BENEFITS:
- Health Insurance
- 401K Matching
- Truck Stipend
- Paid Time Off
- Cell Phone Stipend
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Weekly Team Lunch
MISSION:
The Foreman supports our Project Managers by putting work in place. This is a partially bags-on role, self-performing as a means to expedite schedules and control quality, while also lining out and supervising Trade Partners onsite. The Foreman will take the lead in expertly laying out our projects to ensure smooth and efficient frame-to-insulation phasing and rapid completion of the move-in punch list.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Expediting projects through Frame Punch & MEP Rough Phases
- Expediting projects through Final Punch and Move-In Phases
- Ensure projects built to architectural plans, specifications, codes and manufacturer’s guidelines (By the Book)
- Supervising Trade Partners and self-performing to ensure projects built to the Risher Martin Standard of care and quality
- Maintain well organized, protected, safe, secure and clean jobsites
EXPECTED RESULTS:
- Average Weekly Jobsite Score of >=4
- Frame to Insulation Phase in <= 90 days (project dependent)
- Move-In Punch List to Zero < 30 days
- All Quality Control phase walks completed and punched
CORE VALUES:
- Seek to Understand: Dig In, Get Curious, Do Not Assume
- Ready to Serve: Jump In, Be Enthusiastic
- Never Give Up: Own It, Embrace It, Get It Done
TASKS:
- Submit agenda items for and attend, as needed, the Weekly OAC Meeting
- Maintain and update 2-Week Look Ahead Schedule with Project Manager
- Determine field requirements (self-performance, trade impacts, schedule impacts) for all Change Orders and feed to PM
- Review and redline Shop Drawings (Trusses, Steel, Cabinets, Tile Layouts, etc) in coordination with PM and Design Team
- Field verify all approved Shop Drawings installed per plans
- Team with PM to purchase construction materials
- Purchase Hot Shot materials to keep projects moving
- Prepare samples and mock-ups to facilitate Client and Design Team selections/decisions
- Submits RFIs to PM to submit to Design Team to expedite projects
- Direct Trade Partners onsite, monitor installed quality, monitor installations conformity to plans/specs, log punch items (as needed) into PlanGrid
- Direct all Risher Martin onsite labor (Laborers, Punch Carpenters)
- Execute construction material take-offs and submit to PM for ordering
- First point of contract for all Trade Partner troubleshooting onsite (resolve conflicts, plan breaks, trade collisions)
- Keep jobsites clean, protected, organized, safe, and secure
- Open and close the jobsite
- Work with Construction Assistant to keep Arlo cameras fully operational
- Work with Construction Assistant to manage material deliveries to/from office and to/from warehouse
- Provide vacation coverage for PM
- Get us last 3% of the way to water, air and vapor tight pre-insulation and drywall
- Manage temporary heat/cold/humidity strategies onsite to protect home and ensure quality finishes
- Manage temporary waterproofing measures to ensure home protected during construction
- With PM, establish jobsite benchmark(s), FFE(s), and critical horizontal and vertical datum lines
- Conduct thorough box-outs with MEP trades. Revise, as needed, as we iterate layouts with Clients and Design Team
- Conduct cabinet layouts and establish control dimensions for all millwork (face of finish, etc)
- Coordinate and/or Self-Perform blocking, re-framing to facilitate rapid and accurate MEP rough-in
- Manage MEP collisions and conflicts with Trade Partners and feedback to Steel/Framing trades. Coordinate with PM and Structural Engineer as needed
- Responsible for shim/shave/straightening/flattening to ensure level, plumb, flat and square
- Confirm all products and materials are installed per architectural drawings, specifications, structurals, shop drawings, code and manufacturers recommended installation guidelines
- Confirm all installed dimensions against architectural and structural drawings
- Confirm all SKs installed per plan
- Confirm all projects conform to structural plans
- Daily jobsite quality inspections
- Conduct major quality control walks at phases (pre-pour, pre-insulation, pre-cladding, etc) with PM
- Throughout project, log and update punch items into Plangrid system, including photos, status tracking and reporting
- Participate in Design Team Punch Walks
- Participate in Client Punch Walks
- Report and communicate open Punch Items to Trade Partners and manage to closure. Review and sign off all punch items before closing
- Self-perform punch tasks (as needed)
- Utilize in-house Risher Martin resources and Trade Partners to drive punch list to completion
- Ensure all municipal and 3rd Party inspections are passed and all correction items complete
- Ensure all required surveys (Form, Impervious Cover, McMansion, etc) are completed and compliant
- Complete daily Plangrid Job Log, including progress photos
- Check all material deliveries against packing slips and inspect for damage
- Post all MEP cutsheets onsite to facilitate rapid MEP rough-in
- Facilitate pre-drywall Matterport model with Construction Assistant
- Facilitate and lead HomeCare project walk/orientation
Ensure Zero Punch List hand-off to HomeCare (Clean Slate!)
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About Risher Martin:
Risher Martin builds and renovates distinctive homes for discriminating clients and design partners in Austin’s most prestigious neighborhoods. We are the 2018 Texas Custom Builder of the Year, 2016 Fred Case Remodeling Entrepreneur of the Year, 2015 and 2012 Austin Custom Builder of the Year and 2011 Texas Remodeler of the Year.
Our highly structured Pre-Construction Services process creates realistic expectations from design through construction. Our sophisticated system manages the complex flow of information amongst various parties, encourages open collaboration, and creates and maintains alignment of purpose. Our visual guide to project planning creates accountability, reduces uncertainty, and minimizes risk. This highly integrated and proactive approach virtually eliminates costly changes during construction, and yields a more enjoyable, less stressful journey for our clients and design partners.
We’ve invested heavily to provide our team with a completely paperless, cloud-based platform, which decreases errors and delays while maximizing employee productivity. Our highly trained, professional staff has real-time access to relevant information, allowing them to engage in accurate, honest communication with our clients and partners. As a fixed price builder and renovator of fine homes, we excel at delivering complicated residential projects with an uncomplicated goal — on time, on budget, Raving Fan clients and Design Partners.