Civil Construction Superintendent - Jobs in Vancouver, BC

Job Description

Why work for Lafarge:As the global leader in innovative and sustainable building materials, we’re committed to shaping a greener, smarter and healthier world. At Lafarge Canada Inc., safety comes first, collaboration matters and diversity is celebrated with people who share our desire to continually make our materials better.Do you have the drive, the skills, and the passion to join usOverview:The Superintendent Road Construction is responsible for overseeing daily field operations, coordinating with owners and general contractors, and organizing crews and sub-contractors. The Superintendent Road Construction is responsible for ensuring contracts are completed safely, on time, on budget, in compliance with specifications and customer expectations, ensures accurate revenue and cost information is provided to the accounting staff in a timely matter, and to review invoices and cost reports prior to release.The Superintendent Road Construction is integral in developing and maintaining the capability of the GVA operations organization to increase construction revenue and capability. This includes coaching and mentoring direct reports and continually promoting a culture of agility, collaboration, and empowerment (ACE) enabling continuous improvement.Responsibilities:Health and Safety:

• Ensures safe and healthy working conditions in sites under his/her responsibility
• Ensure strict compliance with all health and safety rules and country regulations
• Ensure daily accountabilities are being met by reports
• Engage with all levels of employees, ensuring personnel are actively seeking solutions to identified risks
• Ensure contractors are active in Avetta

Operations Management:

• Constant monitoring of crews to ensure safety standards are adhered to
• Schedule crews to meet completion dates
• Lead foremen in coordinating daily tasks, including personnel, equipment, and materials
• Maintain quality as per specifications
• Minimizing deficiencies and rework
• Maintain a daily diary
• Estimate and/or assist estimators with tenders
• Assist in effective fleet management including equipment utilization, mobilization, maintenance
• Ensure that expectations are clearly defined to workers
• Attend and participate in project meetings
• Sign off on payroll
• Troubleshoot and resolve concerns regarding constructability with project team
• Manage field projects

Customer Focus:

• Work with customers to resolve problems either internal or external
• Promotes solution-based selling to maintain strong customer relationships and be proactive in understanding customer needs
• Maintain and develop strong working relationships with customers and/or representatives
• Close collaboration with colleagues within the Construction management teams, other product lines and project stakeholders
• Promotes extra products and services including coaching internal customer contact points on this topic
• Promote branded products

Financial Management:

• Responsible for following processes and monitoring results in order to meet all financial targets, including budgets, forecasts and profitability levels
• Responsible for accurate and timely entry and maintenance of data in order to support job cost accountants
• Timely and accurate customer account management following standard operating procedure

People Management:

• Supervise, train, and act as mentor to all crews
• Promotes an ACE culture
• ‘Walks the floor.’ Takes the time to be present in all locations of the operations, and to be open to all levels of the organization, to communication and concerns
• Recruiting and hiring qualified employees
• Ensure the right persons are in the right position, reflecting the Group diversity commitments. Hires and dismisses staff in co-ordination with HR, as required.

Environment, Land & Community Relations:

• Ensure environmental standards are met and adhered to
• Ensure strict compliance to all environmental regulations
• Ensure interruptions/disruptions to the community are clearly communicated

Dimensions:

• Direct Reports: 1-40 Unionized hourly
• Indirect Reports: 0-5 Salaried
• Relationships: Working relationships with owners, engineers, consultants and the public. Internally works with all departments which are directly or indirectly involved with the project.
• Volumes: Project can vary in size and scope
• Project Locations can be anywhere located in Greater Vancouver Regional District and Fraser Valley
• Hours of work may vary and 5 days a week but weekends and night shifts are required.

Specific Accountabilities

• Review project contract documents organize crews, materials; plan, organize and schedule work and determine cost effectiveness; lay out traffic control plans with rental vendors and contractors
• Throughout project execution, attend job progress meetings to ensure compliance to contract specifications submitted scheduling and quality standards
• Consult with clients, vendors, subcontractors and others to discuss and formulate estimates, organize and manage contracts and resolve issues
• Order materials and delivery specific to the project
• Supervise subcontractor activities and coordinate activities between subcontractors and operations

Qualifications:Education:

• Engineering diploma or equivalent from a college or technical school; a minimum five years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience

Experience and Skill Set:

• Minimum of 5 years of field experience
• Good knowledge of Asphalt Milling, Paving, Road Building Construction and working in unionized environment
• Proven team leadership
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
• Strong communication, negotiation and change management skills
• Ability to foster and grow a strong safety culture
• Independent thinker with a high capacity of working under pressure and stress
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret plans and specifications, professional journals, technical procedures, and governmental regulations
• Ability to effectively present information in writing, and respond to questions from a group of managers, clients, customers and the general public
• Ability to calculate figures, amounts, such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area circumference and volume
• Ability to apply basic concepts of algebra and geometry
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form
• Computer proficient in word processing and spreadsheet applications

Competencies:

• Leading People
• Effective Communicator
• Ability to motivate and influence
• Conflict Management
• Building effective teams
• Managing Diversity
• Drive for Results
• Delegation
• Customer Focus
• Interpersonal Savvy

As part of our dedicated focus on the health and safety of all employees, a pre-employment medical, including drug and alcohol testing and a criminal record check, may be required.LafargeHolcim:As we are reinventing the way the world builds, we need world-class talent to join our Lafarge Canada team: people who are passionate, driven by curiosity and keen to grow, learn, develop and thrive in our high-performance culture.Whatever you do, you will make a difference here. Because we know that your passion and curiosity are the natural resources the world needs.Check out our YouTube channel to learn more about our operations and see all career opportunities at www.lafarge.ca/careers.We thank you for your interest. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. Lafarge is committed to the principles of employment equity and encourages the applications from women, visible minorities, and persons with disabilities.Quick Apply

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