Gravel Roads Foreman

Key Responsibility Areas:
Leadership:

• Leads staffing, provides ongoing direction and coaching.
• Develops training plans and regularly evaluates performance.
• Fosters an environment of innovation and encourages continuous improvement.
• Supports the County’s Health & Safety program, leads by example, identifies hazards, provides training, and required personal protective equipment to staff members.

Road Maintenance:

• Inspects and completes spot checks on County gravel roads; checking driving surface, road shoulders, and ditches.
• Inspects and assesses gravel roads to determine maintenance requirements and makes recommendations for road rehabilitation in collaboration with Infrastructure construction.
• Responds to ratepayer feedback by inspecting road conditions in areas of concern and determining next steps.
• Assigns Grader Operators to areas (beats) for regular up-keep and maintenance.
• Works with the Grader Operators, to identify optimal Grader routing for summer maintenance and winter snow clearing, according to County road maintenance polices.
• Hires contractors and assigns to areas for regular up-keep and maintenance.
• Coordinates with other County staff on projects that coincide with gravel roads (e.g. mowing, dust suppression).
• Trains/and or instructs operators to follow safety procedures, ensuring proper signage is visible on areas under maintenance.
• Inspects cattleguards and hire contractors to repair/clean.
• Monitors culverts and ditches for proper drainage and reports any concerns.
• Educates staff and contractors on health and safety requirements.

Gravel Program:

• Oversees the year round (all season) gravel program including mapping, hiring contractors and road use requirements.
• Collaborates with other supervisory staff to confirm an adequate supply of gravel is available for maintenance work.
• Collaborates with other supervisory staff to determine the quality of the aggregate applied for maintenance and rehabilitation of roads.
• Coordinates the hauling and application requirements for gravel being assigned to County roads.
• Tender out the supply of aggregate to required stockpiles and storage locations.
• Tender out the annual gravel crushing in municipal gravel pits.

Financial Management and Operational Planning:

• Provides input into the Department’s annual operating and capital budget information and costing.
• Monitors costs, staff schedule and overtime and reports on budget variances.
• Assesses the staff, contractors, equipment, and vehicle requirements to meet annual projects.
• Updates and prepares reports and/or information for Director to update Council; may be required to attend Council update meetings as required.
• Undertake semi annual staff performance reviews.

Projects and Assignments

• Assists other staff at the site and provides cover-off for other staff