Scaffolding Superintendent

Bechtel Corporation; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Bechtel Corporation in Houston, TX is seeking a Scaffolding Superintendent to lead scaffold operations on a major API manufacturing facility project. You will supervise direct-hire craft professionals, ensuring safe, efficient scaffold construction, maintenance, inspection, modification, and dismantling across multiple work areas.

The role requires strong knowledge of scaffold planning, field execution, and safety practices, with the ability to coordinate with engineering, safety, and

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of scaffold planning and field execution.
• Ability to identify and resolve scaffold execution challenges via schedule and safety inputs.
• Strong judgment to select safe scaffold methods meeting procedures and standards.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate daily scaffold work with subcontractors, field supervisors, and project teams.
• Track scaffold schedules, labor needs, materials, equipment, and access requirements.
• Review scaffold work plans and sequencing to align with project requirements.
• Coordinate scaffold work with other construction disciplines and area teams to support the overall schedule.
• Review progress, cost, schedule, and performance data for reports and corrective actions.
• Assist with field changes, RFIs, contract changes, and subcontract planning.

Skills

Scaffold planning

Field execution

OSHA safety

Read drawings

Team communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

• Relocation Authorized: National - Family
• Telework Type: Full-Time Office/Project
• Work Location: Houston, TX

Requisition ID: 299872

• Relocation Authorized: National - Family
• Telework Type: Full-Time Office/Project
• Work Location: Houston, TX

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Project Overview

Bechtel's Manufacturing & Technology (M&T) Business Unit is designing and building an Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) Manufacturing Facility located at Generation Park in Houston, TX. M&T is an exciting and growing business unit that serves customers in the semiconductor, datacenter, life sciences, and electric vehicle markets. M&T strives to exceed our customer objectives through utilizing our agility, innovative technologies, and world class talent. M&T solves the industry's toughest challenges, building both our company and the world for the future. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, the M&T global business unit also includes colleagues working in Arizona, Ohio, Texas, India, and additional project locations around the world.

Job Summary

The Scaffolding Superintendent is responsible for the leadership, planning, coordination, and execution of scaffold operations on the project. This position is for supervising direct hire Craft Professionals to ensure safe, efficient, OS&H compliant scaffold construction, maintenance, inspection, modification, and dismantling operations across multiple work areas.

Major Responsibilities

• Coordinate daily scaffold work with subcontractors, field supervisors, and project teams in the assigned work area.
• Support scaffold activities on moderately complex construction projects or work areas with multiple team interfaces.
• Track scaffold schedules, labor needs, materials, equipment, and access requirements to help keep work moving safely and efficiently.
• Review scaffold work plans, construction methods, sequencing, schedules, staffing plans, and material needs for alignment with project requirements.
• Coordinate scaffold work with other construction disciplines, engineering, subcontractors, and area teams to support the overall project schedule.
• Review scaffold progress, quantities, cost, schedule, and performance information, and provide input for reports, forecasts, and corrective actions.
• Assist with scaffold-related field changes, requests for information, contract change support, and subcontract planning information.
• Coordinate scaffold material deliveries, storage areas, tools, consumables, and equipment availability to support planned work.
• Help ensure scaffold work is planned and performed safely and meets applicable safety, quality, regulatory, drawing, specification, and manufacturer requirements.
• Work with engineering, foremen, craft professionals, subcontractors, and design teams to review technical information, resolve field issues, develop scaffold work methods, and use construction tracking tools.

Education And Experience Requirements

• Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 5-8 years of relevant experience or 9 -12 years of relevant work experience

Required Knowledge And Skills

• Strong working knowledge of scaffold planning and field execution, including erection, modification, inspection support, use, dismantling, access coordination, and scaffold safety practices.
• Ability to identify and resolve scaffold execution challenges by reviewing schedule needs, work area conditions, safety risks, resource availability, and input from project stakeholders.
• Sound judgment in selecting safe and effective scaffold work methods that meet project procedures, OSHA requirements, safety expectations, quality standards, and schedule commitments.
• Ability to read and apply scaffold drawings, sketches, work packages, vendor information, material requirements, tool and equipment needs, and field change documentation.
• Ability to communicate and coordinate effectively with construction teams, engineering, safety, quality, subcontractors, and other project groups while using standard construction planning, tracking, and reporting tools.

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