The job site foreman manages workers, maintains schedules, resolves conflicts, and ensures progress. They are responsible for the collective work product and may receive bonuses or penalties for completing work ahead or behind schedule. Foremen are usually experienced in private business and may have multiple job sites to manage.
The job site foreman manages the workers and maintains the work schedule. By assigning jobs to specific individuals and groups, the site manager ensures that the time frame of the job is respected, as well as the proper sequence of the different jobs. It is also the duty of the site foreman to ensure that certain jobs are completed to allow the next job to be completed. While most individual contractors and subcontractors are on site to manage their respective employees, the foreman maintains communication between all foremen and is responsible for their collective work product.
The foreman’s goal is to manage all of the individual work teams and keep all work focused in the same general direction. Any conflicts or delays in the work completion schedule are resolved by the site foreman. Subcontractors will report daily to the site foreman, receiving pertinent information on progress or lack thereof, along with suggestions for different ways to resolve any issues. Work teams are subject to discipline and possible termination if they fail to maintain steady progress or if they fall seriously behind for any reason.
Much like a general manager in a factory, the foreman is the collective authority on the job. This role serves as a final quality check on the typical construction project, and any deficiencies will be placed on the foreman’s shoulders. Occasionally, the site foreman will be subject to receiving a bonus for completing work ahead of schedule or staying within budget. On the other hand, there may be a penalty or fine for not budgeting, and the foreman is usually penalized on a varying scale for every day a project is past its target completion date.
A site foreman is usually a person who has excelled in private business and may have had a construction company before taking on a superintendent position with a larger company. One problem many site leaders face is the need for them to be on multiple sites at the same time. It’s rare for a foreman to have only one job site to manage at a time. Typically, the site foreman is required to drive to various construction sites, board meetings, and vendor meetings daily.
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