Piping Superintendent - Simple Cycle - South Carolina

Black & Veatch Family of Companies•North Augusta, SC

About The Position

The Piping Superintendent is a field assignment responsible for monitoring and directing supervision, craft employees, subcontractor supervision, and field engineering on a simple cycle construction project. The role oversees direct-hire craft productivity and performance, as well as assigned subcontractor performance, ensuring adherence to safety, quality, schedule, and performance expectations. It provides craft supervisors with the information and technical direction needed to complete work safely, on time, and to required quality standards, and ensures project and schedule expectations are communicated across craft disciplines and subcontractors. The position requires travel. The superintendent monitors construction against the CPM schedule, coordinates work planning and technical requirements, and tracks productivity, progress, costs, material installation, and punch-list completion. The role administers work packages and equipment installation, supports subcontract administration and commercial recovery, and maintains site records and related reporting. It also provides supervision, training, development, and performance management to direct reports, while acting in a supervisory capacity without management responsibility for those to whom work direction is provided. This is a safety-sensitive position. Work takes place in construction-site and typical office environments, including exposure to confined or awkward workspaces, temperature extremes, inclement weather, variable lighting, distracting noise, and hazardous equipment. The job may require physically demanding work, including lifting up to 50 pounds, climbing, walking long distances, and working shifts of up to 12 hours.

Requirements

At least 5 years of construction field leadership experience on equivalent projects.
Valid driver's license.
OSHA 10 certification.
Ability to complete applicable pre-employment onboarding requirements, which may include background checks, drug screening, and motor-vehicle-record searches.
Ability to lift and carry items weighing up to 50 pounds.
Ability to stand, kneel, bend, stoop, move, and walk long distances in confined, cluttered, or uneven areas; use hands to handle objects, tools, or controls; perform repetitive movements; and climb and maintain balance on steel frameworks, stairs, ladders, and scaffolds.
Ability to work above 5 feet in height when required and work up to a 12-hour shift performing hard physical labor in temperature extremes and outdoor conditions.
Ability to work in cramped or awkward spaces and in very hot or cold temperatures, inclement weather, variable lighting, distracting or uncomfortable noise, and around hazardous equipment.

Nice To Haves

Construction Management or Engineering degree.
Completion of cost-control, backcharge, and scheduling training.
Completion of construction management and contract-administration training.
Budget and cost-control skills.
Piping construction experience.
Simple cycle and/or combined cycle construction experience.
Industrial-relations knowledge for recognizing and resolving potential labor issues.
Knowledge of company construction guides and manuals.
Construction safety awareness and comprehension.
Conflict-management skills.
Ability to multitask, prioritize, organize, and schedule work.
Problem-solving skills, including identifying, analyzing, researching, evaluating, and resolving issues.
Project-management skills.
Communication skills.
Constructability knowledge within the assigned discipline and other disciplines.
Conceptual-planning ability.
Understanding of legal contracts, including EPC and subcontracts.
Leadership ability.
Human-relations skills.
Risk assessment and management skills.
Knowledge of cost-code labor productivity systems.
Knowledge of time-reporting policies and procedures.
Knowledge of construction guides and standards.
Computer skills.

Responsibilities

Monitor, verify, and report construction activities for compliance with the CPM schedule; track and report schedule activities and commodity installation.
Assist craft and subcontractors in resolving problems involving drawings and information, schedule, quality, quantity tracking, cost reporting, and safety.
Monitor discipline construction productivity, progress, and cost, and report to the Construction Manager and Field Project Controls Manager.
Take necessary actions to maintain targets and develop corrective plans to meet progress and productivity targets.
Conduct foreman and subcontractor meetings to review and assist with daily, weekly, and monthly planning.
Develop and monitor a three-week look-ahead schedule for assigned work scope.
Verify that materials, manpower, and other resources needed for the look-ahead schedule are available and on site.
Develop, monitor, and report completion of craft and subcontractor punch-list activities.
Maintain a daily log for site records.
Review craft and subcontractor timesheets, installed-quantity reports, and progress-payment requests.
Monitor supplier Technical Service Representative daily logs and review and approve their timesheets.
Coordinate assigned craft and subcontractor daily and weekly work plans with other discipline Superintendents and the Construction Manager.
Monitor assigned subcontractors for compliance with subcontract scope and schedule requirements, and develop stable working relationships with them.
Assist the Field Subcontract Administrator in preparing extra-work authorization requests (RFMPs/WAs).
Assist the Construction Engineer with compiling or answering Contractor Information Requests (CIRs), and compile and answer CIRs when required.
Administer execution of work packages and equipment installation.
Develop and distribute Job Hazard Analyses for major erection packages within the assigned scope.
Identify potential backcharges and out-of-scope issues and report them to the Construction Manager; support commercial recovery.
Provide supervision, training, development, and performance management to direct reports.
Adhere to applicable safety and quality standards and support continuous-improvement efforts and associated change management.
Supervise direct-hire project general foremen and foremen, and CM-project subcontractors, superintendents, and construction engineers.
Provide work direction in a supervisory capacity without management responsibility for the people receiving that direction.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
Disability insurance.
Wellness program.
Flexible work schedules.
Paid vacation and holiday time.
Sick time and dependent sick time.
Company-matched 401(k) plan.
Adoption reimbursement.
Tuition reimbursement.
Vendor discounts.
Employment referral program.
AD&D insurance.
Pre-tax accounts.
Voluntary legal plan.
B&V Credit Union.
Potential eligibility for a performance-based bonus program.
Employee ownership through a 100 percent ESOP, with employees sharing in financial rewards through stock ownership.