Theme/Rockwork Construction Site Superintendent

COST of Wisconsin has a unique role open for an experienced construction site superintendent with experience in theming or rockwork!

Summary

A site superintendent oversees theming and/or rockwork construction project phases, to include leading and supervising team members and subcontractors, tracking and recording changes, and maintaining project requirements, schedules, and work quality. This hands-on role manages daily operations. All work is performed efficiently, safely, and according to specifications, regulations, and guidelines at the sites. This role is nonexempt and requires 100% travel.

COST is a theme construction company that fabricates and manufactures custom creative projects for museums, theme and water parks, aquariums, zoological exhibits, and other unique clients. Check out our work on our website!

Location: Nationwide project locations, requiring 100% travel within the continental U.S.

Shift/Work Hours: M-F 7:00am – 3:30pm, or M-Th 7:00am – 5:30pm, or T-F 7:00am – 5:30pm

Direct hire 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

1. Lead and assist small- to mid-sized crews (up to ~20 team members and subcontractors), ensuring work quality meets company and customer standards both aesthetically and functionally.
2. Enforce safety rules in compliance with federal, state, customer, and company regulations and policies.
3. Orientate, select, and discipline team members as needed. Act as the company liaison for site team members.
4. Identify and address risks; act as a first responder for near misses, incidents, and injuries; and proactively implement preventive safety actions.  
5. Promote professionalism, lead by example; train and develop team members. Manage timecards and absences.
6. Adhere to project schedule/plan; coordinate and assign work of tradespeople, professionals, and laborers, while communicating with the project manager, director, contractors, and other relevant stakeholders.
7. Regularly inspect and monitor work for quality, safety, and timeliness; prepare and provide various reports.
8. Monitor the budget throughout the project, effectively manage resources, and communicate variances in a timely manner. 
   

Knowledge, Education

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Preferred:  Associate’s degree in construction management, architecture, or civil engineering
• OSHA-30 certification (training provided if needed); OSHA-10 required 
• Valid driver’s license, current DOT medical card (DOT physical to obtain card provided as needed), must maintain satisfactory driving record
• Demonstrated knowledge of blueprint reading, layout, site excavation and grading, welding, structural steel, and rockwork operations
• Preferred:  working knowledge of concrete pumping and shotcrete, waterproofing, and scaffold erection 

Experience

• 3 or more years of practical construction experience, including themed construction and rockwork
• Experience supervising others, preferably on a field construction site
• Experience efficiently managing projects to ensure scope, budget, and deadline targets are met
• Combined education and experience will be considered

Skills, Abilities

• Must demonstrate COST’s Core and Leadership Competencies
• Leadership skills, ability to monitor and measure work, and the ability to get results despite ambiguity
• Customer focus, to include understanding and meeting customer expectations
• Motivational, with the ability to share the company’s vision, recognize strong performers, and promote and implement policies and procedures
• Analytical thinker who logically breaks down problems to create solutions
• Strong time management and influencing skills
• Technology skills to include Microsoft Office -- Word, Excel, and Outlook; preferred:  ProCore software skills
• Flexible, open to change, able to multitask, able to pivot based on customer and company needs and deadlines
• Effective communication skills, including verbal, written, presentation, and listening
• Ability to read, understand, and execute blueprints, drawings, directions, and plans
• Solid understanding of quality building practices
• Preferred:  artistic skills 
  

Benefits

• Company credit card for company purchases and travel
• Company cell phone
• Company truck (issued within 1 year of start date and completion of applicable pre-employment screens)
• Travel time pay
• Lodging reimbursement
• Fuel reimbursement
• 1 roundtrip flight home per month during 1st year
• 2 roundtrip flights home per month after completion of 1 year
• Airport parking allowance
• Paid time off
• 8 paid holidays
• Company paid basic life insurance
• Medical insurance
• Voluntary insurance: dental, short term disability, term life, critical illness, and accident insurance
• 401(k)
• Quarterly variable pay bonus

Physical Demands

• Strength and stamina, including regularly using hands to handle, or feel; regularly walk, stand, climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Must have close, distance, color, and peripheral vision; depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
• Must lift 70 lbs. from floor to waist, 90 lbs. from waist to chest, and 25 lbs. chest to above head. Must carry 50 lbs. for 50 ft., push a 100 lb. wheeled cart for 100 ft., and drag 50 lbs. for 100 ft. 
  

Work Environment

• Site location is based on the assignment (within the continental U.S.); travel, lodging, and fuel expenses are paid according to policy
• Standard construction and field environment includes exposure to odors, fumes, varying weather conditions, airborne particles, and machinery noise (moderate to loud)
• Overtime may be required, depending on project deadline and travel needs
  

The above statements reflect the general details necessary to describe the principle functions of the occupation and shall not be construed as a detailed description of all the work that may be inherent in the occupation. COST of Wisconsin, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.