Site Foreman | Alfanar Wooden Factory

Job description / Role

Requisition ID: 12034

Job Country: Saudi Arabia (SA)

Job City: Riyadh

Group Overview:

Headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, we operate construction and manufacturing businesses, design & development centers and a host of facilities in the Middle East and other countries.

Alfanar Building Systems

Alfanar Construction is classified as a Grade I contractor by the Contractors Classification Committee of the Government of Saudi Arabia.

Alfanar Building Systems manufactures and markets a variety of building construction products and systems. .

The core manufacturing activities of the industries operating under alfanar Building Systems are:
- Ceramic wall and floor tiles
- Façade cladding, glazing systems and architectural aluminum products
- Precast concrete products and architectural elements
- Office & home furniture and interior décor products

Job Purpose

Supervise and manage site activities to ensure projects are completed on time, within budget, and according to safety and quality standards. Coordinating tasks, managing workers, and liaising with project managers and subcontractors to facilitate smooth operations on site.

Key Accountability Areas

Supervision and Leadership:
- Lead and supervise construction crews and subcontractors.
- Assign tasks and delegate responsibilities to workers.

Task Coordination:
- Coordinate daily tasks according to priorities and project plans.
- Ensure all work is completed on schedule and meets quality standards.

Safety Management:
- Enforce safety protocols and regulations to ensure a safe working environment.
- Conduct regular safety inspections and address any safety issues promptly.

Quality Control:
- Monitor work quality and ensure compliance with project specifications and standards.
- Coordinate with QA/QC engineers for inspections and approvals.
- Resource Management:
- Manage and allocate resources, including labor, materials, and equipment.
- Ensure proper use and maintenance of tools and machinery.

Communication:
- Serve as the main point of contact between site workers and project managers.
- Communicate project updates, changes, and issues to relevant stakeholders.

Problem Solving:
- Identify and resolve any on-site issues or conflicts.
- Implement corrective actions to address problems and prevent delays.

Reporting and Documentation:
- Maintain accurate records of daily activities, progress, and any incidents.
- Prepare and submit regular reports to the project manager.

Training and Development:
- Train and mentor site workers to improve their skills and performance.
- Ensure workers are informed about new procedures and safety regulations.

Site Organization:
- Ensure the construction site is organized, clean, and free of hazards.
- Arrange for proper storage and handling of materials and equipment.

Role Accountability

HR Proficiency:
- Ability to recruit, recognize and cultivate high performers and expose them in order to create a robust second line of management.
- Ability to recognize low performers and guide them to improve or release them.
- Ability to treat subordinates equally without any discrimination.
- Assessment criteria of subordinates is performance that leads to planned results.
- Ensure availability of delegation of authority matrix to have sufficient delegations as per company policy.

Responsibility:
- Must take full responsibility for his operation as per the job description and the required deliverables from this position, taking into consideration the general company guidelines.
- Able to anticipate problems and make the necessary proactive steps to prevent them
- Ability to take necessary and proper timely decisions.

Delivery:
- Deliver the required results in timely manner with required quality and cost.
- Making a Tangible Difference:
- Must make a tangible difference to his area of operation. and exceed business expectations.

Business Planning and Performance:
- Able to transform the corporate goals into business plans.
- Able to Plan, follow-up and execute those plans, whether they are annual or development plans.
- Monitor the plan performance and initiate action to strengthen results and take the corrective action accordingly.
- Provide periodic work progress reports.
- Responsible for monitoring and controlling budgets and expenses to achieve the optimum cost efficiency.

Organizational Development:
- Develop the organizational structure according to the current requirements taking into consideration future and development plans.
- Ensure availability of job descriptions for all job roles and deployment.

Business Process Improvements:
- Develop, coordinate well-defined written systems, policies, procedures, and seek automations opportunities as much as possible.
- Should be conversant and able to navigate through IT solutions especially those relevant to his job and business.
- Promote the automated systems and using them fully, to spread its culture.

Quality:
- Quality is considered as alfanar's prime competitive advantage as such, managers are expected to act accordingly.

Adaptation:
- Adapt to new and alternative techniques, technologies, management structures, and business models.

Health, Safety and Environment:
- Ensure a safe, secure, and legal work environment as per the standard regulations.

Academic Qualification
Diploma Degree in Any relevant field

Work Experience
2 to 5 Years

Technical / Functional Competencies
Customer Service Oriented

About the Company

alfanar builds efficient energy systems & solutions of the present and sets up infrastructures for a brighter future.

We assist utility sector partners & customers in transforming cities into sustainable, habitable, and inclusive Smart Cities by harnessing renewable energy resources from wind, solar, and waste heat energy. Promoting the transition to a sustainable eco-conscious future.

Using world-class technologies, we develop unrivaled quality electrical solutions & products from our manufacturing facilities, to solve the world’s major energy challenges and make the world a better viable place.

Diligence, Efficiency, and Innovation are the key criteria our teams adopt in order to continuously provide effective solutions. We’re constantly equipping our teams with the tools they need to expand their horizons and reach higher grounds.

Being in an ever-changing environment with a crucial impact on their surroundings, our employees are nurtured to become keen thinkers with highly refined skills and a consistent outlook on the future, working together on finding the next big innovation.