Superintendent/Foreman (Earthwork)

Job Description:

The Superintendent/Foreman oversees daily site operations for Earthwork projects, ensuring compliance with safety standards, design specifications, budget constraints, and project timelines. This role directly manages lead personnel and on-site staff to drive efficiency and quality.

A Day in the Life

• Daily communication with General Superintendents regarding job-specific needs, including workforce and equipment requirements.
• Daily contact with job site crews to ensure project time schedule and workforce needs are being met.
• Schedules subcontractors to complete work as needed. Monitors subcontractor work to ensure work is complete per subcontractor agreement.
• Maintains a safe working environment by identifying workplace hazards and taking corrective action when necessary.
• Ensures employees have up-to-date information on safety procedures and policies.
• Conducts daily Job Hazard Awareness meetings, daily stretching, and weekly Tool Box topics.
• Complete daily record keeping, including daily logs, equipment schedules, material schedules, and timecards.
• Manages field personnel fairly and equitably in accordance with Company policies and procedures and compliance with local and federal laws.
• Addresses staff performance issues as they occur.
• Participates in pre-construction meetings to discuss project start-up and project planning. Prepares and participates in regular job site meetings throughout the project lifecycle.
• Provides timely and accurate documentation for reporting safety issues, equipment damage, and workplace injuries according to Company policies and procedures.
• Ensures all work follows specified quality standards. Inspects field work and materials for quality compliance and reviews the assembly of the manufacturer’s literature and drawings before work begins.
• Responds to inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or business community members.
• Regular participation in training for construction methods and safety. Supports training opportunities for staff.
• Keeps supervisor informed of known actions, written or verbal, which may affect the ability to perform assignments or adversely affect company operations successfully.

What You’ll Need

Two to five years of related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.

OSHA 10-hour (preferred but not required), OSHA 30-hour, HAZWOPER certificate, Excavating Safety Training, Blueprint Training, CPR, First Aid.

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret policies, reports, construction plans, construction specifications, and legal documents.

Ability to use Outlook, Word, Excel, iPad, and iPhone.

Ability to communicate and schedule project needs appropriately.

Ability to effectively communicate both orally and written with employees, clients, and other business associates. Must clearly communicate directions and information. Must be able to respond to inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or business community members. Must have good interpersonal skills and speak effectively before groups and individuals.

Ability to work with mathematical concepts. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical field quantity situations.

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Must possess the ability to perform each essential duty and responsibility satisfactorily.

Supervisory Responsibility:

The Superintendent/Foreman directly manages each project site's lead personnel and staff.

Leads safety initiatives across multiple service groups.

Provides leadership and supervision to field personnel in a fair and equitable manner, adhering to company policies and procedures and complying with local and federal laws.

Oversees, mentors, and develops staff by providing guidance, training, and performance evaluations to ensure high levels of efficiency and effectiveness.

Hires, trains, develops, and reviews all direct reports, taking disciplinary action when necessary and in a timely manner, in accordance with company policy.

Other

Must be able to pass a pre-employment drug test and background check.

Must possess a valid driver’s license and the ability to maintain a satisfactory Motor Vehicle Record.

The position requires 8 to 10-hour workdays and occasional weekends, as needed.

Must be over the age of 18.

Union affiliation or willingness to join the union is required.

Physical Demands

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements below represent the required knowledge, skill, and/or ability. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. Ability to perform manual work requiring periods of extensive physical exertion and potential exposure to adverse weather conditions. Required to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Often required to sit, stand, walk, bend knees, stretch arms, stoop, kneel, talk and hear. E xposure to moving machinery, loud noises, odors, and dust. Hearing and eye protection are provided. Occasionally exposed to electrical hazards.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here represent those employees encounter while performing the essential functions of this job. The employee is exposed to environmental conditions, working near machines, and loud noises associated with construction sites. Exposed to variable weather conditions, including rain, snow, wind, cold, and heat. Also exposed to variable terrain.

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