Site Foreman (Residential Housing)

Here you run the site: labour, materials, quality and progress for the civil engineering contractor in Kempton Park. You don't need to be the loudest person in the room, just the one others can count on.

This post is Kempton Park-based, with most of your time spent at a civil engineering contractor. Most weeks are 45 hours, in line with the BCEA.

• Order concrete, bricks and steel on time so gangs never stand idle
• Plan the week's work from the construction programme and brief the gangs each morning
• Set out foundations, grid lines and levels with the surveyor or a dumpy level
• Run toolbox talks and support the safety officer on Construction Regulations compliance
• Chair the weekly site meeting and record actions for the principal agent
• Measure completed work for monthly payment certificates
• Book NHBRC and municipal inspections at the right stages

• Code 08 licence and your own reliable transport between sites
• National Diploma or BTech in Building or Civil Engineering, or a trade background with site experience
• Working knowledge of the Construction Regulations 2014 under the OHS Act
• Firm with labour, fair with subcontractors

• Worked on CIDB grade 6 or higher projects
• Experience on JBCC or GCC 2015 contracts
• Surveying skills with a total station

• Cellphone and laptop supplied
• Site accommodation on out-of-town projects
• Project completion bonus linked to handover date

• Add a short project table to your CV: project name, type, rand value and your role. Contractors hire on project size.
• A common mistake is listing only company names. Say what you built, for example "32 walk-up flats, 3 storeys".