Lead Bridge Construction Superintendent

Kids for the Future; West Columbia (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Kids for the Future is seeking a Bridge Superintendent in the United States to oversee daily operations, plan labor and resources, and coordinate with crews, foremen, and subcontractors. You will ensure safety, compliance, and lookahead planning while maintaining open communication with project teams.

The role requires leadership, strong organization, and the ability to work unsupervised on complex construction tasks in a field setting.

Qualifications

• MS Word and Excel proficiency required.
• Knowledge of COINS Systems is a plus.
• Willingness to manage crews.
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Self-starter and able to work unsupervised.

Responsibilities

• Continuously improve through education, professional training, and certification.
• Represent the company in a manner that supports our mission statement.
• Train adequate backup personnel to support your role in your absence.
• Treat your co-workers and clients with respect.
• Communicate with honesty, openness, and transparency.
• Act with integrity (honor your word), set the example, and be accountable.
• Complete other duties as required/assigned.
• Plan daily for labor, equipment, tools and material needs.
• Coordinate with crews, Foremen and other Superintendents to complete required tasks as a team.
• Hold Foremen accountable to track crew hours, equipment hours, material and quantities on a daily basis.
• Assure daily JHA’s and Toolbox Safety Talks with crew(s) are completed.
• Hold crews accountable to work safely and assure PPE is utilized as required per the UIG Safety Manual.
• Assure work planning has been completed for activities prior to execution of the work. Follow up with Foremen that the “Plan the Work and Work the Plan” concept is being enforced.
• Coordinate daily with Subcontractors to assure they are prepared and ready for required work when needed and are incompliance with both schedule and safety requirements for the project.
• Communicate layout requirements as needed in advance of scheduled work.
• Assist PM and Project Engineers with 3 week lookahead schedules and work planning.
• Understand the production requirements of the work.
• Assure daily equipment inspections are completed and submitted to management team.
• Pre-plan utility locates and assure project is accurately marked prior to starting work.
• Coordinate with inspectors as needed.
• Coordinate with Engineers on Plans and Specifications for work.
• Coordinate MOT, proper execution of MOT and compliance with project specifications and requirements.
• Ensure proper lift planning and rigging requirements are met on all critical and non-critical lift work.
• Ensure the trained and certified riggers and signal persons are incorporated into the crane and rigging operations as required.
• Ensure the crews utilizing Cranes have certified Crane operators on the crew as required. (Supervisors can be included as part of this requirement)

Skills

Manage crews

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Self-starter

Team player

Self-motivated

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

COINS Systems

Job description

Kids for the Future is seeking a Bridge Superintendent in the United States to oversee daily operations, plan labor and resources, and coordinate with crews, foremen, and subcontractors. You will ensure safety, compliance, and lookahead planning while maintaining open communication with project teams.

The role requires leadership, strong organization, and the ability to work unsupervised on complex construction tasks in a field setting.