Civil Senior Superintendent

Responsibilities

• Develops implements and maintains PCL safety program including creating and influencing jobsite safety culture through mentorship and modeling.
• Consistently collaborates with construction/project manager and project team. Proactively identifies manages and resolves potential problems work conflicts or schedule challenges.
• Develops and implements recovery plan. Works with project team to anticipate and resolve project issues.
• Effectively communicates with own forces and trades and ensures performance productivity quality and safety requirements are met. Oversees subcontractor coordination and progress.
• Liaises with client other site contractors and office representatives.
• Supervises directs coaches trains and mentors the project team and superintendents on the same site or multiple sites.
• Involved in selection onboarding and placement of jobsite field staff.
• Visualizes and conveys vision of an entire project identifies and drives the project schedules critical path anticipates constructability issues and troubleshoots and embeds solutions in the construction plans and schedules.
• Works with the project management team to develop and implement the Project Execution Plan (PEP).
• Ensures compliance with district policies safety procedures equipment and quality control.
• Ensures prompt scheduling coordination and effective cost control pertaining to project labor equipment and materials.
• Influences equipment selection and construction methodology for formwork systems cranes etc.
• Reviews and understands the contract and subcontracts and develops a plan that identifies and mitigates risks (e.g. scope gaps) and maximizes opportunities to ensure that all financial targets including budgets forecasts and profitability levels are achieved.
• Assigns subcontract review to area superintendents.
• Stays current with industry practices and seeks new and innovative construction methods and initiatives.

Qualifications

• Journeyman certificate or postsecondary diploma / engineering degree in a related discipline.
• NCSO designation (IND) and Gold Seal certification required (CDN) certificate in negotiation or equivalent experience.
• 15 years of progressive experience in field supervision preferred.
• In-depth knowledge of and experience in the construction industry and company operations including building materials construction specifications and methods and procedures.
• Understanding of project scope and able to apply complex engineering principles to construction challenges and embed solutions in construction plans and schedules. Ability to complete value engineering and define scope and limitations for pursuits.
• Experience with scheduling monitoring and mentoring others on forecasting resources.
• Ability to lead and manage others including coordinating multiple scopes.
• Thorough understanding of contract language and ability to identify and mitigate risks and identify and leverage opportunities.
• Understanding of collective agreements and jurisdiction assignment for multi-trade sites (IND).
• In-depth knowledge of and application of safety and environmental principles/ procedures/legislation and demonstrated experience in implementing a strong safety culture.
• Ability to lead effective site meetings with the client consultants trades own forces work (OFW) and internal employees; ability to present at client meetings or for project pursuit work.
• Experience mitigating grievance and employee relations issues.
• Demonstrated conflict-resolution skills problem-solving abilities and professional judgment.
• Expert understanding of productivity rates or own forces work (OFW) Labor Cost Reports (LCRs) and ability to interpret cost reports.