Retaining Wall Foreperson - H&K Group

H&K Group, Inc. is looking for a Retaining Wall Foreperson to train and direct a team in the construction of commercial retaining walls as well as excavation support in heavy civil and highway construction projects throughout Northeast PA and the Lehigh Valley, with a current focus on Susquehanna, Wyoming, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Carbon, Schuylkill, Lehigh, and Berks Counties.  

Why work for H&K Group, Inc.?

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience
• 100% Company-paid Health Benefits
• 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan
• Tuition reimbursement programs available to qualifying employees for approved programs
• Additional training programs including on the job, online through H&K Academy, manufacturer offered training, and more
• Company provided vehicle to meet job responsibilities

Essential Duties and Responsibilities 

• Performs all work according to OSHA and H&K Safety policies
• Reads blueprints and job-related documents to properly plan work
• Records daily events in job diary
• Schedules materials, equipment, and work for the crew
• Develops crew SIP's and submits to site foreman
• Tracks daily quantities and submits to site foreman
• Conducts daily huddles with crew to establish daily production goals and ensures all members of crew know and buy into the plan for the day
• Communicates goals and purposes effectively. Lead and demonstrate by example
• Influences and enforces company values. Recognizes misalignments with company values and culture and rectifies
• Proactively trains and mentors crew members to enhance their skills and knowledge
• Communicates with customer representatives and inspectors in a courteously and professionally
• Performs all other duties of crew members as needed
• Other duties as assigned

Required Skills, Education, and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university OR one year of related experience and/or training
  • Equivalent combinations of education and experience may be considered
• Working knowledge and ability to safety and efficiently understand and direct crane set up and lifting plans
• Ability to read blueprints and job-related documents
• Ability to operate surveying instrument, shoot elevations and straight lines
• Experience with pile driving and drilling equipment
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrated leadership ability
• Problem solving
• Basic computer skills including internet, email, and the use of digital cameras for work documentation
• Driver’s license and clean driving record
• Ability to travel as required for projects
• Ability to fit test & utilize appropriate PPE as needed
• Ability to meet physical requirements (movement, lifting, as relevant to job)

Preferred Skills, Education, and Experience

• 2 years of relevant experience and/or training
• Experience operating heavy equipment used in highway construction
• Supervisory experience
• OSHA or other relevant safety certifications

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to
  • Stand, walk, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, and crouch or crawl
  • Use hands to finger, handle, feel; reach with hands and arms
  • Talk and hear
• Occasionally required to
  • Sit
  • Lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• Vision abilities include
  • Close
  • Distance
  • Color
  • Peripheral
  • Depth perception
  • Ability to adjust focus

Work Environment

• Regularly exposed to
  • Outside weather conditions
  • High, precarious places
• Frequently exposed to
  • Moving mechanical parts
  • Fumes or airborne particles
• Noise level is usually moderate

H&K’s Structures Division key difference is our customized, value engineered approach to your project. We specialize in providing value engineering and utilizing the latest technology to address the difficult commercial site problems where hills, slopes, cuts, fills, wetlands, and additional space are critical elements in development. We do this with the best geotechnical engineering possible, National Concrete Masonry Association (NCMA) certified installers and a dedicated management team.

The H&K Group, Inc. provides complete heavy civil contracting and construction materials solutions with safety, speed, quality, efficiency, and value. Beginning as a small family business a half century ago, we are now a dynamic group of vertically integrated companies that has been growing and prospering for over 50 years.

Thank you for your interest in employment with H&K Group, Inc. At H&K, we invest in our people, providing the essential training, instruction, and supervisory support that they need to develop and grow within our company. We acknowledge that H&K’s strength and success is directly related to our employees and the talents, dedication, and job performance they exemplify. We seek dynamic, motivated people who are driven to make a difference.

This position may have the opportunity to work on prevailing wage projects. Prevailing wage work is not guaranteed. Final determination on pay will be made by company leadership consistent with the scope of work and considering the candidates’ education, experience, skills, past performance, demonstrated leadership, and influence.

H&K does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are always looking for the best, most qualified people to join our team.

Pre-employment drug testing (EOE)

Pre-employment Physical

100% Company-Paid Health Benefits!