Casalavoro Limited is a fast-growing company with diverse interests in Real Estate, Hospitality, Asset Management, and Agricultural Commodity Trading. We're committed to excellence and innovation, delivering top-tier services that set new industry standards. Our expertise and passion drive growth, reliability, and exceptional client experiences.
We are recruiting to fill the position below: Job Title: Construction Foreman
Location: Wuse 2, Abuja (FCT) Employment Type: Full-time
Summary
The Construction foreman will be responsible for sourcing, organizing, managing, and coordinating a reliable workforce of artisans, skilled workers, semi-skilled workers, and unskilled labourers across the company's construction projects.
The successful candidates will be responsible for building and maintaining an extensive labour network, ensuring the timely availability and deployment of workers based on project requirements, monitoring attendance, coordinating labour payments, and maintaining accurate workforce records.
The ideal candidates must have extensive experience in construction labour coordination, a strong network of artisans and construction workers, excellent negotiation skills, and the ability to mobilise workers at short notice to meet project demands.
Key Responsibilties
Build, develop, and maintain a reliable database and network of artisans, skilled workers, semi-skilled workers, and unskilled labourers for deployment across all company projects.
Source and recruit workers across various construction trades, including masons, carpenters, electricians, plumbers, welders, tilers, painters, POP installers, iron benders, and general labourers.
Maintain an active pool of readily available workers who can be mobilised at short notice whenever project requirements arise.
Work closely with the Head of Construction, Site Engineers, Project Managers, and other relevant personnel to identify and anticipate labour requirements across projects.
Source and provide the required number and categories of workers based on approved work schedules, project timelines, and construction activities.
Coordinate the timely deployment, allocation, and movement of workers across multiple project sites to prevent labour shortages and project delays.
Maintain an updated database containing workers' names, contact details, trades, experience, agreed rates, availability, and deployment history.
Negotiate labour rates within approved budgets and ensure that all agreed rates and engagement terms are properly documented.
Monitor workers' attendance, punctuality, availability, and deployment across assigned projects.
Liaise with site supervisors and project teams to verify the number of workers supplied, attendance, work completed, and additional manpower requirements.
Follow up on labour payments to ensure workers are paid promptly in accordance with agreed terms and approved payment schedules.
Verify labour attendance, work records, agreed rates, and payment requests before forwarding them for approval and processing.
Work closely with the Finance and Accounts Department to reconcile labour expenses, outstanding payments, and other workforce-related obligations.
Maintain accurate records of labour supplied, daily attendance, agreed rates, work periods, payments, outstanding balances, and other labour-related transactions.
Monitor labour costs across projects and report discrepancies, unusual expenses, or potential cost overruns to Management.
Ensure that workers are replaced promptly when they become unavailable, fail to report to work, or do not meet project requirements.
Build and maintain relationships with labour suppliers, artisan associations, trade groups, independent contractors, and other relevant workforce sources.
Ensure that deployed workers are informed of their assigned locations, reporting times, duties, and applicable site rules.
Coordinate with the Site Safety Team to ensure that workers receive the necessary safety induction before commencing work.
Resolve labour-related complaints, disputes, shortages, and payment concerns promptly and escalate major issues to Management.
Prepare and submit regular reports detailing labour availability, workforce deployment, attendance, labour costs, payments, and outstanding manpower requirements across all projects.
Anticipate future labour demands by reviewing construction schedules and ensuring that adequate manpower is available for every stage of project execution.
Perform any other duties assigned by Management in line with the requirements of the role.
Qualifications and Requirements
Minimum of an OND/HND in Human Resource Management, Business Administration, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related discipline.
Minimum of 10 years' relevant experience in construction labour coordination, workforce management, manpower sourcing, labour supply, or construction project operations.
Relevant extensive industry experience will be an advantage.
Must have an established and verifiable network of artisans, skilled workers, and unskilled construction labourers.
Extensive knowledge of construction trades, labour requirements, and workforce availability.
Proven experience sourcing and deploying large numbers of workers across multiple construction sites.
Strong negotiation and relationship management skills.
Experience monitoring labour attendance, agreed rates, payment schedules, and workforce records.
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other workforce or record-management tools.
Excellent organizational, communication, coordination, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to mobilise workers at short notice and respond effectively to urgent manpower requirements.
High level of integrity, reliability, accountability, and professionalism.
Willingness to travel between project sites as required.
Required Competencies:
Construction Labour Sourcing and Mobilisation
Workforce Planning and Coordination
Artisan and Labour Network Management
Labour Cost Negotiation
Attendance and Payment Monitoring
Multi-Site Workforce Management
Record-Keeping and Reporting
Conflict Resolution and Problem-Solving
Communication and Relationship Management.