Civil Superintendent

NorLand Limited consists of multiple specialized businesses working together as one team towards common goals. We have the unique ability to undertake complex, multi-faceted public and private sector projects within a single contract. Our businesses have been making Anything. Possible. for over 65 years!

BEL Contracting, part of NorLand Limited, is in search of a Civil Superintendent with extensive knowledge and experience in urban pipe laying and road building. As a BEL Superintendent, you will lead trades and construction staff in the field, while coordinating their responsibilities and activities on multiple sites.

Key Accountabilities:

  • Creating and executing project plans to meet project schedules and critical path dates
  • Modeling excellence in safety, and ensuring that crews deliver on the high safety standards that we expect of all employees
  • Meeting production targets, while ensuring we never compromise on quality
  • Solving all project issues and scheduling conflicts
  • Using your understanding of job costing and forecasting to form a basis of decision on critical project tasks
  • Recognizing and managing scope changes

Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Developing project safety plans and ensuring the project team works those plans
  • Leading, scheduling, and directing trades, subcontractors and other construction staff
  • Mentoring foremen and working closely with junior field engineers on site
  • Teaming with the project manager to ensure seamless project delivery to the client and identifying critical aspects of execution
  • Solving problems and proposing creative solutions in a fast-paced site environment under the constraint of tight construction schedules
  • Participating in estimates of execution hours, equipment & other resources required for civil construction projects
  • Meeting with new and existing clients to develop project opportunities through relationships
  • Participating in pre-tender site and scope evaluations with the estimators

Qualifications:

  • 6-10 years of experience leading civil construction crews
  • Proven track record of successfully completing complex underground civil utility (potable water, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, district heating), earthworks, road building and other infrastructure projects
  • Experience working with Lower Mainland BC soil conditions in all applications (peat, running sand, glacial till, etc.)
  • Diploma in a related field of study is an asset
  • Proficient knowledge of MS Office software

 

The typical starting salary for this position is $100,000 annually. The exact compensation may vary based on job-related
knowledge, skills, experience, internal equity, and other criterion.

We are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion in our recruitment and hiring practices