Superintendent Jobs

About The Position

Responsibilities

• Direct daily execution of assigned work and understand the project scope, drawings, specifications, schedule, budget, and client expectations.
• Develop daily and weekly work plans and communicate assignments and production expectations.
• Ensure crews have the information, materials, tools, equipment, access, and permits needed to perform their work.
• Coordinate work between crafts, subcontractors, operations personnel, and client representatives.
• Identify field conflicts and monitor progress against the plan, taking corrective action when production falls behind.
• Lead safe field execution; ensure permits, job safety analyses, pre-task plans, toolbox meetings, inspections, and hazard controls are completed.
• Confirm employees understand work hazards and requirements, enforce company and client safety policies, exercise Stop Work Authority, and promptly correct and report safety concerns and incidents.
• Understand labor budgets, planned hours, production goals, and cost expectations; track labor hours and installed quantities against plan.
• Adjust crew size, work methods, supervision, and resources when productivity falls below expectations; prevent unnecessary overtime, idle time, standby time, rework, and non-billable labor.
• Ensure responsible use of tools, equipment, rentals, and materials; promptly escalate unfavorable cost, labor, or production trends and participate in cost-to-complete reviews.
• Avoid unauthorized extra work.
• Ensure employee time is accurate, submitted on time, and charged to the correct project, work order, cost code, and billing classification.
• Review billable and non-billable hours daily, explain non-billable time, correct inaccurate entries, and verify time before approval.
• Complete or verify daily reports covering manpower, hours, work completed, quantities, equipment, materials, delays, safety, quality, client direction, extra work, and site conditions.
• Document extra work and client-directed work with signed tickets when required.
• Ensure work meets drawings, specifications, procedures, and client standards; review work packages and quality requirements before work begins.
• Coordinate inspections and testing, prevent premature covering, energizing, commissioning, or turnover, correct deficiencies, minimize rework, and document completed work for client acceptance.
• Plan material, tool, equipment, and labor needs in advance; ensure materials are received, stored, protected, issued, and used properly while preventing waste, damage, theft, and unnecessary purchases.
• Ensure equipment is inspected, maintained, accounted for, and operated by qualified personnel; identify idle rental equipment and request off-rental or reassignment.
• Direct and hold General Foremen and Foremen accountable, maintain appropriate span of control, address performance, attendance, conduct, and policy concerns, and develop future field leaders.
• Attend daily and weekly planning meetings and provide accurate updates on safety, manpower, progress, productivity, cost, quality, equipment, materials, and risks.
• Communicate problems early, recommend solutions, maintain professional communication, and avoid unauthorized commitments regarding scope, price, schedule, or contract terms.
• Direct assigned field personnel and organize daily work within approved scope, schedule, budget, safety requirements, and management direction; obtain appropriate approval for changes requiring escalation.