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Group of Companies is a leading utility infrastructure contractor helping power communities across Canada and the United States. Built on family roots, we value safety, hard work, and getting the job done right for our clients. We offer competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities to build your skills and grow your career.\nRole Details\nLocation: Transmission & distribution line projects throughout Ontario.\nWork arrangement: On-site - rotation\nEmployment type: Full-time, temporary\nSchedule: Project-based rotation, initially anticipated to be 21 days on / 7 days off or 6 days on / 1 off. Frequent overtime and weekend work may be required to accommodate project schedules.\nTravel: Travel to project sites throughout Ontario is required.\n Travel support: Eligible for a $200 per day living-out allowance (LOA), where applicable while working away from home.\nThe Opportunity\nThe Distribution Civil Foreman leads a crew of construction workers, apprentices, laborers, and equipment operators on distribution construction projects. You will plan daily activities, coordinate resources, and adjust work sequences to deliver work safely, efficiently, on budget, and in accordance with project schedules, specifications, and customer requirements.\nThis is a hands-on leadership opportunity for an experienced civil construction professional who enjoys developing a crew and solving challenges in the field. You will oversee work ranging from excavation and concrete to underground infrastructure and site restoration while maintaining consistent safety and quality standards.\nKey Elements of the Role\nSupervise civil construction activities, including excavation, trenching, backfilling, foundations, concrete work, pole installation, duct banks, underground infrastructure, and site restoration.\nEstablish and adjust work sequences and coordinate daily crew, material, tool, and equipment requirements to meet project schedules and milestones.\nInterpret drawings, specifications, work orders, and contract documents, identify constructability concerns, and resolve field issues and deficiencies promptly.\nLead safe work practices and conduct quality control inspections to ensure construction meets company requirements, applicable legislation and codes, customer expectations, and project standards.\nCoordinate with other crews, subcontractors, utilities, and trades. Monitor productivity and communicate progress, delays, material requirements, and project concerns to project management.\nProvide direction, instruction, coaching, and mentoring to crew members and developing construction personnel, and perform hands-on field work as required.\nOperate and oversee the safe use of tools and equipment, ensure proper care of company vehicles and assets, and maintain a clean, organized, and safe worksite.\nWhat You’ll Bring\nMinimum four years of civil construction experience, preferably in utility, electrical distribution, telecommunications, or related infrastructure projects.\nPrevious experience leading or supervising a construction crew, with the ability to instruct, train, and mentor workers.\nExperience in distribution civil construction, including excavation, trenching, foundations, concrete, pole bases, underground infrastructure, duct banks, and site restoration.\nAbility to interpret blueprints, construction drawings, specifications, work orders, and contract documents and use them to plan work sequences, resource requirements, and installation procedures.\nExperience operating or overseeing construction tools and equipment, with a strong understanding of safe construction methods, jobsite coordination, and practical solutions to constructability issues.\nStrong communication, relationship-building, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, with a strong work ethic and the ability to work independently and contribute positively to a team.\nAbility to perform physically demanding field work and regularly lift and carry up to 50 pounds.\nA valid driver’s license and the ability to obtain and maintain required site or project-specific certifications.\nExperience around active utility infrastructure and familiarity with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and Teams are assets.\nThe range shown is the expected base pay range for this role. Final compensation will be determined based on role requirements, experience, qualifications, work location, applicable project/site requirements, internal equity, and any applicable collective agreement or union requirements.\nThis range does not include overtime, premiums, per diem / LOA, bonuses, benefits, or other forms of compensation unless specifically stated in the job posting.\nBase Pay Range\n$60.47—$60.47 CAD\nEqual Opportunity & Recruitment\nForbes Bros. Group of Companies and its affiliated entities are equal opportunity employers committed to a respectful and accessible recruitment process. We make employment decisions based on job-related qualifications and do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, ancestry, national or ethnic origin, citizenship, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or family status, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.\nApplicants must currently be legally authorized to work in the country where the position is located and must maintain valid work authorization throughout their employment.\nEmployment is subject to the requirements of the applicable role, location, project, and employing entity. 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