Maintenance SITE Superintendent - Austin Industrial - Orange, TX

Superintendent

The purpose of this position is to provide daily supervision for a number of crew and administrative functions engaged in construction of bridges, culverts, retaining walls, earthwork, pipes, paving, etc., to achieve productions that keep jobs on or ahead of schedules and below estimated cost. Responsible for project wide safety performance. This position requires maintaining a good working relationship with owner representatives, developers, vendors, subcontractors, and project management personnel.

Other duties may be assigned.

• General Foremen, Foremen
• Site Administration (as applicable)
• Site Engineer (party chief, project coordinators)
• Mechanic, crane operators, special assignment personnel
• Subcontractors

• Manage and organize a single project of moderate complexity or a portion of more complex projects
• Manage all aspects of heavy civil construction
• Manage moderately sized salary staffs
• Manage a moderate amount of onsite equipment fleet
• Recruit foremen and hourly trade personnel
• Construction schedules and “Look Ahead” schedules
• Manage crews, equipment, and material resources
• Logistics planning
• Analyze Job Cost reports
• Develop project Work Plans
• Work crews productively and efficiently
• Training
• Purchasing of unincorporated materials, tools, supplies

• Administrate staff and subcontractor meetings
• Safe work place

• Review contract documents, submittals, shop drawings, and schematics to determine the nature and scope of the project, the materials to be utilized, and manpower requirements (by craft) for each construction phase
• Along with the project manager, plan the physical layout of the jobsite to use all available space effectively, initiate startup activities, which include site security preparations, placement of trailers, utility hookups, storage space, etc.
• Lead in developing Work Plans for major components of work. Monitor adherence to Work Plans throughout execution of the work.
• Direct surveyors in the initial survey of the work ensuring that all dimensional control lines and elevations are correct and verified before work commences. Oversee the field engineering operation to ensure there is organized support of the work activities.
• Along with the project manager, the superintendent establishes procedures for the ordering of self-perform materials, supplies, and small tools from approved suppliers. Ensure timely requisition is made for needed materials and equipment.

• Monitor weekly labor costs and production rates for accuracy and conformance with established budgets. Take corrective action to improve productivity when labor costs exceed expected norms.
• Use understanding of production rates to aid in review of bid estimates and project change orders
• Encourage Foremen to develop innovative methods for increasing efficiency, productivity, and profitability in their particular operation and to provide feedback and coaching on how the work is proceeding
• Oversee hourly time card reporting program. Approve all Foreman’s Daily Control prepared by Foremen, etc., with employee-owners’ hours, job number, cost codes, quantities, etc.

• Assist in the development of baseline schedule for projects
• Assist in selection of equipment for projects. Direct priority of operations, allocation of equipment and materials for foremen.
• Provide for a detailed construction plan for 3 weeks, and general plan for 3 months. Investigate reasons for delays in the construction schedule; adjusting craft leadership, crew sizes, equipment, etc. as necessary to ensure timely completion of the project
• Manage scheduling of all QA/QC inspections of work necessary to obtain owner acceptance of the work
• Coordinate all needs for major equipment and salaried personnel with the Project Manager. Ensure that equipment is being used for its intended purpose in the correct manner.

• Inspect all field construction work in progress, including work that is subcontracted, and ensure that uniformly high-quality workmanship is maintained during each construction segment. Supervise or assign staff as appropriate, to…