Marine Superintendent

Company Overview: Our client has an exciting opportunity for a Marine Superintendent with successful and progressive experience in performing the field planning and management process of the bridge/ or highway related aspects of construction projects. The Superintendent ensures that the quality of work and materials are upheld and that the schedule is followed as planned as well as enforces and adheres to Company’s safety policies and procedures.

Position Summary: The successful candidate shall have a Minimum of 10 years of successful and progressive experience in the heavy civil marine construction field.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Works closely with the Project Manager to plan and execute marine construction projects and ensure their successful completion.
• Coordinates project objectives and plans with General Foremen and/or Foremen, and subcontractors as may be required, prior to actual construction.
• Works with members of the project team to secure the equipment necessary for the project to be completed.
• Attends pre-construction meetings to monitor the project status and obtain a grasp of the job scope and time schedule.
• Reviews the job schedule and cost breakdown and meets with the Project Manager to gain a complete understanding of potential challenges and problems prior to beginning the job.
• Maintains good working relationship with the Project Manager seeking his/her assistance in the scheduling of materials, equipment and subcontractors.
• Sets up the job office and equipment trailers, if required, and sees that permits, labor notices, safety rules, HR policies, and EEOC materials are posted in a conspicuous place.
• Works with the Human Resources Representative to identify and recruit qualified applicants for all craft openings that are required to adequately staff the project.
• Communicates with the General Superintendent or Project Manager daily to update him/her on project status.
• Maintains inventory control over tools and equipment making sure that movable tools are returned to the tool room and all other equipment adequately stored.
• Works with the General Foremen and/or Foremen to ensure that safety barricades and signs are in the proper place, as may be required by the job.
• Troubleshoots and problem solves as required on construction issues and problems that arise.
• Ensures that all change orders are properly executed as directed by the Project Manager or Project Superintendent.
• Meets regularly with General Foremen and/or Foremen to make certain that construction project deadlines are being met and that project work is completed on time.

Qualifications

• A minimum of ten (10) years marine construction experience on work barges or jobsites or equivalent experience in a marine construction supervisory capacity is required
• Incumbents must be well-versed in receiving and handling of equipment used for marine operations
• In addition, incumbents must have knowledge of the integration of various crafts to successfully perform their work
• Craft knowledge should include piledriving, crane operations, welding, carpentry, sandblasting, pipefitting and related areas
• Incumbents should also possess previous supervisory experience and be certified in First Aid and CPR

Necessary Attributes:

• Must possess the ability to adapt to different personalities and management styles
• Team player with strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to manage a team in an efficient and effective manner
• Self-starter with excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Reliance on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals
• Dedicated and hard working
• Strong leadership qualities
• Excellent attention to detail with emphasis placed on quality
• Very organized with a systematic approach to tasks in order to achieve accuracy and efficiency
• Professionally and technically competent
• Quick, sharp, confident, assertive, ethical and ambitious
• Analytical with the ability to examine issues from multiple viewpoints

Sunshine Enterprise USA is an “Equal Opportunity Employer—Minorities, Females, Veterans and Disabled Persons”