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Earthwork Assistant Superintendent

Earthwork Assistant Superintendent contributes to the process of building the earthwork component of a project including site grading, road construction, road improvements, drainage improvements, road maintenance, dewatering, soil correction, foundation excavation and backfill, utilities and any other necessary civil improvements required for a project.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Manage a wide variety of earthwork and civil utilities applications
• Provide direct in field supervision of all phases of earthwork, site construction and underground utility construction
• Ensure timely project completion through project scheduling, coordination of subcontractor trades, expediting material deliveries to the management of material, equipment and personnel
• Submit field reports, track time on task, track onsite material inventory and deliveries
• Ensures that records, time and quantities are completed daily

Education and Training

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant heavy equipment operating experience
• Thorough knowledge of soils
• Thorough knowledge of site utilities
• Excellent understanding of contract documents
• Excellent experience with procuring, scheduling and maintaining large excavation equipment including dozers, track hoes, tractors, scrapers etc.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Self-motivated with the ability to working productively without constant supervision
• Ability to manage multiple operations ongoing at the same time whether in the same project site or multiple sites
• Ability to lead large self-perform crews
• Thorough understanding and working knowledge of the Vaughn safety plan
• Extensive knowledge of Vaughn procedures
• Able to contribute to daily and weekly safety meetings and audits
• Knowledge of means and methods to all earthwork and civil utilities construction scopes
• Ability to interpret the project estimate and maintain the project budget
• Able to contribute to Pre-Install Meetings, Site Safety Meeting, Pull Plan Meetings, and Subcontractor Meetings
• Ability to manage and execute project activities as required to meet day-to-day and overall schedule
• Ability to project manpower for duration of project
• Ability to understand and execute the requirements in project documents with regard to quality control procedures, testing, shop drawings, material approvals, samples, mock-ups and etc.
• Provide input on scheduling and placement of production crews. Ability to plan, create, and maintain a schedule for the overall project
• Ability to procure and schedule material to the project site

Additional Abilities

• Lift 50 pounds
• Move 100 pounds
• Work under exposure to inclement weather conditions
• Climb scaffolds
• Climb ladders
• Walk projects to supervise work being installed
• Drive vehicles for company business
• Ability to walk several flights of stairs on high rise buildings