Exterior Skin General Foreman

About this role

Job Description The Exterior Skin General Foreman is a working field leader within DPR's Division 7 Self-Perform Work group, responsible for directing craft crews installing insulated metal panels, rainscreen systems, sheet metal flashing and trim, architectural louvers, and expansion joints. This is a hands-on role — the General Foreman is expected to put bags on and lead installation from the wall, not from the trailer — while also planning the work, sequencing crews, and owning safety and quality outcomes for the exterior skin scope. The position sits between the craft workforce and DPR's project leadership, partnering daily with superintendents, project engineers, and project managers, and is intentionally structured as a career path role: strong performers will be developed toward Exterior Skin Superintendent within the SPW Division 7 organization. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Crew Leadership and Development • Lead and direct one or more exterior skin crews, working alongside them on installation while maintaining accountability for daily production. • Assign work, set daily and weekly production goals, and hold crews accountable to quality and safety standards. • Train and develop installers new to the metal panel trade, including craft cross-training internal DPR carpenters and other self-perform trades into exterior skin work. In an open-shop market, building skill in-house is the primary pipeline, not an alternative to it. • Mentor foremen and lead installers, building the bench of future Division 7 field supervision. • Support recruiting and hiring efforts by identifying and referring qualified craft from the metal panel and building envelope industry into DPR's direct-hire workforce. • Build and retain a stable open-shop crew — interview, onboard, evaluate, and advance craft directly, without a hall to backfill from.

Planning and Sequencing • Develop installation work plans, crew loading plans, and detailed schedules for the exterior skin scope, and integrate them into the overall project schedule. • Prepare site logistics plans for large-production panel jobs — laydown, staging, delivery sequencing, hoisting, and access. • Establish and enforce inventory control methods for large material packages, including panel receiving, staging, and damage tracking. • Track production and code labor and equipment accurately, working closely with the Project Manager and the Division 7 SE SPW Lead.

Technical Execution and Quality • Read, interpret, and work from contract drawings, shop drawings, exterior envelope details, and specifications; identify conflicts and constraints before they reach the wall. • Direct and verify layout and control — panel and girt layout, module control lines, elevation benchmarks, and coordination with structure and rough openings. • Enforce manufacturer installation requirements, fastening patterns, engineering/attachment criteria, and warranty conditions across all installed systems. • Own quality control for the exterior skin scope: mock-ups and first-work-in-place reviews, in-progress inspections, punch management, and closeout documentation. • Provide accurate field measurements for ACM and break metal fabrication, and verify shop-fabricated material against field conditions before release. • Coordinate and document field changes, RFIs, and detail deviations through the project engineering team.

Systems-Specific Oversight • Insulated metal panels (IMP): vertical and horizontal exterior IMP; interior vertical IMP assemblies typical of data center work; joint engagement, panel alignment, sealant and fastening. • Rainscreen assemblies: single-skin metal panel on Z-girt/hat sub-framing and ACM/MCM rainscreen, air/water barrier interface protection, drainage and ventilation continuity. • Sheet metal flashing and trim: copings, reglets, counterflashing, sills, transitions, and break metal fabrication and installation; joint treatment and slip conditions. • Architectural louvers: anchorage, sub-framing, opening tolerances, and coordination with mechanical and structural scopes. • Expansion joints: exterior wall and roof-to-wall joint systems, continuity at transitions, splices, and terminations. • Envelope continuity: ensure transitions between the above systems and adjacent scopes maintain the designed air, water, thermal, and vapor control layers.

Safety Leadership • Set and hold the safety standard in the field, personally and through the crew — DPR is a safety-first organization and the General Foreman is the front line of that commitment. • Develop the exterior skin site-specific safety plan and present and defend it to DPR's safety leadership. • Lead pre-task planning, JHAs, daily huddles, and stretch-and-flex; ensure hazards are identified and controlled before work starts. • Own fall protection planning, lift plans, leading-edge and elevated work controls, material handling, and rigging practices for panel and sheet metal work. • Stop work when conditions are unsafe, and coach rather than discipline as the first response.

Equipment and Procurement • Manage and track exterior skin equipment across Southeast projects, including Omni/rough-terrain lifts, Wood Manufacturing panel lifting devices, custom saws, and specialty tooling. • Maintain tool and equipment inventories, preventive maintenance, and inspection records; move equipment between projects to match demand. • Procure break metal fabrication, fasteners, sealants, and expendables for projects across the region.

Coordination • Coordinate daily with the GC's superintendent, other trades, and DPR project staff on access, sequencing, hoisting, and interface conditions. • Participate in pull planning, look-ahead schedules, and constraint removal meetings. • Communicate production status, manpower needs, material issues, and schedule risk clearly and early to the PM and SPW Lead. • Support estimating and preconstruction with constructability input, production rates, and lessons learned from completed work.

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