Scaffold Supervisor

Hanwha Philly Shipyard•Philadelphia, PA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Scaffold Supervisor is responsible for ensuring that all safety procedures, rules, and regulations of Hanwha Philly Shipyard are followed and met. This role involves supervising subcontracted labor, coordinating schedules, managing scaffold material inventory, tracking manning, reporting progress, controlling budgets, and maintaining the scaffold request system. The supervisor also oversees the maintenance of mobile equipment, ensures the necessity of requested staging, and maintains a safe and clean working area. This is a full-time, on-site, safety-sensitive position.

Requirements

Able to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization both verbal and written
Decision Making/Problem Solving
Adaptability and Organizational skills and understanding
Conflict resolution
Self-management, Thoroughness, Flexibility and Integrity
Willingness and ability to work as a team member
Supervise production workers within his/her team
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR GED EQUIVALENT
AT LEAST 5 YEARS’ PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: IN SHIPYARDS WITH SHIPBUILDING PRODUCTION OR SHIP REPAIR, IN BUSINESSES WITH MANUFACTURING OF HEAVY STEEL STRUCTURES, OR IN THE ERECTION OF SCAFFOLDING, HANDRAILS AND/OR STAGING
Supervisory experience leading production teams
Possess valid OSHA 29 CFR 1926.451 Scaffold Competent Person Certificate

Nice To Haves

OSHA 10 or 30 certification preferred

Responsibilities

Ensure that all Hanwha Philly Shipyard safety procedures, rules and regulations are followed and met
Supervise the subcontracted labor force and coordinate around scheduling conflicts as need arises
Keep up with current and future scaffold material inventory needs
Continuous manning tracking, progress reporting, and budget control and updating regularly in the production information in the data systems
Meet deadlines for scaffold requests
Maintain scaffold request system and assign levels of importance to jobs
Maintain teams’ mobile equipment in working order and contact United Rentals (or current rental contractor) for issues with equipment and see that it is repaired in a timely manner
Oversee that the staging that is being requested is needed and that it’s not possible to use an alternate means to get to the area that was requested, i.e. high reach or scissor lift
Maintain a safe and clean working area at all times throughout all tasked locations
Perform other related duties as required and assigned