Heavy Civil Pipe Foreman

Job Overview:

Job Responsibilities

• Supervise and coordinate pipe crews, including pipelayers, laborers, equipment operators, and subcontractors.

• Plan daily work activities with the Superintendent, coordinating personnel, equipment, materials, and deliveries to meet production goals and project schedules.

• Read and interpret utility plans, profiles, specifications, and survey information to ensure proper pipe alignment, elevations, grades, and slopes.

• Oversee excavation, trench preparation, bedding, pipe installation, joint assembly, backfill, and compaction.

• Coordinate installation of manholes, inlets, catch basins, valves, hydrants, fittings, and related utility structures.

• Verify line and grade using pipe lasers, levels, and survey controls, coordinating with survey personnel as needed.

• Conduct daily safety meetings and enforce company safety procedures, including excavation protection, safe equipment operation, and applicable confined space requirements.

• Coordinate utility locating and protection of existing underground infrastructure before and during excavation.

• Monitor trench conditions, groundwater, access, and nearby utilities, escalating changing conditions or conflicts to the Superintendent.

• Inspect installed work and coordinate required testing, inspections, and corrections before backfilling or placing systems into service.

• Track daily production, labor, equipment usage, material quantities, deliveries, and project issues.

• Train and mentor crew members while maintaining clear communication with the Superintendent, project management team, inspectors, and other trades.

Job Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent; technical training in underground utilities or heavy civil construction is a plus.

• Minimum of 5 years of civil construction experience, including underground utility installation, with at least 2 years in a foreman or supervisory role.

• Demonstrated experience installing storm drainage, sanitary sewer, and/or waterline systems.

• Ability to read and interpret utility plans, profiles, elevations, grades, and construction specifications.

• Strong knowledge of excavation, trench protection, pipe bedding, installation, backfill, compaction, and utility testing procedures.

• Experience using pipe lasers, levels, and related layout tools.

• Thorough understanding of excavation safety, underground utility protection, and applicable OSHA requirements.

• Strong leadership, communication, planning, and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to coordinate crews, equipment, and materials while maintaining safety, quality, and production goals.

• Experience on highway, roadway, DOT, or municipal infrastructure projects is preferred.

• Basic computer skills, including Microsoft Office, are preferred.

• Valid driver’s license and a clean driving record.

• Ability to work outdoors in varying weather conditions and perform the essential physical duties of the position, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Company Overview:

Primoris Heavy Civil provides highway, port, airfield, rail and marine (intermodal transportation) construction services to private commercial and industrial clients as well as governmental entities such as the Department of Transportation and the US Army Corps of Engineers. Heavy Civil is comprised of six operating units that include North Louisiana Operations, South Louisiana Operations, Texas Operations, HMA Paving Operations, Concrete Paving Operations, and the Infrastructure Rehabilitation Unit.

Benefits:

• Competitive compensation, paid weekly.

• Best-in-class medical, dental, vision, and LTD/STD coverage.

• 401(k) with company match, vested on day one.

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan [ESPP].

• Pet coverage for your furry friends.

• Legal assistance coverage.

• Award-winning safety programs.

EEO Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Agency Statement

We are not accepting resumes from Third Party Recruiting Firms for this position. If you are an Agency or Search firm representative, contact the Primoris Talent Acquisition Manager directly for consideration. Primoris or its subsidiaries will not be responsible for any fees arising from the use of resumes and online response forms through this source. In addition, Primoris or its subsidiaries will not be responsible for any fees on unsolicited resumes that are submitted to any member of the Staffing or Operations team. Primoris has established an approved vendor program for this service and will only consider accepting submissions from those approved firms. For consideration in becoming an approved vendor, contact HR.

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