Superintendent - Civil, Pipeline and Earthworks

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Project Overview:

Bechtel Mining and Metals offers engineering, procurement, and construction services for customers in the mining sector across multiple commodities including Iron Ore, Bauxite, Alumina, Aluminium, Copper, Gold, Coal, Lithium and Rare Earths markets.

Headquartered in Santiago, Chile, the M&M global business unit also has offices in Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide in Australia along with execution units in the United States, Peru, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, India and other project locations around the world.

Job Summary:

The Civil, Pipeline and Earthworks (CPE) Superintendent is responsible for the direct hire scope of works. Superintendent is responsible for monitoring all appointed direct hire Supervisor and sub-contractor’s job site activities and ensure that the construction operations and contractor’s performance follow project ES&H, quality, schedule requirements, whilst maintaining effective relationships when interfacing with stakeholders.

This role is offered on a FIFO basis to North Queensland, operating on a 2:1 roster

Major Responsibilities:

• Construction monitoring and compliance of direct hire and sub-contractors, ensuring works are carried out as per the drawings, specifications and standards, as per schedule and ensures compliance to ES&H plans, quality standards and local/national regulatory safety codes
• Coordinate performance of the installation contractors, project status, schedule, cost control, change management systems
• Coordinate with contractors, engineers, client, and other stakeholders involved in earthworks and foundation works.
• Planning the craft manpower and interfacing with Industrial Relations for craft recruitment, hiring, and skills training programs.
• Input to ensure continuous construction work fronts availability through review of look ahead schedules, commodity charts, resource charts, engineering deliverables, material delivery schedules and any other service requirements including sub-contractor submittals
• Responsible for reviewing and approving the sub-contractor's submittals, technical queries, Field change documents and other technical documents including Drawings and As-Builts
• Maintains an effective relationship with other functional departments and coordinates all jobsite contractual activities
• Coordinates and monitors interfaces with other work groups.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Preferably a recognized degree in an engineering discipline or minimum 10 years of experience in civil and concrete works on industrial plants.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in construction projects in a contractor or a PMC role.

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Experience of large-scale bulk excavation and excavated materials movements
• Experience of managing large civil-pipeline scopes of work.
• Thorough knowledge of standards, specification and codes as applicable, including various safety procedures and practices associated
• Must be able to demonstrate good communication and interpersonal skills to maintain a positive work environment between all parties including the client, contractors, and other stakeholders throughout the project life cycle.
• Self-motivated individual with ability to work independently and exercise professional judgment, with a passion to take ownership of projects and provide sound technical leadership to contractor’s staff and construction engineers
• Demonstrated knowledge of complex formwork systems and installation processes on similar projects.

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