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Superintendent

As a Superintendent for Cavan Construction you will contribute to our team by:

  • Working with the project manager to ensure implementation of safety program, including integrating safety program into all site plans and procedures and adhering to all safety and record-keeping requirements.
  • Effectively communicating and collaborating with own forces and trades and ensures that performance, productivity, quality, schedules, and safety requirements are met.
  • Proactively identifying, managing, and resolving potential problems, work conflicts, and/or schedule challenges. Contributing to development and implementation of a recovery plan and working with the project team to anticipate and resolve issues
  • Visualizing and conveying vision of an entire project, identifying and driving the project schedules critical path.
  • Communicating, liaising and developing relationships with workforce, clients, subcontractors and trades while also presenting at client meetings
  • Reviewing and understanding the contract and subcontracts, and developing a plan that identifies and mitigates risks and maximizes opportunities
  • Understanding project labor agreements and building relationships with union and labor representatives.
  • Supporting project pursuits and presentation teams at bid.
  • Maintaining project administration correspondence and complying with documentation requirements.
  • Other duties as required.

What you will bring to the role:

  • A journeyman certificate or postsecondary diploma/degree in engineering or a related discipline
  • 15 years of construction-related experience directly related to successfully supervising a construction workforce
  • In-depth knowledge of the construction industry and company operations specifically construction specifications, building materials, methods and procedures.
  • Understanding and ability to coordinate multiple scopes of a construction project including scheduling, monitoring and coordinator workforce and trade contractors
  • Ability to lead and run effective site meetings with clients, consultants, trades, workforce and internal employees