Running the crew that pours, places, and finishes concrete on a construction site, you direct the formwork, the reinforcement layout, the pour itself, and the finishing pass. The day is dictated by weather, the truck schedule, and the chemistry of cure.
A typical day often starts before the first concrete truck arrives — checking forms, verifying rebar placement, confirming the pour sequence with the foreman or PM. You're often coordinating the pump operator, the finishers, and the laborers while watching the weather radar. Yards placed and slabs left flat and on-elevation are the day's measurable outputs.
What's harder than people expect is how unforgiving concrete is once it's moving — a missed bull-float window, a delayed truck, an unexpected rain can turn a clean pour into rework. Employer variance is wide: at a commercial GC you're running structural pours with engineered mixes; at a residential or flatwork outfit, you're running driveway and slab crews on tight margins.
People who tend to thrive here are comfortable making fast calls in the cure window and patient enough to teach the next generation of finishers. The trade-off is early mornings, all weather, and a body that remembers every season. The reward is structures that stand for decades — and the visible craft of a slab finished right.
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View all Construction roles →Running the crew that pours, places, and finishes concrete on a construction site, you direct the formwork, the reinforcement layout, the pour itself, and the finishing pass. The day is dictated by weather, the truck schedule, and the chemistry of cure.
Median pay for a Concrete Foreman is about $93K nationally, with the field ranging roughly from $51K to $177K depending on experience, employer, and metro (BLS).
Core skills for this role include Management of Personnel Resources, Judgment and Decision Making, Active Listening, Coordination, and Critical Thinking.
Most people in this role hold a bachelor's degree.
Employment in this field is projected to grow about 7% through 2034, with roughly 1.2 million people working in it today (BLS).
Closely related roles include General Superintendent, Electrical Superintendent, and Maintenance Supervisor.
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