly related to our employees and the talents, dedication, and job performance they exemplify. We seek dynamic, motivated people who are driven to make a difference.

H&K does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are always looking for the best, most qualified people to join our team.

Pre-employment drug testing (EOE)

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100% Company-Paid Health Benefits!

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