General Superintendent

Martinus; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Martinus is seeking a General Superintendent to manage rail construction projects. This role requires coordination of project delivery, adherence to quality and safety standards, and the management of teams to ensure project success. Candidates should have a degree in Engineering and substantial experience in the construction industry, along with a strong focus on safety and quality management.

Benefits

Medical Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k)

Disability Insurance

Qualifications

• 7+ years’ experience in engineering/construction roles, especially in rail.
• Strong understanding of HSE policies and procedures.
• Experienced in coordinating large teams for project delivery.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for project delivery within time, budget, and quality standards.
• Ensures compliance with safety and environmental regulations.
• Manages project personnel and directs activities to meet objectives.

Skills

Project Management

Quality Management

Safety Compliance

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Project Management Certification

Tools

Foundation

Salesforce

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

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Base pay range

$120,000.00/yr - $140,000.00/yr

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About Us: The General Superintendent will be the single point accountability for the development and delivery of rail construction projects undertaken by Martinus and its partners. The General Superintendent will participate in concept development and plan, schedule, manage and co-ordinate the project to ensure objectives and agreed specifications are achieved in accordance with the program, resource requirements, budgets, quality and safety standards and customer expectations. The General Superintendent will monitor deliverable compliance of direct reports and ensure the achievement of Project KRAs.

Required:

- Bachelor’s Degree (Engineering, Project Management, Construction Management or

similar discipline).

- 7 + years’ experience in an engineering/construction role.

- Relevant experience in a rail construction environment.

- Working knowledge of Foundation and Salesforce app.

- Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word.

- Basic knowledge of Microsoft Outlook.

Quality, Environmental and Safety

- Ensures that the appropriate personnel are in place with delegated responsibilities to guarantee quality, environmental and safety procedures are integrated.

- Responsible for overall quality management of major projects or programs.

- Ensures that relevant divisional managers or leads complete all outstanding defects as a matter of priority.

- Promotes a positive safety and environmental culture, particularly Martinus’s commitment to achieve ‘target zero’.

- Enforces compliance with all relevant HSE policies, procedures, and relevant legislative requirements, in particular rail safety legislation.

Planning and Operations

- Plans, directs, and coordinates activities of the designated project to ensure that goals or objectives of project are accomplished within prescribed time frame and funding parameters.

- Reviews project proposal or plan to determine timeframe, funding limitations, procedures for accomplishing project, staffing requirements, and allotment of available resources to various phases of project.

- Establishes work plan and staffing for each phase of project and arranges for recruitment or assignment of project personnel.

- Directs and coordinates activities of project personnel to ensure project progresses on schedule and within prescribed budget.

- Reviews status reports prepared by project personnel and modifies schedules or plans as required.

- Enforces compliance with head contract provisions and conditions and subcontract agreements to protect the company’s position financially and contractually.

- Identifies, assesses, and prepares variations of the head contract, and presents these variations to the construction manager/project director.

- Remains financially responsible and accountable for the project profitability.

- In conjunction with divisional managers, provides project vision, sets profit targets and project objectives for self, team and company.

- Conducts regular reviews of project budgets to ensure accurate revenue, cost flow and profit/loss forecasting.

- Oversees budget and ensure financial accountability.

Project Management

- Responsible and accountable to ensure that all assigned personnel are coordinating their activities with other project participants and that the requirements of the contract are being satisfied.

- Allocates and retains the best possible project staff in collaboration with the divisional manager and Human Resources.

- Assists with building existing and recommending and establishing, new relationships with key clients, consultants, and partners in the region.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $120,000.00 - $140,000.00 per year

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Project Management

• Industries

  Rail Transportation

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Medical insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Disability insurance

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