**Structures Superintendent**
Overview
The Structures Superintendent oversees all aspects of bridge construction on design-build projects, managing field crews and subcontractors to ensure safe, timely, and high-quality project completion. This role involves proactive planning, coordination, and communication to meet project goals and maintain safety standards.
Key Responsibilities
– Forecast upcoming work, including subcontractors, restrictions, and events, to develop efficient methods and safety action plans, communicating these to the Bridges Manager and foremen.
– Plan daily operations, ensuring adequate labor, tools, equipment, and materials are available for timely task completion.
– Review plans, specifications, RFIs, and other project documents to ensure field work aligns with the latest requirements.
– Ensure crews work safely, efficiently, and to the project’s quality standards.
– Coordinate work, trucking, material supply, equipment needs, shop maintenance, and subcontractor activities.
– Drive short-term scheduling (3-week look-ahead) and align with project milestones.
– Collaborate with the Bridges Manager to identify and document changes, such as site conditions, delays, or quantity variations, that may impact the project.
– Oversee crew performance, ensuring alignment with company goals, safety audits, and policies, and take action (e.g., training, discipline) as needed.
– Conduct daily crew briefings to review production goals, safety, schedules, hazards, and gather worker input.
– Promote and enforce safe work practices, ensuring proper safety equipment is used by all field personnel.
– Communicate with subcontractors to align on work coordination and project objectives.
Qualifications
– Minimum of 5 years’ experience as a superintendent in civil bridge or concrete infrastructure construction.
– Familiarity with HCSS/HeavyJob is preferred.
– Experience with bridge girder installation, bridge deck machines, steel/concrete diaphragms, and Borg System is preferred.
– Ability to read and interpret project documents, including schedules, plans, and specifications.
– Strong leadership skills to oversee and clearly communicate instructions to crews.
– Comprehensive understanding of occupational hazards and safety precautions relevant to the work.
– Capability to follow and execute instructions expertly.
– Proficiency in maintaining records and preparing reports, timesheets, equipment logs, inspection reports, change orders, and project file updates.
– Willingness to perform additional administrative or project-related tasks as assigned.
– Valid driver’s license required.
