Superintendent, Engineering

About the Role:

Direct Line is a high growth global technology services company with primary focus in providing design, integration, installation, maintenance and managed services to well-known data centers and technology companies. Direct Line is backed by private equity firm and headquartered in Fremont, California with additional locations in US, Asia-Pacific, and Europe. We are looking for a highly energetic, result oriented, passionate, and hands‑on Superintendent with a desire to join a growing team.

The person should be self‑starter, adaptable with attentive to detail and able to work with minimal supervision.

The Superintendent position will work in close collaboration with project management and human resources to coordinate technician work force planning, resource dissemination and coordination, general oversight of field operations while providing technical direction to technicians, maintenance of safety standards, productivity, schedule, ensuring compliance with quality standards, and having a strong understanding of the union contract.

• Must be willing to travel for extended periods of time depending on project location.
• Provide technical expertise throughout the Pre-Construction process.
• Participate in the Constructability review.
• Assist in the Pre-Construction schedule.
• May be involved in providing input in the pre-bid process.
• Oversees and schedules all technician manpower across assigned geographies.
• Follows and administers union contract regarding lay-offs and recalls.
• Maintain the process of having leads or foreman report daily timecards.
• Follow-up on late reporting of all timecards.
• Holds team members accountable for the maintenance and upkeep of Direct Line fleet vehicles and equipment.
• Work with PM on man loading scheduling, budget hours and materials staging.
• Maintain daily site visits of projects within 2-hour drive from office.
• Maintain bi-weekly site visits of projects within a 5-hour drive from office.
• Maintain monthly site visits of projects outside of 5-hour drive of office.
• Keeps knowledgeable about the full project scope of work.
• Communicate work order changes to PM.
• Ensure job safety requirements are understood and implemented by all project personnel and trade contractors, working with the safety support personnel as a resource.
• Continually strives for Zero Injury on all projects.
• Support and manage Foreman/Leads with on-site safety meetings.
• Will review and communicate the safety program and MSDS information in the start-up meeting.
• Watch for and correct all safety hazards at the jobsite. Report all safety incidents to VP Operations, PM, and safety personnel.
• Review the plans and specifications for constructability and construction schedules and advise the project team of issues or deficiencies.
• Understand project specifications, scope of work and drawing packages.
• Understand project estimate and budget set-up.
• May offer feedback and assist PM in quantity takeoff and pricing estimates.
• Mentor and train other employees.
• Post project activities e.g., testing, test results, and as build.
• Manage, lead, and complete paperwork and process outlined in Field Career Progression program.
• Participate in determining sequence and activity duration on schedules for proposed projects.
• Forecast manpower allocation for future work.
• Looks for potential project leads.
• Understand and communicate to all field personnel the goals regarding construction.
• Maintains positive relationships with the client and project team throughout the project(s).
• Advise and work closely with Direct Line University in the development and implementation of training programs.