Foreman

at FASTCO Corporation in Lincoln, Maine, United States

Position: Foreman

Reports To: Primarily answers directly to the supervisors. May take direction from other supervisors or managers if a potentially dangerous situation exists or the foreman has been informed of other supervisory measures due to special circumstances (special project, high work load, etc.).

Pay Type: Hourly position, Overtime after 10 or 40 hours, holiday and weekend overtime.

Primary Activities;

Meet with the supervisor daily to discuss, review and receive direction concerning;

• Current and future work schedule.
• Current and future work assignments.
• Project documents (drawings, process checklists, etc.).
• Material and consumables requirements.
• Tool & equipment requirements.
• Manpower requirements.

Meet with employees at least daily, or as needed, to address, assign, or correct;

• Daily tasks, procedures, and production expectations.
• Production issues (manpower, tooling, equipment).
• Safety issues (employee compliance, equipment, documents).
• Quality issues (weld, mechanical, tooling, and equipment).
• Other policy issues (phone use, breaks, work shift, radios, workplace abuse).

Continually monitor employee performance in the areas of production, safety, quality and other policies to ensure;

• FASTCO Corporation procedures and techniques are used.
• Proper tooling is used.
• Proper equipment is used.
• Adequate documents or drawings are available.
• Tasks are on schedule.

Continually monitor, maintain, organize and track;

• Materials (raw stock, weld wire, paint, paint waste, sand blast shot, ).
• Tooling (grinders, drills, taps).
• Consumables (grind discs, cut off wheels, portaband blades, soapstone).
• Safety equipment (respirator cart, dust masks, face shields, safety glasses).

Maintain the following documents;

• Daily time sheets.
• Daily job notes.
• Safety (confided space permits, accident reports, shop inspections, crane inspections, fork lift, etc)(supervisor provides schedule for inspections).
• Quality control (process checklists, receiving and inspection reports)
• Transfer slips.
• Packing slips.
• Counsel notice (initiate form)

Other activities;

• Perform foreman duties at field sites when schedule requires.
• Aid or assist supervisors (as needed) with;
  • Bidding or planning of projects.
  • Training or education of employees.
  • Performance evaluations of employees.
  • Maintaining a safe work environment through safety inspections, evaluations, analysis.
  • Counseling and discipline by initiating those procedures.
  • Mentor employees on day-to-day duties.