Construction Superintendent

Austin Careers; La Porte, Houston (TX, TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Austin Careers is seeking an experienced Construction Project Manager to oversee large, complex projects in the La Porte, TX area. You will plan, schedule, budget, and coordinate multi-discipline teams, subcontractors, and equipment, ensuring on-time delivery and adherence to safety and quality standards.

The role requires strong leadership, site management, cost control, and the ability to optimize resources across projects. Excellent communication with clients and stakeholders is essential.

Job description

• Survey
• Equipment Operator, Mechanic
• Subcontractors and vendors

Functional Areas of Responsibility

• Manage and organize all aspects of a single large, more complex project or multiple projects
• Competency in 4 or more work disciplines (civil, structural steel, fixed equipment, piping, I&E, soft craft, etc.)
• Manage onsite construction equipment and cranes
• Efficiently manage resource utilization across multiple projects
• Administrate staff and subcontractor meetings
• Recruit supervision and hourly trade personnel
• Manage crews, equipment and material resources
• Logistics development and management
• Cost performance
• Productivity performance and improvement
• Develop project Work Plans
• Quality
• Training
• Purchasing of unincorporated materials, tools, supplies
• Safe work performance, practices, and administration

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

Planning

• Review contract documents to determine the nature and scope of the project, the materials and equipment to be utilized, and manpower requirements (by discipline) for each construction phase.
• Along with the Project Manager, plan the physical layout of the jobsite to use all available space effectively. Initiate startup activities, which include site security preparations, placement of trailers, utility hookups, storage space, etc.
• Review and approval of Work Plans for major components of work. Monitor adherence to Work Plans throughout execution of the work.
• Follows procedures for the ordering of materials, supplies, and small tools from approved suppliers. Ensure timely requisition is made for needed materials and equipment.

Cost Performance

• Responsible to meet or exceed bid productivity and cost. Monitor weekly labor costs and production rates for accuracy and conformance with established budgets. Take corrective action to improve productivity when labor costs exceed expected norms.
• Use understanding of production rates to aid in review of bid estimates and project change orders.
• Encourage Foremen to develop innovative methods for increasing efficiency, productivity, and profitability in their particular operation and to provide feedback and coaching on how the work is proceeding
• Oversee the hourly time card reporting program. This covers items such as approving all of the Foreman’s Daily Control as well as other duties prepared by the Foremen, with employee-owners such as hours, job number, cost codes, and quantities.

Scheduling

• Responsible to complete project milestones on or before contract requirements.
• Assist in the development of baseline schedule for projects
• Responsible for selection of equipment for projects. Direct priority of operations, allocation of equipment and materials for General Foremen and Foremen.
• Ensure that equipment is being used for its intended purpose in the correct manner.
• Review and approve detailed 3 week construction plan and develop longer-term general construction plans. Investigate reasons for delays in the construction schedule; adjusting craft leadership, crew sizes, equipment, etc. as necessary to ensure timely completion of the project.
• Manage scheduling of all QA/QC inspections of work necessary to obtain customer acceptance of the work.

Quality Management

• Responsible overall quality construction performance.
• Responsible for execution of approved quality plan.
• Inspect all field construction work in progress, including work that is subcontracted, and ensure that uniformly high quality workmanship is maintained during each construction segment
• Supervise or assign staff as appropriate to supervise all activities performed on the jobsite regardless of the day or time of performance of the work
• Point out deficiencies promptly with responsible parties and follow up to ensure that deficiencies are corrected.

Relationships

• Has the ability to manage large staffs and projects, coordinating the efforts of all subordinate staff, craft personnel and subcontractors. Organize the staff into an effectively coordinated working unit.
• Promoting principles of learning, career advancement and coaching in a motivating atmosphere.
• Establish and maintain a good working relationship with customer representatives, engineers, consulting firms, and other parties. Attempt to resolve problems at the lowest practical level through direct negotiations with concerned individuals.
• Foster and promote the training and development of subordinates through various on-the-job training opportunities, company-sponsored training programs and outside learning opportunities such as college courses, trade seminars, and classroom instruction.

Safety

• Responsible for accident- and incident-free execution of all work activities
• Responsible for safety meeting schedule and content with employee-owners and subcontractors to instruct them on accident prevention.
• Enforce all safety regulations and customer and company policies, and to be constantly alert to all safety conditions.
• Administer the company’s Safety & Health policies.

Technical

• Provide technical guidance and assistance in resolving day-to-day construction problems; investigate alternative work methods and materials to improve efficiency and work quality; and work closely with customers, engineers, and consulting firms to resolve issues
• Ensure compliance with all federal, state, and local laws, ordinances and codes relating to construction activities. Ensure compliance with all company policies and procedures including employment, terminations, compensation, etc.
• Ability to sell the capabilities of self and of Austin to potential customers. Ability to present Austin’s value proposition to prospective customers to grow revenue.
• Ensure successful project completion.
• Review and approved daily reports of all activity associated with field construction activities, and ensure other supervisory personnel complete reports daily basis.

Other

• Perform other duties as assigned.

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