Salaried Superintendent

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Manages a crew in general construction (utility, pipe, earthwork), asphalt, concrete, or bridge disciplines; maintaining the highest levels of safety and meeting or exceeding company and customer quality standards.

Essential Functions

• Supervision Received: Works under general direction of the General Superintendent
• Supervision Given: Assigns and directs work of craft employees
• Leads a construction crew* Executes work schedules* Assists with determining manpower, materials and equipment requirements* Ensures resource availability* Provides weekly schedule updates* Circumvents and solves problems that may cause delays in completing work; escalates when necessary* Ensures work complies with technical specifications, drawings and schedules* May perform construction work on the project
• Supervises craft employees* Assigns and audits work of laborers, carpenters, operators and Teamsters* Submits and approves craft dailies and timecards, ensuring accuracy of information* Manages performance of employees; ensures that work meets customer and company expectations for quality and technical specifications* Resolves conflicts and labor relations issues; understands contract agreements with regard to scheduling and assigning work
• Communicates with co-workers and supervisors* Advises project manager or senior managers of problems, potential problems, schedule difficulties* Shares information about work plan with subordinates, peers, subcontractors* Collaborates with project control, estimating, schedule and equipment to keep project on schedule* Facilitates collaboration among work crews
• Promotes and maintains safe work environment.* Exhibits safe work behaviors; evaluates work area for hazards; eliminates or controls hazards; follows and enforces all safety policies* Wears all prescribed PPE* Leads daily safety huddles and safety training; follows safe work plans* Ensures subordinate employees are following safe work plan and exhibiting safe behaviors
• Travel is primarily local during business day; some out-of-area and overnight travel may be required.

• Additional duties and responsibilities as assigned, including but not limited to continuously growing in alignment with the Company’s core values, competencies, and skills.

Education Qualifications

• Required High School or Equivalent or GED; work experience

Experience Qualifications

• Required 5+ years of experience in heavy highway construction industry, including 1 year of supervision
• Preferred Prior experience in heavy highway construction

Skills and Abilities

• Accountability
• Communication
• Decision Making/Decision Quality
• Ethics/Integrity
• Instills Trust
• Developing Others
• Drives Results
• Resourcefulness
• Union membership in good standing; or ability to achieve and maintain union membership
• Attainment of journeyman status (if union member)

Working Conditions/Physical Demands

• The work environment described here is representative of those that experienced by an employee performing the essential functions of this job.* Continuous exposure to a variety of extreme conditions at construction job sites, including heights, moving vehicles, stopped traffic* Continuous exposure to equipment cabs, including computer controls, dials, handles, knobs, switches* Outdoor conditions that include inclement weather, precipitation, heat, humidity, dust, asphalt and/or concrete, dirt* Regular exposure to noise, including horns, mechanical equipment, heavy equipment, jackhammers* Regular exposure to moving mechanical parts, vibration, fumes and airborne particles* Exposure to indoor work environments including job trailers, field offices or asphalt plants/labs
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.* Climbs in and out of equipment, job trucks or trailers* Uses abdominal and lower back muscles to provide support while walking across jobsite without fatigue;* Uses good manual dexterity (hand, hand with arm, two hands) and multi-limb coordination, with the ability to quickly move arms and legs, to operate equipment controls, hand tools, laptop or tablet* Possess excellent stamina to work between 8-12 hours per day

About Milestone Contractors

Milestone Contractors is a privately held, family-owned business headquartered in Indianapolis. Milestone Contractors is a fully integrated heavy construction company specializing in highway, bridge, asphalt and concrete paving and site development. Over its 30-year history, Milestone has built a reputation for prioritizing safety, quality, people and innovation. Milestone Contractors is a part of The Heritage Group's family of companies. Learn more at https://www.milestonelp.com/

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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