Superintendent

W3Global; Lafayette (CO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

W3Global is seeking an experienced Superintendent to lead field operations on water and wastewater infrastructure projects. You will plan, coordinate, and direct all on-site construction activities while ensuring safety, quality, productivity, and schedule performance.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on leader who builds teams, resolves field issues, and delivers projects that uphold the company’s reputation for craftsmanship.

Qualifications

• Hands-on leader with strong field construction experience.
• Proven ability to coordinate crews, subcontractors and field resources.
• Commitment to safety, quality and schedule performance.

Responsibilities

• Lead on-site field operations for complex water and wastewater projects.
• Plan, coordinate, and direct all on-site construction activities and safety programs.
• Develop teams, solve field issues, and ensure project milestones are met.
• Coordinate subcontractors, manage materials, and maintain site records and documentation.
• Communicate with PMs, owners, and engineers to ensure alignment with contract documents.
• Maintain project budgets, schedules, quality standards, and safety compliance.

Job description

Seeking an experienced Superintendent to lead field operations on complex water and wastewater infrastructure projects. This role is responsible for planning, coordinating, and directing all on-site construction activities while ensuring safety, quality, productivity, and schedule performance. The ideal candidate is a hands‑on leader who excels at developing teams, solving problems in the field, coordinating subcontractors and resources, and delivering successful projects that uphold GSE's reputation for craftsmanship, partnership, and operational excellence.

Project Kick Off

• Provide input to PM for CPM schedule
• Provide input to PM for various project plans & submittals
• Review contract documents and develop work plans for the three major phases of GSE's work: civil/underground, structural concrete & mechanical
• Attend preconstruction meeting
• Liaison with all site utilities providers and setup all temporary facilities
• Overall responsibility for project mobilization including providing direction to project support regarding all tools & equipment needed
• USA & pothole the site as needed including thorough documentation
• Implement SWPPP measures
• Coordinate with and responsible for survey & layout

Project Execution

• Capable of running a large project
• Required to notify the PM and if necessary, the management whenever something on the project of a significant nature could impact the safety of personnel, efficacy of the work, schedule, profitability or reputation & standing of GSE
• Expected to be knowledgeable, curious, and studious regarding all aspects of the construction of water & wastewater facilities
• Assist the PM in developing the plan and direction for the work on the project
• Prepare weekly wish lists that reflect equipment & manpower requirements
• Prepare three week look ahead schedules for weekly meetings
• Sets the overall direction for the crews on the project implementing the work plan, helping to trouble shoot and provide direction for field foreman & crews
• Job site hiring and dismissal of field personnel
• Responsible for written discipline of job site employees
• Responsible for building and maintaining a project team that successfully completes the project and enhances GSE's long term capacity
• Monitor project budgets, accountable for the profitability of the projects
• Creating weekly timecards through Procore including proper phase codes for work performed on time and accurate
• Perform the work in accordance with the CPM schedule and with the PM ensure that the project is on or ahead of schedule, over billed and with a positive % billed vs. % time ratio
• Help as needed with the processing of submittals
• Create, log & track RFIs
• Create, log, track PCOs including daily work tags filled out accurately, timely and signed by the client representative
• Ensure that the work is performed in accordance with the contract documents including RFIs, COs and engineer's written directives
• Maintain for record drawings and documentation including all pothole data, RFIs, COs & engineer's written directives
• Ensure that apprentices are requested in accordance with DAS 140 requirements
• Author some project related correspondence as needed
• Responsible for field purchasing of materials, tools & supplies
• Responsible for scheduling & coordinating subcontractors and enforcing subcontract terms & conditions
• Assist as needed in maintaining the bill of materials, ensuring that all materials are on site as scheduled for the work
• Approve project invoices through PVault
• Attend and as necessary conduct job site meetings with owners, engineers, subcontractors, suppliers, and employees
• Conduct weekly safety meetings, safety sweeps and JHAs including documentation
• Maintain SWPPS including training, sampling, inspections, and documentation
• Responsible for maintaining all job site safety including first aid kits, PPE, notifications & posters, MSDS & IIPP
• Responsible for training and assisting project engineers, foreman and job site administrative staff
• Responsible for ensuring safe work practices including preplanning and engineering measures for safety
• Work with PM & support to ensure that the correct equipment (including form systems) is on site, maintained and appropriately utilized minimizing rentals and maximizing productivity
• Responsible for managing the foreman & crews in all their duties relative to the project
• Responsible for housekeeping and ensuring that the operations are well planned and effectively & efficiently implemented (i.e., handling excavated material one-time, proper layout, limited rework, appropriate shoring & dewatering etc.)
• Ensure that the project is built in accordance with the contract documents and industry standards and functions for its intended use
• Be a primary face of GSE upholding our corporate culture and vision and as much as it depends upon GSE to leave the project with our excellent reputation for partnering and craftsmanship in place or enhanced
• Ultimately responsible with the PM for everything that happens on your project

Project Closeout

• Assist with coordination & execution of startup & commissioning
• Responsible for maintaining and satisfying final punch list with the owner's representative
• Assist in the completion of GSE internal project closeout documentation