Superintendent - Geotechnical

The Geotechnical Superintendent is responsible for directing, coordinating and exercising functional authority for planning, organization, control, integration and completion of assigned projects within the area of assigned responsibility. This position directs the activities of crew workers on construction projects.

This position requires extended travel to various locations throughout Ohio and surrounding states.

Main Job Tasks & Responsibilities

+ In the absence of a full-time onsite safety officer, the superintendent: + Conducts weekly safety meetings and safety inspections + Reports and investigations into near misses + Reports and Investigates incidents and alerts Safety Director + Understands and enforces company safety policies + Supervises field forces, tradesmen, foremen, other trades and subcontractors/suppliers as needed + Plans, coordinates and directs the efficient scheduling of crews, equipment and subcontractors/suppliers to ensure high quality construction at a minimum cost + Maintains daily communications with project managers regarding status of jobs + Attends and contributes to scheduled corporate and project meetings + Ensures foremen and crew members clearly understand the daily job tasks to be performed and weighs this against expected goals + Analyzes performance and goals to ensure maximum efficiency control + Ensures the availability of daily backup plans + Oversees effectiveness and evaluates performance of project foremen and their crews + Expediently corrects work deficiencies by utilizing a high level of integrity aligned with the company’s core values + Inspects incoming material for quality, accuracy, completeness and contract compliance + Coordinates deliveries, placement and storage of materials + Participates in, and at times conducts, project owner meetings + Confers with subcontractors and suppliers engaged in executing work procedures interpreting specifications and coordinating various states of construction + Inspects work in progress to ensure project conforms to specifications and meets quality standards + Ensures all required project paperwork is completed accurately and in a timely manner

- Required paperwork includes but is not limited to:

* Daily reports on time, quantities, and cost codes * Daily production and unit cost reports * Accident reports * Project status reports * Invoice approvals (as required) * Field purchase orders * Time and materials sheets * Equipment time reports * Safety meeting minutes * Job meetings minutes + Communicates with other management staff + Encourages communication and ideas from field personnel + Consults and/or delegates and oversees daily JSAs to recognize the safety hazards associated with the daily tasks and educates crews of hazards + Appoints onsite SWPPP inspector and holds them accountable for conducting inspections per contract requirements + Reviews job costs with project manager on a weekly basis + Creates and maintains an ongoing punch list from beginning of project + Delegates approved duties and responsibilities to an assistant superintendent should the project require (see Assistant Superintendent job description) + Presents all field negotiations to project manager for approval + Maintains positive relationships both publicly and professionally in and outside of the workplace + Presents professional behavior and appearance + Other tasks as assigned

Skills & Requirements

+ Earth Retention Systems + Slip Repairs + Beam and Lagging walls, Plug Piles + Deep Foundations + Drilled shafts + Secant & Tangent Walls + Micropiles + Auger Cast Piles + Rigid Inclusions + Helical Piles + Pile driving + Grouting + Shotcrete + Deep Dynamic Compaction + Mine Grouting

Education & Experience

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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; and stoop, kneel. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Equal Opportunity:

The Beaver Companies provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.