Superintendent - Utilities

General Summary

Provides leadership to field supervisors (superintendents & foremen), schedules, coordinates, supervises, and ensures the safety and productivity of crews at all projects with particular focus on safety, planning and scheduling, quality control, administration, and staff supervision. As a key participant in the relationship with contractor, company, and client, the General Superintendent acts as management liaison and provides client interface.

Duties & Responsibilities

Primary Basic Duties - Safety

• Knowing, understanding, communicating, and ensuring compliance with the company safety regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Conduct Safety Walks when on job sites and identify needs and follow up for appropriate future training and/or disciplinary action with specific focus on field supervisor safety compliance
• Assure the company is represented by a trained and named “Competent Person” on every job under their direct supervision
• Actively participating in the safety/incident investigation, reporting, reviews, and disciplinary actions

Primary Basic Duties - Production

Project Oversight:

Works directly with field supervisors to establish strong accountability and

• Ensure timely and effective notification to Project Manager and as appropriate, client, of changed conditions
• Ensure timely and accurate completion and entry/submission of timecards in Heavy Job by all field supervisors
• Receive and review foremen/superintendent daily diaries and other project documentation following up with individual coaching/mentoring as required.
• Ensure projects are appropriately supplied and there are no deficiencies in field crew requirements
• Regularly review project workplace production and work progress on all projects

Planning & Scheduling:

• Promote and enforce planning, scheduling and forecasting of labor and equipment requirements on master schedules by foremen and superintendents including effective project work plans and 3-week scheduling
• Ensure foremen and superintendents understand project scope, schedules, and budget and they communicate daily with PM and client as appropriate
• Identify and act upon every opportunity to reduce labor and provide efficient crew designs to meet budgets
• Ensure timely and accurate communication of labor and equipment requirements to dispatch
• Work with field supervisors as necessary in meeting identified needs and deficiencies in the plan/schedule, overcoming work challenges, and communicating these to project teams

Quality Control:

• Shape clients’ perception of Northwest Construction through ensuring the quality of our work by providing superintendents and foremen leadership in the complete quality process
• Oversee the execution of the work, including quality and production, by ensuring that crews work to job specifications and follow the contract documents through job site inspections both before and after work is completed and initiating timely resolutions to sub-standard actions or production. This includes follow-up to ensure daily updates of as-built drawings
• Oversees the field supervisors in assurance that locates are established and maintained
• Encourages and stresses a high level of consistent project housekeeping through foremen and superintendents

Management/Leadership:

• Model appropriate behaviors, attitudes, and actions for field supervisors under direct supervision, including performance management for field supervisor accountability,
• Manage field supervisors, crews, and equipment as aligned with established project budgets assuring operations are profitable at all times.
• Work with field supervisors in assessing competency and capability of tradespersons; evaluating crew capability and ensuring the crew’s meet required levels of quality through proactive performance management and where applicable disciplinary action
• Support field supervisors in facilitating teamwork and harmony between all construction crews by promoting and fostering a positive, visible teamwork attitude among all project crews

Perform other miscellaneous duties as required

Education & Experience

Experience in Management or the equivalent combination of education and experience.

Competencies & Skills

Project Work

• Has the functional and technical knowledge and skill for sufficient to direct foremen, superintendents, laborers and operators to complete project work to company standards and above
• Understands the business sufficient to know how it works and how practices, policies, industry trends, and information impacts business success
• Has the ability to solve problems and make complex decisions

Operations

• Strong ability to prioritize actions and decisions
• Uses organizational resources effectively and efficiently in getting things done and can orchestrate multiple activities at once to accomplish organizational goals
• Capable of delegating effectively, directing and developing direct reports and managing and measuring work to accomplish the greatest productivity

Customer Service

• Reflects dedication to meeting expectation and requirements of clients
• Works closely with clients to obtain input and feedback sufficient to improve services
• Establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers, gaining their trust and respect

Interpersonal Skills

• Manages relationships well at all levels including manager, peers, direct reports, customers, contractors and other business partners
• Communicates effectively with an open and receptive approach, flexibility and composure, listening, patience and understanding

Computer/Technology:

• Proficiency with basic computer skills including intermediate MS Office skills
• Capable of performing all project administrative tasks with standard tablet on Job applications

Values & Ethics

• Adheres to organizations values of respect, integrity, execution and teamwork reflecting them in decisions and actions
• Is widely trusted and direct and truthful in all communications, presenting the truth in an unvarnished, appropriate and helpful manner
• Admits mistakes and keeps confidences
• Enjoys working hard, is action oriented, full of energy, and not fearful of acting, but quickly seizes opportunities
• Shows respect for all employees, customers and business partners and demonstrates an awareness of personal impact on others
• Collaborates effectively and cooperatively with employees, management, clients, and other business partners, gaining trust and support of peers, solving problems with minimal noise, finding common ground, and communicating candidly

Essential Job Function Matrix

• Office Standard
• Field Operations

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $75,000.00 - $120,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to Commute:

• Albuquerque, NM 87104 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Albuquerque, NM 87104: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $75,000 - $120,000