Foreman 1

Overview

About M.C. Dean

M.C. Dean is Building Intelligence. We design, build, operate, and maintain cyber-physical solutions for the nation's most mission-critical facilities, secure environments, complex infrastructure, and global enterprises. With over 7,000 employees, our capabilities span electrical, electronic security, telecommunications, life safety, automation and controls, audiovisual, and IT systems. Headquarters in Tysons, Virginia, M.C. Dean delivers resilient, secure, and innovative power and technology solutions through engineering expertise and smart systems integration.

Why Join Us?

Our people are passionate about engineering innovation that improves lives and drives impactful change. Guided by our core values-agility, expertise, and trust-we foster a collaborative and forward-thinking work environment. At M.C. Dean, we are committed to building the next generation of technical leaders in electrical, engineering, and cybersecurity industries.

The Foreman is responsible for supervising and coordinating the work of a crew of technicians, apprentices, sub-contractors and laborers on a job site as well as ensuring that all work installed is completed on time, on budget and according to all applicable plans, specifications, codes, and industry standards.

Responsibilities

Requirements:

• Managing mid-sized to large projects of 15 or more people
• Conferring with senior management, supervisory personnel, owners, contractors, and design professionals to discuss and resolve matters such as work procedures, complaints, and construction problems.
• Scheduling the project is logical to budget enough time required to meet deadlines.
• Determining labor requirements and dispatching workers to construction sites
• Planning, organizing, and directing activities concerned with the construction and maintenance of structures, facilities and systems.
• Interpreting and explaining plans and contract terms to administrative staff, workers, and clients
• Preparing contracts and negotiating revisions, changes, and additions to contractual agreements with architects, consultants, clients, suppliers and subcontractors.
• Directing and supervising workers including delegating responsibilities to foremen and electrical technicians and mentoring electrical technicians II and III to prepare them for promotion to the next career level.
• Monitoring project budgets to ensure positive cash flow and to maintain profitability.
• Inspecting and reviewing projects to monitor compliance with building and safety codes and other regulations.
• At least 8 years of experience working in the electrical industry, including 2 years serving as a project foreman.
• High School diploma or GED
• Experience working with the Company's management systems such as scheduling, job cost reports, estimating, safety documentation and quality control
• Experience overseeing and approving monthly job cost updates and quarterly cash flow projections
• Effectively plans manpower and has leadership skills to meet project objectives without significant labor spikes or overtime costs.
• Communicates effectively both verbally and in writing
• Ability to work without direct supervision
• Must have their own tools
• This position may require ongoing or intermittent use of a company vehicle. Selected candidates must possess an acceptable driving record in accordance with our policy.
• Must successfully pass a background check

Qualifications

Abilities:

• The position requires the ability to lift, carry, and move objects weighing up to [50 pounds] on a regular basis. Candidates must demonstrate physical strength and stamina to perform various tasks, including but not limited to, loading, and unloading, operating equipment, and assisting in the transportation of various materials. Proper lifting techniques and safety protocols must be followed to ensure personal and team safety.
• Relocates a 12 foot stepladder without assistance.
• Works at various heights up to 60 feet and can climb and maintain balance on scaffolds, aerial lifts, catwalks and all types of ladders.
• Walks, climbs, lifts, squats, crawls, kneels, pushes, pulls and reaches overhead on a routine and repetitive basis.
• Possess good vision (may be corrected vision), the ability to see in color, and the ability to hear and communicate in English.
• May use a standard ladder without exceeding the weight limit while carrying tools.
• Tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
• Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (including finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
• See details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.