Civil Construction Superintendent

MacKay Contracting; Cranbrook; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

MacKay Contracting is seeking a Civil Construction Superintendent to lead field execution of challenging heavy civil projects. You will turn plans, people, equipment, and materials into finished work you can be proud of, with authority on site and access to the project team and resources needed to succeed.

You will work closely with Project Managers, Foremen, Survey, Engineering, Safety, Equipment, and clients to deliver projects safely, on schedule, and to high quality.

Qualifications

• Significant field experience in heavy civil construction.
• Previous experience leading crews, foremen, and subcontractors.
• Strong understanding of earthworks, grading, underground utilities, roadbuilding, or similar civil construction.
• Ability to read and understand drawings, specifications, schedules, and project requirements.
• Experience planning manpower, equipment, materials, and upcoming work.
• Strong understanding of construction safety and quality requirements.
• The ability to communicate effectively with both field personnel and project management.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of field execution and keep crews, equipment, subcontractors, materials, and project priorities moving in the same direction.
• Set clear expectations, develop foremen and crews, and create a site with defined responsibilities.
• Anticipate constraints, coordinate upcoming activities, identify problems early, and make proactive decisions.
• Ensure safety, organize work, and lead by example on site daily.
• Understand schedules, quantities, equipment, and production targets to drive results.
• Collaborate with Project Managers, Foremen, Survey, Engineering, Safety, Equipment, subcontractors, and clients.
• Maintain quality and manage closeout alongside production to finish strong.

Skills

Field leadership

Crew management

Read drawings/specs

Safety and quality

Coordination with PM/foremen

Planning manpower/equipment

Communication with field and mgmt

Tools

GPS machine control

Digital construction tools

Survey technology

Production tracking

Modern project management systems

Job description

CIVIL CONSTRUCTION SUPERINTENDENT

Build the Work. Lead the Team.

Some people manage construction from a distance. You'll rather be where the work is happening.

As a Civil Construction Superintendent with MacKay Contracting, you'll lead the field execution of challenging heavy civil projects and help turn plans, people, equipment, and materials into finished work you can be proud of.

You'll have the authority to lead your site, the support of an experienced project team, and access to the people, equipment, and resources needed to get the job done right.

What You'll Get to Build

Our civil projects can include:

• Major earthworks and site development
• Road and highway construction
• Underground utilities and infrastructure
• Bridges, culverts, and drainage works
• Commercial and industrial site development
• Environmental and water management projects
• Complex infrastructure projects in challenging terrain and conditions
  

This is a role for someone who enjoys seeing a project take shape in front of them and knows that good field leadership can make the difference between simply completing a job and delivering it exceptionally well.

What You'll Get to Lead

Turn the plan into production.

Take ownership of field execution and keep crews, equipment, subcontractors, materials, and project priorities moving in the same direction.

Build a crew that performs.

Set clear expectations, develop your foremen and crews, recognize strong performance, and create a site where people know what needs to happen and take pride in making it happen.

Stay ahead of the work.

Look beyond today's production. Anticipate constraints, coordinate upcoming activities, identify problems early, and make decisions before small issues become expensive ones.

Create safe, well-planned jobsites.

Safety isn't paperwork added to the work. It starts with how the work is planned, communicated, organized, and led every day.

Drive production without sacrificing quality.

Understand the schedule, quantities, equipment, manpower, and production targets behind the project and continually look for better ways to execute the work.

Connect the field and project team.

Work closely with Project Managers, Foremen, Survey, Engineering, Safety, Equipment, subcontractors, and clients so the people building the project have the information and support they need.

Finish strong.

Keep quality, deficiencies, documentation, commissioning, and closeout moving alongside production so the last 10% of the project receives the same attention as the first 90%.

You'll Probably Fit Here If

You've spent enough time in heavy civil construction to understand how work actually gets built, not just how it looks on a schedule.

You can look at a set of drawings, walk a jobsite, talk with your foremen, and quickly understand what needs to happen next.

You're comfortable making decisions when conditions change.

You know when to push production and when slowing down for ten minutes will save ten hours later.

You earn respect by knowing the work, communicating clearly, and holding yourself to the same standard you expect from your crew.

And when something goes wrong, you're interested in solving the problem rather than finding someone to blame.

Your background will ideally include:

• Significant field experience in heavy civil construction
• Previous experience leading crews, foremen, and subcontractors
• Strong understanding of earthworks, grading, underground utilities, roadbuilding, or similar civil construction
• Ability to read and understand drawings, specifications, schedules, and project requirements
• Experience planning manpower, equipment, materials, and upcoming work
• Strong understanding of construction safety and quality requirements
• The ability to communicate effectively with both field personnel and project management

Even Better If You Bring

Experience delivering larger or technically challenging civil infrastructure projects, particularly involving major earthworks, highways, utilities, structures, industrial construction, or complex site development.

Experience with GPS machine control, digital construction tools, survey technology, production tracking, and modern project management systems is also an asset.

What You'll Get From MacKay

You won't be expected to build complicated projects without support.

You'll work alongside experienced Project Managers, Foremen, Survey, Engineering, Safety, Equipment, and project support personnel who understand heavy civil construction.

You'll also have access to a large, modern heavy equipment fleet and the resources of a contractor that has spent decades taking on challenging infrastructure work.

Most importantly, you'll have an opportunity to lead work that is worth building.

Roads. Infrastructure. Industrial sites. Environmental projects. Complex earthworks.

Projects you can drive past years later and say:

We built that.

About MacKay Contracting

MacKay Contracting has been building heavy civil, mining, environmental, and infrastructure projects since 1986.

Our work has taken us from major earthworks and highways to rail infrastructure, dams, industrial sites, environmental projects, and technically challenging construction throughout Western Canada.

We believe great projects come from great field leadership.

If you know how to build, know how to lead people, and still get satisfaction from watching a difficult project come together, we'd like to hear from you.