GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT

Position Summary

Branch Civil is searching for a highly skilled, team-oriented General Superintendent to join our well established, growing company. Jointly responsible with Management for the overall success of the region’s projects. Responsible for meeting schedules, controlling costs, and managing manpower and equipment on assigned projects. Provides continuous hands-on field supervision of all construction operations, including subcontractors and other construction related personnel; directing them in the planning, scheduling, and execution of work on time, within budget, and with high standards of workmanship. Attains or exceeds profit goals and promotes workplace safety while meeting or exceeding owners’ expectations. This position reports directly to the Field Operations Manager.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Establishes and maintains positive relationships with owners, owner’s reps, architects, and engineers
• Ensures key contract provisions are met, such as key milestones and notice provisions.
• Ensures superintendents document important issues in their daily diaries.
• Coordinates with the Project Manager and Superintendent prior to beginning work, to develop a Grand Plan of operation for each significant project and to ensure the plan is effectively communicated to field employees.
• Monitors each project to ensure construction is in accordance with the Grand Plan. When changes or revisions are necessary, mentors and coaches the Project Manager and Superintendent on needed actions.
• Monitors progress of each project as it relates to schedule and if the projects are not on schedule, works with project team to reestablish timely delivery.
• Monitors each project to ensure that changed conditions on projects are recognized and managed in accordance with the contract documents.
• Establishes standard production rates and associated costs. Identifies effective means and methods to continually improve productivity and lower costs.
• Supplies feedback to Estimating team informing them about actual crew size and production rates.

Duties/Responsibilities Cont.

• Reviews job projections with project team monthly to ensure estimated goals are being met or exceeded. Helps project team identify slippages / variances and leads team in resolving problems.
• Recruits and hires superintendents and foremen; monitors and supervises hiring of operators and other field personnel. Helps recruit and train people local to projects.
• Evaluates developmental needs of field personnel and promotes effective training for foremen, operators and superintendents.
• During market downturns develops and implements a strategy that keeps our most productive and capable field employees, while reducing our field costs.

• Minimizes excess equipment on jobs.
• Ensures that quality standards are met on every project, identifies recurrent quality issues and develops methods to eliminate those issues in the future.
• Enforces and adheres to company safety policy.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or Equivalent
• Working knowledge of standards, specifications, codes, regulations and laws
• Knowledge of construction techniques
• 10 years highway/site construction experience
• 6 years in a supervisory position
• Managed multiple highway/site projects up to $100MM
• DOT experience required, including both VDOT and NCDOT
• Good oral and written communication skills
• Working knowledge of OSHA regulations

Competencies

Travel

Travel is necessary in the performance of this position, generally limited to the assigned region.

Supervisory Responsibility

Directly supervises three to eight employees and consultants involved in each project. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring and training employees; planning, assigning and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; and addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position which will typically involve 40 hours a week. Due to the nature of the job, the employee must be available on-call early/late hours to deal with delays, bad weather and emergencies at the job site.

AAP/EEO Statement

It has been and will continue to be a fundamental policy of the Company not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or status as a veteran, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law, with respect to recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, and other terms and condition of employment.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.