As a Senior Superintendent for PCL Civil Constructors, Inc. in Covington, Kentucky, you'll have the opportunity to [Insert customizable sentence that ties to impact, purpose, or collaboration-e.g., "lead innovative infrastructure projects that shape the future of your community"you'll have the opportunity toshape the future of transportation and infrastructure by overseeing some of the region's most complex and impactful heavy civil construction projects.
Here's how a Senior Superintendent for PCL Civil Constructors, Inc. within Civil East contributes to our team:mentor and develop construction professionals while driving the safe, efficient execution of complex heavy civil projects.
Responsibilities- Develops, implements, and maintains PCL safety program, including creating and influencing jobsite safety culture through mentorship and modeling.
- Consistently collaborates with construction/project manager and project team. Proactively identifies, manages, and resolves potential problems, work conflicts, or schedule challenges. Develops and implements recovery plan. Works with project team to anticipate and resolve project issues.
- Effectively communicates with own forces and trades and ensures performance, productivity, quality, and safety requirements are met. Oversees subcontractor coordination and progress.
- Liaises with client, other site contractors, and office representatives.
- Supervises, directs, coaches, trains, and mentors the project team and superintendents on the same site or multiple sites.
- Involved in selection, onboarding, and placement of jobsite field staff.
- Visualizes and conveys vision of an entire project, identifies, and drives the project schedule's critical path, anticipates constructability issues, and troubleshoots, and embeds solutions in the construction plans and schedules.
- Works with the project management team to develop and implement the Project Execution Plan (PEP).
- Ensures compliance with district policies, safety procedures, equipment, and quality control.
- Ensures prompt scheduling, coordination and effective cost control pertaining to project labor, equipment, and materials.
- Influences equipment selection and construction methodology for formwork systems, cranes, etc.
- Reviews and understands the contract and subcontracts and develops a plan that identifies and mitigates risks (e.g., scope gaps) and maximizes opportunities to ensure that all financial targets, including budgets, forecasts, and profitability levels are achieved. Assigns subcontract review to area superintendents.
- Stays current with industry practices and seeks new and innovative construction methods and initiatives.
Qualifications- Journeyman certificate or postsecondary diploma / engineering degree in a related discipline.
- NCSO designation (IND) and Gold Seal certification required (CDN), certificate in negotiation or equivalent experience.
- 15 years of progressive experience in field supervision preferred.
- In-depth knowledge of and experience in the construction industry and company operations, including building materials, construction specifications, and methods and procedures.
- Understanding of project scope and able to apply complex engineering principles to construction challenges and embed solutions in construction plans and schedules. Ability to complete value engineering and define scope and limitations for pursuits.
- Experience with scheduling, monitoring, and mentoring others on forecasting resources.
- Ability to lead and manage others, including coordinating multiple scopes.
- Thorough understanding of contract language and ability to identify and mitigate risks and identify and leverage opportunities.
- Understanding of collective agreements and jurisdiction assignment for multi-trade sites (IND).
- In-depth knowledge of and application of safety and environmental principles/ procedures/legislation and demonstrated experience in implementing a strong safety culture.
- Ability to lead effective site meetings with the client, consultants, trades, own forces work (OFW), and internal employees; ability to present at client meetings or for project pursuit work.
- Experience mitigating grievance and employee relations issues.
- Demonstrated conflict-resolution skills, problem-solving abilities, and professional judgment.
- Expert understanding of productivity rates or own forces work (OFW), Labor Cost Reports (LCRs), and ability to interpret cost reports.
Your Work Has Purpose HerePCL projects are where life happens, where communities connect, careers begin, and progress is made. Regardless of the type of project, we are building something bigger: a future that's inclusive, resilient and full of opportunity.
Company: PCL Civil Constructors, Inc.
Primary Location: Covington, Kentucky
Job Title: Senior Superintendent
Requisition ID: 13397
