Superintendent

Job Description:

UIC Construction, LLC is seeking a field superintendent with extensive vertical construction experience for remote Alaska construction projects. Site superintendent oversee all types of craft workers onsite on a fast paced construction project. Primary duties will include leading construction crews, field documentation, managing onsite subcontractors, scheduling work, and tracking productivity.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Reading plans and specifications, subcontractor contracts, shop drawings, submittals, and project schedules without supervision.
• Coordinate with owner’s rep, project managers, foreman, craft labor, and subcontractors to solve field problems.
• Understand and participate as an active member of health and safety program.
• Insure project and activities are completed in accordance with project specifications and plans.
• Able to manage both labor and equipment resources to ensure projects stay on schedule and under budget.
• Effectively communicate with owner representatives, inspectors, architects, engineers and subcontractors.
• Supervise and perform duties and operation of tools of the trade in strict compliance with OSHA rules.
• Conduct safety meetings and perform JHA’s when needed.
• Strong communication skills.
• Required onsite presence during construction activities.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Required Skills

• Must have comprehensive experience working in the field preferably in rural Alaska.
• Must be able to manage a jobsite with multiple employees and specialty trade subcontractors.
• Must be able to interpret specifications in blueprints, sketches, or plans to prepare project layout and determine necessary resources required.
• Must be able to plan resources and lead teams with both carpenters and laborers to complete projects in accordance with plans and specifications.
• Must have basic knowledge of related construction activities
• Ability to operate basic construction equipment, such as forklifts and loaders.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to perform duties and operation of tools of the trade in strict compliance with OSHA rules.
• Work well with in a team setting
• Must be able to have good motion of range for body and limbs

Required Experience

• Min 10-15 years of Superintendent/General Foreman Experience in Remote Vertical Alaska Construction Projects.
• Must have comprehensive working knowledge of Remote Alaska Construction.
• Must possess and maintain current driver’s license.
• Must have a punctual work history.
• Must have a high school diploma or Equivalent
• First Aid Certification
• OSHA-10 Certification

Applicants may be subject to a pre-employment drug & alcohol screening and/or random drug screen, and must follow UIC’s Non-DOT Drug & Alcohol Testing Program requirements. If the position requires, an applicant must pass a pre-employment criminal background history check. All post-secondary education listed on the applicant’s resume/application may be subject to verification.

Where driving may be required or where a rental car must be obtained for business travel purposes, applicants must have a valid driver license for this position and will be subject to verification.  In addition, the applicant must pass an in-house, online, driving course to be authorized to drive for company purposes.

UIC is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, age, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics EOE/AA/M/F/D/V. In furtherance, pursuant to The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 43 U.S.C. Sec. 1601 et seq., and federal contractual requirements, UIC and its subsidiaries may legally grant certain preference in employment opportunities to UIC Shareholders and their Descendants, based on the provisions contained within The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.

All candidates must apply online at www.uicalaska.com, and submit a completed application for all positions they wish to be considered. Once the employment application has been completed and submitted, any changes to the application after submission may not be reviewed.  Please contact a UIC HR Recruiter if you have made a significant change to your application.  In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), persons unable to complete an online application should contact UIC Human Resources for assistance (http://www.uicalaska.com/contact-us/human-resources/).

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