Bridge General Superintendent- Lafayette

Title: General Superintendent - Bridge Operations

Location: Lafayette

Reports To: VP, Bridge Operations

Duties/Responsibilities:

Provides overall administrative and technical direction for construction operations in a variety of disciplines, maintaining the highest levels of safety and meeting or exceeding company and customer quality standards.

Essential Functions:

• Oversees multiple construction projects to meet design, budget, and scheduling specifications
  • Plans and directs personnel on assigned projects, directly or indirectly
  • Collaborates with the equipment manager and others for effective equipment utilization
  • Interfaces with client representatives, customers, suppliers, vendors, sub-contractors, and union officials
  • Authorizes and approves project personnel transactions, purchase requisitions, field design change requests
  • Facilitates collaboration between Estimating, Project Accounting, scheduling, and other internal departments to keep project on track to meet completion dates and budget
  • Provides strategic and technical direction as needed
• Manages financials
  • Assists with development of bids
  • Develops, monitors, and reports on operating costs within functional areas.
  • Makes recommendations and implements solutions to problems related to same
• Develops employees
  • Coaches and mentors field staff
  • Supports direct reports developmental activities
  • Ensures direct reports meet personal and professional developmental goals
  • Motivates employees and work groups to achieve productivity, performance, safety, and quality goals
• Communicates effectively
  • Represents company as project/company spokesperson
  • Shares information about project status with senior management; makes presentations to small and large groups
  • Facilitates collaboration among work groups
  • Resolves conflicts and labor relations issues; understands contract agreements regarding scheduling and assigning work
• Promotes and maintains safe work environment.
  • Exhibits safe work behaviors; evaluates work area for hazards; eliminates or controls hazards
  • Wears all prescribed PPE
  • Ensures employees are following safety policies and exhibiting safe behaviors

Qualifications/Competencies:

• Bachelor's Degree in Construction Mgmt, Construction Engineering Mgmt, Civil Engineering, Business Administration, or other related field; OR equivalent work experience; OR a combination of a lesser degree and equivalent work experience
• 5 or more years' experience in bridge construction management position in heavy highway industry

Qualifications/Competencies:

• Bachelor's Degree in Construction Mgmt, Construction Engineering Mgmt, Civil Engineering, Business Administration, or other related field; OR equivalent work experience; OR a combination of a lesser degree and equivalent work experience
• 5 or more years' experience in bridge construction management position in heavy highway industry

Other Duties This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

EOE, including disability/ veterans

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