General Superintendent - Civil Large Grading Projects

Mortenson; Minnesota; On-site; USD 178,800 - 268,200; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and prescription drug plans

Dental plan

401k retirement plan with a generous 0

Paid time off, holidays, and other pay

Job summary

Mortenson is seeking a C Civil Mass Grading General Superintendent I to lead and coordinate site work and supervise on-site teams across multiple construction projects. The role demands extensive experience with large projects, mass dirt movement, and travel with weekly schedules and potential rotations to stay on one project.

You will oversee craft labor, manage safety programs, and drive pre-construction planning, schedule maintenance, and site utilization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Civil, or Architectural Engineering or a related field.
• Minimum 14 years construction management or related experience.
• Detail orientation for accurate and timely labor, safety, and quality reports.
• Knowledge of construction and generally accepted business practices.
• Basic understanding of Mortenson systems (labor, financial, safety, quality, scheduling, and planning).
• Microsoft Office skills.
• Ability to travel up to 100%.
• Current driver’s license.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the management of construction activities and task assignments with other departments to support the project schedule.
• Budget, forecast, and manage craft labor, equipment, materials, tools, and the working environment.
• Lead project scheduling, look-ahead scheduling, and site utilization planning.
• Drive pre-construction planning sessions and site meetings.
• Provide leadership through coaching, performance evaluations, and mentorship of field personnel at various ranks.
• Implement Mortenson’s Zero Injury Safety Program at project site.
• Manage open shop and union issues and relations.
• Develop relationships with customers, architects, union reps, subcontractors, and visitors.
• Lead site work and logistics improvements and efficiencies.
• Assist Field Operations Manager with monthly project reviews (budget, schedule, labor, safety, quality, equipment).

Skills

Detail orientation

100% travel

Microsoft Office

Driver's license

Construction knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Civil, or Architectural Engineering or a related field

Job description

General Superintendent - Mass Grading

Mortenson is currently seeking a C Civil Mass Grading General Superintendent I that will provide leadership and oversee the coordination of project site work activities and supervision of on-site work team for multiple construction projects or large, complex construction projects. Assist in coordinating management of craft and office personnel and providing equipment facility management.

Specific requirements must be met in order to be considered. This position is not your next move. This position requires you to have actual years of experience.

• Experience over seeing, at minimum, 2 Large Projects ($100-$600M) with oversight of 100's of craft employees, including Superintendents, General Foremen, Foremen and operators.
• Must have detailed experience in pre-construction
• Extensive knowledge in moving mass amounts of dirt with multiple sub-contractors and self-perform employees on the jobsite
• MUST have large industrial experience and can explain how many cubic yards of dirt/day is being moved on large project.
• MUST BE WILLING TO TRAVEL EVERY WEEK, home on the weekends, OR be located at 1 project with regular rotations home every 3 weeks for 5 days.

Visa Sponsorships are not offered for this position.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the management of construction activities and task assignments by collaborating with other departments to ensure all required materials, equipment and inspections support the project schedule
• Work with Project Manager(s) to budget, forecast, and manage craft labor, equipment, materials, small tools, consumables, and general working environment
• Lead the creation, review and update project schedule and three-week look ahead scheduling and oversee the development and implementation of site utilization plan and establish crew sizes
• Drive effective pre-construction planning sessions and project site meetings
• Provide leadership to work crews and group field operations by coaching, mentorship, performance evaluations, and train field personnel, forepersons, and assistant superintendents, superintendents, and sr. superintendents
• Implement Mortenson’s Zero Injury Safety Program at project site
• Manage and lead open shop and union issues
• Develop relationships with all visitors to the site: customers, architects, union representatives, subcontractors, etc.
• Lead site work and logistics efficiently, providing suggestions for improvement
• Assist the Field Operations Manager with monthly project review which includes budget, schedule, labor, safety, quality, and equipment

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Civil, or Architectural Engineering or a related field or
• Minimum 14 years construction management or related experience
• Detail orientation for accurate and timely labor, safety, and quality reports, etc.
• Knowledge of construction and generally accepted business practices
• Basic understanding of multiple Mortenson systems (i.e., labor, financial, safety, quality, scheduling, and planning)
• Microsoft Office skills
• Ability to travel up to 100%
• Current driver’s license

A Few Benefits Offered Include

• Medical and prescription drug plans that includes no additional cost vision coverage
• Dental plan
• 401k retirement plan with a generous Mortenson match
• Paid time off, holidays, and other paid leaves
• Employer paid Life, AD&D, and disability insurance
• The base pay range for this role is $178,800 - $268,200. (Actual range is higher for the following office locations: Denver, CO and Chicago, IL – 5%, Seattle, WA, and Portland, OR – 10%, Washington, D.C. – 12.5%).

Equal Employment Opportunity

Mortenson is committed to providing equal opportunities of employment (EOE) to all individuals, regardless of your race, religion, gender, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, marital status or any other legally protected category.