Asphalt Superintendent - Kingston

Tomlinson Group of Companies; Kingston; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction firm based in Kingston is looking for an Asphalt Superintendent to manage paving crews and ensure effective operations. The role requires over 5 years of experience leading main line paving projects, excellent communication skills, and the ability to promote safety and quality in all work processes. Competitive wages, health benefits, and a supportive team environment are offered.

Benefits

Competitive wages

Bonus programs

Employer paid health and dental benefits

Training programs and tuition reimbursement

Retirement benefits program

Employee discounts

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as the foreman of a main line paving crew.
• Strong interpersonal, teamwork, and communication skills.
• Ability to handle multiple projects with tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Manage and train asphalt paving crews.
• Coordinate operations with quality control.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety requirements.

Skills

Teamwork and communication

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Traffic control knowledge

Education

5+ years as foreman

Knowledge of SAP and Hard Dollar

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Overview

Tomlinson is Eastern Canada’s leader in environmental, construction and transportation infrastructure services. The Asphalt Superintendent is responsible for the management of the asphalt, grinding and manhole adjustment crews in Tomlinson’s day to day operations. The incumbent will work daily with Operations Managers, Project Managers and Project Superintendents to maximize scheduling and efficiency of all the paving, adjustment and grinding crews. They will be responsible to develop and improve existing processes such as scheduling and dispatching to ensure optimum crew utilization while maintaining a high level of quality control.

Location: Kingston region & Eastern Ontario

Primary Responsibilities

• Manage, train and mentor asphalt paving crews, adjustment crews and grinding crews
• Seek out and engage with clients to actively pursue business opportunities in the Eastern Ontario regions
• Develop and implement work processes with foremen and crews utilizing the resources within Tomlinson
• Coordinate operations with the Quality Control Department and Asphalt Plants
• Assist with the coordination meetings to review the asphalt demands and maximize efficiencies in production, clients, plant limitations, liquid A / C suppliers etc.
• Communicate scheduling needs with asphalt plants, scales, quarries and QC department
• Ensure all CoR and Health and Safety requirements are being adhered to daily
• Ensure driver compliance with all paving and iron crew CVOR vehicles
• Ensure crews have proper job information, utility locates, mix types, production rates, trucking information etc.
• Actively review new technology to develop efficiencies
• Develop cross training among crews
• Track project productions and report productivity to project managers
• Coordinate with the trucking department, to maximize trucking efficiency and capacity
• Review jobsites prior to organizing crew movements to verify jobsite limitations and conditions
• Responsible for scheduling crews for weekend and night work when required
• Coordinate the efficient usage of Material Transfer Vehicles
• Manage the various paving equipment storage and repairs
• Attend owner and client pre-construction meetings to represent the asphalt portion of contracts
• Ensure that we are meeting or exceeding our client’s expectations
• Assist with allocating worker vacation time while maintaining project demands
• Coordinate with our maintenance facilities for the repairs and maintenance of the equipment
• Coordinate with our tack coat supplier and distributors
• Work hand in hand with our quality department to resolve issues
• Provide valuable insight to estimators during tendering
• Employee management: writes and delivers performance evaluations and development plans with foremen
• Recruitment, selection and employee relations management
• Demonstrate behaviors that foster Tomlinson’s leadership competencies: effectively communicates; maintains strategic perspective; motivates and empowers; organizationally agile; decisive

Working Conditions

• Working in an outside environment
• Working in traffic and around pedestrians
• May be required to work long hours and work occasional nights and weekends
• Project locations are mainly in the Kingston region and Eastern Ontario

Education and Experience

• 5+ years of experience as the foreman of a main line paving crew in addition to 3+ years of experience as a lead hand or tail ender
• Ability to continually promote mentoring and crew cross training
• Strong working knowledge of Book 7 Traffic Control
• Good interpersonal, teamwork and communication skills
• Excellent organizational and time management skills with the ability to handle simultaneous projects to meet tight deadlines
• Strong attention to detail
• Computer knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite including Word, Excel and Outlook
• Knowledge of SAP; Hard Dollar would be an asset

Tomlinson Offers

• Competitive wages
• Bonus programs
• Employer paid health and dental benefits
• Extensive training programs and tuition reimbursement
• Retirement benefits program
• Family-oriented team environment
• Employee discounts and other rewards programs