Scaffold Foreman

Job Description

Job Description

Company Description:

hth companies is an industrial services provider offering mechanical insulation, scaffolding, industrial cleaning, and various other services to meet our customers' needs across the Midwest. At hth, we continue to promote the merit shop philosophy we were founded upon in 1984; rewarding employees based upon their merits of skills, productivity and quality workmanship. Our vision is to be an organization that creates an environment where employees are encouraged to develop their full potential to provide quality work. We strive each day to better serve our customers and employees.

Position Overview:

Candidate will be required to assemble and dismantle tubular and system scaffolding or other temporary structures. Candidate will be responsible for leading scaffold building crew in industrial environments. Conduct daily scaffold inspections and scaffold audits. Responsible for cleaning and preparing sites, including removing debris and loading/unloading scaffolding material. Candidate must successfully pass Competent Person Scaffold training/testing. Candidate is required to complete OSHA 30.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Promotes Safety workplace by participating in safety training, identifying job hazards, wearing correct ppe, and observing for oneself and others
• Has knowledge in various types of scaffold builds such as independent access scaffolds, birdcage, hanging, truss out, and tower
• Has capability to safely build all types of scaffold including hanging suspended scaffolding
• Ability to perform work at above ground elevations while wearing a harness and other PPE
• Ability to lay out work and execute build
• Ensures builds are within OSHA standards
• Ensures correct material for build is available
• Detail oriented to spot potentially dangerous conditions
• Strong math skills related to basic, algebra, and geometry for calculating measurement
• Work as general labor when needed
• Additional duties as assigned

Qualifications:

Education and Experience

• Math skills
• Knowledge of basic tools and their applications

Personal Characteristics

• Ability to follow all safe work procedures
• Ability to work in various weather conditions
• Ability to work in confined spaces
• Ability to work at above ground elevations while wearing a harness and other protective equipment
• Good hand-eye coordination
• Excellent communication skills
• Adaptable in methods used to complete task
• Willing to go the extra mile for the team
• Motivated to learn new skills and trades
• Follows directions of manager / lead / superintendent and clarifies responsibilities if needed
• Respects self, co-workers, managers, company, other contractors, and clients.
• Shows up on time ready to complete work

Physical Abilities

• Must be able to fulfill essential job functions in consistent state of alertness and in a safe manner
• Must be able to lift and move up to 50lbs regularly
• Must be able to climb ladders repetitively
• Ability to perform physically demanding work for 8+ hours a day, including prolonged standing and walking, bending, and twisting.
• Ability to complete tasks such as loading, un-loading, cleaning, shoveling, and painting.
• Ability to safely perform duties related to confined space work.

Benefits:

• Employer Supplemented Heath Insurance
• Employer Paid Life Insurance
• Voluntary Vision
• Voluntary Dental
• Voluntary Critical Illness and Group Injury Insurance
• 401K (Company Match of 3%)
• Tuition Reimbursement