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Project Superintendent - Water/wWastewater

Wharton-Smith, Inc.
Louisiana, MO Full Time
POSTED ON 6/2/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/1/2026
Wharton-Smith, Inc. is currently seeking an experienced Project Superintendent with Water/Wastewater background for the Baton Rouge, LA area. In this role, the successful candidate will be responsible for the direction and daily supervision of all jobsite field personnel on assigned water and wastewater treatment plant and line work construction projects.

Responsibilities

  • Monitor the project so that a safe workplace is being maintained and safety policy is administered
  • Ensure quality standards are met or exceeded
  • Short-term scheduling including manpower and equipment resources
  • Coordination of permit and regulatory inspections
  • Field document control including daily reports
  • Progress photographs
  • Material handling (receiving, and inventory, storage, spare parts)
  • Subcontract coordination
  • Jobsite hiring as required
  • As-Built drawings
  • Participate in post construction review
  • Small tool management
  • Knowledge of contract documents
  • Jobsite security
  • Completion of every project within time and budget
  • Accurate and timely quantity reporting and time keeping
  • Identify and communicate all changes in scope to Project Manager
  • Maintain a clean and orderly jobsite

Qualifications

  • Must have experience supervising projects in the water or wastewater industry.
  • Managing craft and self-performing work is preferred
  • Must have experience with self-performing cast-in-place concrete, piping, and mechanical equipment experience.
  • Appropriate supervisory experience.
  • Good communication and people skills.
  • Computer proficiency in MS Outlook, Word, Excel.
  • Current training as Competent Person in Trenching, Scaffolds, Rigging, Confined Space, and Fall Protection.
  • Current in OSHA 10-hour, First Aid & CPR, SWPPP Inspector, silica, Risk Management, and Accident training.
  • History of successful completion of multi-million-dollar projects.

Travel: Must be willing to travel 25% or more of the time

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disability

Wharton-Smith provides equal opportunity to qualified disabled veterans, Pre-JVA special disabled veterans and individuals with disabilities to online application systems by making reasonable accommodation to ensure equal access for submitting to job openings. (i.e., wheelchair accessibility, website accessibility, etc).

Our recruiting process is centralized and is handled by our HR Department. If we are sent unsolicited resumes from recruiters, we will not pay any recruiting fees. Unsolicited resumes are any resumes sent to us by a recruiter who has not been pre-approved by HR, has not signed our contract, and has not been requested by our HR Department to search for a specific position.

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