Project Superintendent - Water/Wastewater

Wharton-Smith, Inc.; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Wharton-Smith, Inc. in Baton Rouge, LA seeks an experienced Project Superintendent with a water/wastewater background to lead on-site personnel on water and wastewater treatment plant projects and line work construction.

Responsibilities include safety, quality control, short-term scheduling, permitting inspections, field documentation, and subcontract coordination. Travel 25% or more is required.

Qualifications

• Must have experience supervising projects in the water or wastewater industry.
• Managing craft and self-performing work is preferred
• Must have experience with self-performing cast-in-place concrete, piping, and mechanical equipment experience.
• Appropriate supervisory experience.
• Good communication and people skills.
• Current training as Competent Person in Trenching, Scaffolds, Rigging, Confined Space, and Fall Protection.
• Current in OSHA 10-hour, First Aid & CPR, SWPPP Inspector, silica, Risk Management, and Accident training.
• History of successful completion of multi-million-dollar projects.

Responsibilities

• Direction and daily supervision of all jobsite field personnel on assigned water and wastewater projects.
• Monitor safety and enforce safety policy on site.
• Short-term scheduling including manpower and equipment resources.
• Coordinate permit and regulatory inspections.
• Field document control including daily reports and progress photos.
• Material handling and inventory management.
• Subcontract coordination and jobsite hiring as required.
• As-Built drawings and post-construction review.

Skills

Safety leadership

Team leadership

Communication

Project supervision

Tools

MS Outlook

MS Word

Excel

Job description

Wharton-Smith, Inc. is currently seeking an experienced Project Superintendent with Water/Wastewater background for the Baton Rouge, LA area. In this role, the successful candidate will be responsible for the direction and daily supervision of all jobsite field personnel on assigned water and wastewater treatment plant and line work construction projects.

Responsibilities:

• Monitor the project so that a safe workplace is being maintained and safety policy is administered
• Ensure quality standards are met or exceeded
• Short-term scheduling including manpower and equipment resources
• Coordination of permit and regulatory inspections
• Field document control including daily reports
• Progress photographs
• Material handling (receiving, and inventory, storage, spare parts)
• Subcontract coordination
• Jobsite hiring as required
• As-Built drawings
• Participate in post construction review
• Small tool management
• Knowledge of contract documents
• Jobsite security
• Completion of every project within time and budget
• Accurate and timely quantity reporting and time keeping
• Identify and communicate all changes in scope to Project Manager
• Maintain a clean and orderly jobsite

Qualifications:

• Must have experience supervising projects in the water or wastewater industry.
• Managing craft and self-performing work is preferred
• Must have experience with self-performing cast-in-place concrete, piping, and mechanical equipment experience.
• Appropriate supervisory experience.
• Good communication and people skills.
• Computer proficiency in MS Outlook, Word, Excel.
• Current training as Competent Person in Trenching, Scaffolds, Rigging, Confined Space, and Fall Protection.
• Current in OSHA 10-hour, First Aid & CPR, SWPPP Inspector, silica, Risk Management, and Accident training.
• History of successful completion of multi-million-dollar projects.

Travel: Must be willing to travel 25% or more of the time

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disability

Wharton-Smith provides equal opportunity to qualified disabled veterans, Pre-JVA special disabled veterans and individuals with disabilities to online application systems by making reasonable accommodation to ensure equal access for submitting to job openings. (i.e., wheelchair accessibility, website accessibility, etc).

Our recruiting process is centralized and is handled by our HR Department. If we are sent unsolicited resumes from recruiters, we will not pay any recruiting fees. Unsolicited resumes are any resumes sent to us by a recruiter who has not been pre-approved by HR, has not signed our contract, and has not been requested by our HR Department to search for a specific position.