Concrete Forming Crew Leader
Company: Simcoe Concrete Forming
Location: Barrie, ON (Serving Simcoe County & Muskoka)
Job Type: Full-time
At Simcoe Concrete Forming, we are the premier foundation specialists setting the industry standard for excellence. Established in 1996, we build high-quality residential and commercial foundations across Simcoe County and the Muskoka region. Our reputation is built on craftsmanship, efficiency, and delivering projects safely and on schedule.
We are seeking an experienced Crew Leader to oversee a crew on our concrete forming projects. This leadership role is responsible for managing a crew, coordinating work with office team, ensuring projects are completed efficiently, and maintaining the highest standards of quality and safety. If you're an experienced foundation professional who leads by example and takes pride in building exceptional work, we'd love to hear from you.
Key Responsibilities
- Crew Leadership: Lead, organize, and motivate crew while performing and assigning daily tasks and ensuring work is completed safely, efficiently, and to company standards.
- Project Execution: Read and interpret blueprints, layouts, grades, and specifications to ensure foundations are built accurately and according to plan.
- Formwork Oversight: Supervise and participate in the layout, assembly, installation, bracing, and stripping of formwork for footings, foundation walls, and columns.
- Quality Control: Inspect work throughout each phase of construction to ensure accuracy, structural integrity, and a high-quality finished product.
- Concrete Operations: Coordinate all stages of concrete placement including pre-pour inspections, concrete pours, vibrating, wall finishing, anchor bolt installation, and post-pour procedures.
- Crew Development: Mentor and train Lead Hands and Labourers, providing coaching and promoting continuous skill development.
- Equipment & Resource Management: Ensure tools, equipment, and materials are organized and maintained
- Communication: Coordinate daily with management, site supervisors, pump operators, concrete suppliers, and other trades to maintain project schedules.
- Site Management: Maintain a clean, organized, and hazard-free worksite while promoting a professional work environment.
- Safety Leadership: Enforce company safety policies, conduct daily hazard assessments, and ensure all crew members follow safe work practices.
What We Offer
- Competitive Wages
- Leadership Opportunity: Play a key role in leading projects and helping shape the next generation of skilled tradespeople.
- Diverse Projects: Work on residential homes, custom estates, cottages, and ICI (Industrial, Commercial, Institutional) projects throughout Simcoe County and Muskoka.
- A Positive, Team-Focused Workplace: Work alongside experienced professionals who value teamwork, accountability, and craftsmanship.
- We Value Our Team Members: Your safety, leadership, and long-term success are our top priorities.
Requirements
- Work Authorization: Must be legally entitled to work in Canada.
- Experience: Minimum 5 years of hands-on concrete forming experience, including 2+ years leading crews or supervising projects.
- Leadership Skills: Proven ability to manage crews, delegate responsibilities, solve problems, and maintain productivity under changing site conditions.
- Technical Skills: Strong ability to read and interpret blueprints, construction drawings, elevations, and specifications.
- Construction Knowledge: Thorough understanding of foundation construction, forming systems, layout, grades, concrete placement, and quality control.
- Communication: Ability to serve as the primary point of communication between the site and office, ensuring accurate scheduling, material coordination and the efficient execution of daily operations at their assigned work site.
- Physical Fitness: Physically capable of working in demanding outdoor conditions and performing construction-related tasks.
- Reliable Transportation: Valid driver's license and reliable vehicle required to travel to jobsites throughout Simcoe County and Muskoka.
- Professional Mindset: Demonstrated leadership, accountability, strong work ethic, excellent organizational skills, and commitment to safety.
Required PPE and Tools
- Safety boots & rubber boots (CSA-approved steel toe)
- Hard hat
- Tool pouch equipped with a hammer and tape measure
How to Apply
Join our dedicated team at Simcoe Concrete Forming and help us continue our legacy of building dreams into concrete reality. If you're ready to lead a skilled crew and take ownership of quality foundation projects, we'd love to hear from you. Submit your resume today.
Pay: $84,000.00-$105,000.00 per year
Application question(s):
- How many years of experience do you have leading a concrete forming crew?
- What types of concrete forming projects have you worked on, and how many crew members did you typically lead?
Work Location: In person
