Construction - Roofing Superintendent

Empire Roofing, Inc.; Jacksonville, Northern (FL, KY); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Empire Roofing, Inc. seeks a General Superintendent to lead roofing service and maintenance crews, train staff, and drive safety and quality. The role involves recruiting and mentoring maintenance teams, aligning with supervisors and estimators, and ensuring on‑time project start and customer satisfaction.

The position emphasizes hands‑on instruction, safety training, and cross‑functional collaboration with management to maintain high workmanship standards and efficient operations across sites.

Qualifications

• Education/Experience: High School Diploma or equivalent; 8-10 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business materials; write reports and correspondence; communicate effectively with groups.

Responsibilities

• Instructs best practices for roofing service, inspection and maintenance through on‑the‑job and manufacturer training.
• Trains employees on safety procedures and safety equipment; teaches terminology of roofing materials, tools, and equipment.
• Plans and participates as instructor in company training programs for new hires and developing roof technicians.
• Recruits, trains, mentors, and retains maintenance workforce; partners with management on retention strategies and policies.
• Develops planning to maximize productivity of manpower, materials, and equipment to start jobs on time.
• Ensures customer expectations are met or exceeded and resources are used efficiently.

Skills

Reading & interpreting docs

Interpersonal skills

Oral & written communication

Driver’s license

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

Description

General Superintendent

Position Summary:

This position involves working with existing supervisors, estimators and supervising roofing service and maintenance crews. This position is responsible for the recruiting, training, and retention of maintenance workforce.

Job Functions:

• Instructs the best practices for roofing service, inspection and roofing maintenance by fully participating in on the job training as well as periodic manufacturer training.
• Trains employees on safety procedures and safety equipment.
• Utilizes the proper roofing materials and equipment.
• Teaches terminology of roofing materials, tools, and equipment and proper use.
• Educates employees on everyday general roofing best practices, leak-call investigations, repair procedures, customer service relations, roof investigations, and inspection techniques.
• Plans, administrates, and participates as instructor in company sponsored education programs for new hires and developing roof technicians.
• Recruits, trains, mentors, and retains a dependable and knowledgeable maintenance workforce.
• Partners with the maintenance manager and other superintendents in training, retention strategy, and policy with procedures to ensure consistency in repairs, maintenance, and service.
• Develops and uses strong advanced planning skills for establishing maximum productivity of manpower, materials, and equipment to ensure jobs start on time.
• Ensures customer expectations are met or exceeded and hours and materials are properly expended.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience (Essential):

• Education/Experience: High School Diploma or equivalent; 8-10 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations;
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals; and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos; ability to write simple correspondence;
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and general public.
• Strong interpersonal skills; oral and written communication skills. Valid Driver’s license and clean driving record.
• Must not be afraid of heights and must be able to position extension ladder to access roof for roof inspection/survey.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Valid / clean driver's license.

Occupational Health and Safety:

• Compliance with workplace policies and procedures for risk identification, risk assessment and risk control
• Active participation in activities associated with the management of workplace health and safety
• Identification and reporting of health and safety risks, accidents, incidents, injuries and property damage at the workplace

Working Conditions:

Physical surroundings: Field environment with exposure to heights, noise and temperature. Ability to work outdoors in extreme weather conditions, both hot and cold and in windy conditions.

Physical Effort: 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 finger, handle, or feel, climb ladder, bend, kneel, type, and talk or hear. The employee is also required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and stoop, kneel. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Travel: Travel to jobsites required.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by persons assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all associated responsibilities, skills, efforts or working conditions. Tecta America reserves the right to change, amend, add, delete and otherwise assign any and all duties, responsibilities and position titles as it deems necessary to meet the needs of the business. Tecta America is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Superintendent 4/2020