General Foreman - Transmission

Company Overview

Since 2015, Altitude Energy, LLC has built a reputation for delivering safe, high-quality electrical power construction projects across the western United States. With dedicated teams in transmission, distribution, and substation construction, we deliver end-to-end power infrastructure solutions—and we’re growing. If you’re looking for a place where your work directly supports the communities we serve, where field and office teams collaborate closely, and where you can take ownership and develop your craft, you’ll find it here. Come join our team and help power our future together.

About the Role

Job Title: General Foreman

Division: Transmission

Field Positions (Includes Field Management): Fully in Field, Traveling as required

Pay Type: Exempt (Salary)

Reports To: Operations Manager

Supervises: Multiple Crews of Foreman, Lineman, Operators and Apprentices

Minimum Requirements

• Background Check: Required
• Drug Testing: Preemployment Drug Screening
• Driver’s license and MVR requirement: Valid Commercial Driver’s License and clean MVR
• Education: High School Diploma or GED or Equivalent
• Experience: Minimum of 10 years’ previous experience as General Foreman or Foreman in Powerline Operations
• Qualifications/Certifications: OSHA 30
• Technical Skills: Proficient with everyday computer tasks, including email communication, Teams meetings, report writing, mobile app navigation, and completing project documentation. Experience with Procore is a plus.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States

Essential Skills, Duties and Responsibilities

• Performs all duties assigned by manager
• Involved in the review of incoming projects
• Help estimating team with development of project estimates and sit in on bid reviews
• Participates in project preplanning meetings
• Plays an active role in building Altitude’s Transmission team including recruiting, interviewing and onboarding new team members
• Distribute project assignments to crews
• Understand, adhere to, and enforce Company Policies and Operating Procedures

  Management

• Attend, prepare for, participate and lead meetings
• Has experience in the following areas: use of forecasting tools, production tracking, percent complete reporting, budget tracking, billing, change order management, and punch lists.
• Demonstrates the ability to understand and adhere to all contract documents, verifying that all work aligns with contractual specifications.
• Risk management: focus on avoiding delay costs, avoiding LDs, and avoiding claims
• Assists in compiling information for monthly billing and submittals
• Heavily involved in subcontractor management: cost tracking, identifying changed conditions, dispute management, risk management.
• Manage and resolve conflicts or disputes involving engineers, customers, subcontractors, and suppliers.
• Monitor and manage manpower, manhours, material, equipment, rentals and other job cost impact items.
• Weekly timesheet approval.
• Monitor and manage project schedules and crew schedules. Adjust as necessary to meet deadlines. Inform leadership of schedule issues.
• Responsible for creating or executing detailed work plans for high-risk tasks such as critical lifts and stringing operations.

  Administration

• Documentation done in a timely manner
• Ensure accurate reporting and tracking.

  Communication

• Meetings with Landowners
• Maintains open communication with leadership.

  Material, Equipment, Tooling:

• Tooling and Equipment Management; you will assist with ensuring maintenance is up to date, employees trained to operate, kept organized, taken care of, kept clean and in working order, inspections are completed, taken out of service if damaged or broken.

  Quality

• Responsible for quality control on your projects

Essential Leadership Characteristics or Requirements

• Believes and leads by Altitude’s “Core Values”.
• Team player, that is a good listener, solution driven, problem solver/resourceful, approachable, and has a positive attitude.
• Diligent and is detail oriented.
• Resourceful with tooling, equipment and manpower.
• Can effectively communicate expectations clearly, set goals, monitor progress and mentor team members. This includes monitoring your team to ensure they efficiently manage their time and reduce downtime.
• Must remain calm in stressful situations. Holds team accountable, disciplines and documents performance issues. Evaluate crew members’ work performance.
• Forward thinking and proactive. Must prioritize critical tasks and be able to multi-task.
• Approaches coworkers, customers, engineers, and sub-contractors in a professional manner.
• Mentor subordinates, by being a good coach and teacher in all aspects of operations. This includes involvement in our apprenticeship program.
• Responsible for periodic performance reviews for your direct reports and the team that falls within your purview

Essential Safety Requirements

• Adheres to and promotes Altitude’s safety culture as a core value.
• Must arrive at your designated work area on time (early) and “Fit for Duty”. Physically, mentally, and emotionally ready to work.
• Facilitate technical and safety training for your team.
• Elevate concerns with safety, crew, or project to leadership.
• OSHA 30 card required.
• JHA reviews to ensure they are thoroughly completed and correct deficiencies.

• Ensure safe working conditions and good housekeeping on your sites.
• Ensure trainings are up to date for your crews.
• Identify and mitigate hazards.
• Facilitate incident management and reporting.
• Promotes and participates in Altitude’s ‘Monthly Safety Meetings’.
• Adheres to all applicable Altitude, Local, State and Federal safety standards and safety requirements.
• Wears all required protective and safety equipment while performing tasks that require it.

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to safely maneuver and walk around job sites.
• Able to speak and hear information through oral communication.
• Has visual acuity to see items clearly and sharply.

Other Requirements and Working Conditions

• Working conditions could include inclement weather.
• Working at heights up to 200 feet.
• You are expected to manage multiple projects at any given time.
• To ensure projects under your direction are running smoothly and profitably, you will be required to make regular site visits and spend adequate time at each site throughout the duration of each project. It is important that you spend time on each job site to ensure success. In general, plan for at least multiple visits per month and multiple days per visit to each project. It is also required to increase the frequency and duration of your visits if one of your projects is performing poorly to implement some corrective action plans and also plan to be onsite during critical phases in the work scopes
• Excluding storm projects- work schedules/hours can be up to 12-hour days and up to 60-hours per week.
• Willing to work nights, weekends, out of town, overtime, outages, and storm calls as required.
• Transmission Division- You will be required to work around energized lines up to 345 KV and work near lines up to 500 KV
• Advanced understanding of induced voltage, step and touch potential, and EHV grounding and bonding procedures specific to 345 kV transmission systems
• De-energized- experience performing dead-line transmission work on EHV systems

  Preferred Certifications and Experience

Some of the Benefits we offer

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• 401K
• Paid time off
• Paid Holidays