Role Specification
We are currently seeking a Tower Climber Foreman to join our team. We provide our customers with fast, efficient and cost-effective service installation and project management services. Therefore, we’re looking for an ambitious individual to provide our customers with the support and direction needed to deliver site completions on time and under budget.
The Tower Climber Foreman is responsible for each site project's construction schedule, expenses, and quality and safety. This position also manages the resources performing the construction work including direct reporting staff, matrix staff, and vendor and subcontractor resources. The candidate works directly with TTI’s and the customer’s subcontractors to facilitate installation and integration of customer provided equipment.
Construction Manager responsibilities include:
- Maintain and enforce TTI’s Quality & Safety program, ensure daily job site safety plans are reviewed and followed, and to stop work when unsafe work practices or conditions exist
- Provide on-site analysis of ongoing specific construction projects; utilizing higher level construction managers or project managers for advice on changes in plans
- Interface with the customer's engineering team, as well as utilizing the company's engineering and management team for decisions
- Instills the quality program for Tucker Technology and subcontractors work, making certain all quality standards are met to customer specifications
Your main responsibilities include.
- Responsible for site construction and support, and may include supervising of installation of towers, mounts, antennas, feed lines, electronic cabinets, shelters, etc., generators, HVAC, and fireproofing.
- Completes required reports and other paperwork.
- Closely adheres to all safety standards and procedures. Identifies gaps in safety standards as well as safety risks in the environment and provides recommendations to higher level technical staff and management.
- Reads and implements project drawings and specifications.
- Identifies essential materials and tools to carry out the scope of work.
- Assist customer with equipment orders, managing warehouse inventory, and the return of used/unused site equipment.
- Identify and approve qualified construction general contractors to utilize on projects.
- Submit bid documents to approved general contractors and coordinate all aspects of the bid process, including scheduling the site walk, review of bids, production of a bid package, and contractor recommendation.
- Create and manage the construction schedule for each site. The schedule will consider permitting, materials availability, contractor availability, utility provisioning as required, network deployment timing, cost efficiency, property owner availability, and any other variables.
- Administer the construction contract for the accuracy of the bid package to actual cost and schedule adherence as reasonably possible.
- Perform and/or supervise the site walk to determine whether the proposed site may be properly constructed according to quality and technical standards.
- Communicate with customer operations and systems performance personnel before starting any site work, mobilize general contractors, and manage the completion of site work in continuous communication with customer personnel. Provide post-work summaries immediately upon project completion and procure closeout packages to customer specifications.
- Preparation of a punch list for overall construction completion, and management of subcontractors to have same completed.
- Ensure that the construction subcontractors obtain all proper inspections and final sign-offs, recorded easements etc. Finalize and present a complete closeout package to the customer.
- Prepare and update site status reports, databases, and project forecast reports.
- Develop new business opportunities with customers.
Requirements:
- Preferred education in Construction Project Management, Engineering, or similar course work.
- 5-7 years of Tower industry experience required
- Excellent oral and written communication skills required
- MS Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) required
- 5+ years of LTE experience preferred
- Engineering or technical degree preferred
- Demonstrated management experience including scope management, project scheduling, budgeting, and contracting, along with a successful track record in management of similar projects.