Superintendent - Kent Companies

Summary
In conjunction with the operations team, the Superintendent manages all project planning and proactively monitors and verifies project execution, including safety, schedule, cost, and quality. The Superintendent is also responsible for identifying and resolving conflict and assuring efficient internal and external communication.  

Duties and responsibilities

• Monitor productivity, efficiency, and profitability for all current projects, including the correct allocation of resources.
• Acts as a resource by mentoring, training, and developing personnel in all aspects of their careers.
• Works with the Project Manager to develop a construction plan, including schedule, equipment, and buyout.
• Works with the Project Manager to ensure all required materials, equipment, and inspections support the project schedule.
• Oversees total job site construction effort to ensure the project is constructed following design, budget, and schedule.
• Supervises various subcontractors, foremen, and craftsmen to ensure projects are properly executed.
• Locate materials, formwork, equipment, and tools on and offsite and direct others to utilize them to meet established production and quality goals.
• Train and manage others to properly maintain all equipment, form boards, and tools so that they are in a safe and reliable working condition.
• Properly lay out all work based on drawings and given survey points.
• Responsible for all project safety, including fall protection, barricades, and other safety systems.
• Works with the Project Manager to maintain as-built drawings, incorporating all RFI's, supplemental drawings, and miscellaneous updates.
• Managed field crews in leadership and utilized the time clock tool (ExakTime).
• Perform detailed, concise, and professional daily reports using the Construction & Maintenance Logbook (Green Books).
• Submit a 2-week schedule look ahead to General Superintendent weekly.

Other Duties
Please note 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 and Responsibilities are not comprehensive and can be changed at any time, with or without notice.  

Required Experience, Education, and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, or business management or ten years of experience in the concrete construction industry, along with five years in a leadership capacity.
• Working knowledge of various construction disciplines and safety regulations and how to apply them.
• Understanding of cost management processes, planning, and scheduling.
• Practical written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to read, interpret, and execute construction drawings and contract specifications. Resolving discrepancies as needed.
• Proven experience in producing look-ahead schedules and working with other construction documents as required by the project and leadership.
• General problem-solving/conflict-resolution skills.
• Understand basic project financial information (monthly cost projections, labor cost reports, etc.)

Preferred Education and Experience
10+ years of experience working in construction as a sub-contractor / trade partner.

Benefits
Kent Companies provides its employees with one of the most competitive compensation and benefits packages in the construction industry. Benefits vary by location, with a fully customized benefits package presented upon hire. Typical benefits packages include:

• Weekly pay
• PTO (Paid Time Off)
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
• Supplemental insurance options
• Retirement plans with discretionary employer-matching
• Holiday pay (New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day)
• Scholarship opportunities for dependents
• Leadership development opportunities

Work Environment/Physical Demand
This position requires daily driving to multiple jobs a day to supervise projects across the region. This position needs to be able to lift 80lbs. 

Position type, travel, and expected hours of work
This is a full-time field position. Typical hours will range from 45-50 hours per week and are subject to change. This role requires working nontypical days and irregular hours based on construction schedules. Due to the critical nature of the role, accepting phone calls even during nontypical workdays and hours is also necessary. This position requires regular travel to local job locations in and around Charlotte. Day/Overnight travel to other regions will occur occasionally. 

Office Location 
1223 Quarry Overlook Drive Fort Mill, South Carolina 

Perks associated with this role
Our goal is to offer an unparalleled career progression that is not precisely pre-determined, rather it builds on the teammate’s strengths, interests, and pursuits as the individual gains experience, grows, and develops in their career. You would be hard-pressed to find another ENR Top 6 Commercial Concrete Company that parallels Kent Companies.

About Kent Companies
Kent Companies is a full-service specialty trade contractor with operations across Michigan, Texas, Ohio, and the Carolinas. As a third-generation, family-owned business, we believe our people are our greatest assets. We employ over 2,000 trade professionals nationwide and deliver every project with our Four Hallmarks: Safety, Productivity, Quality, and Customer Service. Kent Companies is known as The Leaders in Concrete™ and continuously ranks in the Top 10 Concrete Contractors nationwide by ENR Magazine. 
 
Kent Companies’ family of brands includes Kent Concrete, Kent Underlayments, Kent Facilities, Kent Foundation Solutions, and Foundation Rescue Supply. 

Kent Concrete
We deliver comprehensive, turnkey concrete construction services for customers nationwide. Our services include structural concrete, tilt-up concrete, concrete paving, curb and gutter, and concrete pumping. From the most complex cast-in-place structures to mission-critical facilities, our customers turn to us because they know we’ll deliver the horsepower and expertise to get the job done. 

About Kent Companies Carolinas Commercial Concrete Division
Kent Concrete operates a Charlotte-based commercial, multifamily, and structural division. This team delivers comprehensive, turnkey concrete packages for our customers. Our crews perform a variety of scopes including foundations, slabs, Ductilcrete®, tilt-up, and structural cast-in-place concrete. With this team, you’ll have a hand in the projects that change Charlotte and the Southeast region. Learn more about Kent Concrete by visiting concrete.kentcompanies.com.  

EEO Statement
At Kent Companies, we value a diverse, inclusive workforce and we provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. Kent Companies’ does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all employment practices and personnel actions, including but not limited to hiring, recruiting, promotions, performance evaluations, termination, and compensation decisions. 

The Company will strive to ensure that all employees and prospective employees will be treated equally in regard to recruitment, employment, promotions, demotions, discipline, termination, access to benefits and training, leaves of absence and layoffs. The Company will further ensure that its management staff is aware of the Company’s commitment to this policy and each member understands their individual role in the process of administering this plan.

Kent Companies will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship.