Scaffolding Superintendent

Requisition ID: 282852 

•  Relocation Authorized: International - Camp 
• Telework Type: Full-Time Office/Project 
• Work Location: Thacker Pass,NV 

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Project Overview:

Thacker Pass is the largest known lithium resource in the United States. Once complete, the mine and processing facilities will produce more lithium carbonate than any other facility in the United States

As the EPCM contractor for Lithium Americas, Bechtel is responsible for managing and integrating the efforts of a team of contractors engineering and building the facility. The project is in the high desert and wide-open spaces of north-central Nevada about 25 miles from the Oregon border, 1 hour northwest of Winnemucca, Nevada and 3 hours northeast of Reno.

Job Summary:

In this role, you will monitor and organize subcontractor planning, safety, quality, and technical activities on a complex project with multiple stakeholders’ involvement, through the coordination and instruction of subcontractor’s management staff. Your field supervision will help ensure operations are planned to coincide with overall established schedules and that work methods are planned and executed safely.

Assigned to a field construction organization in a supervisory capacity. Responsible for supervising and directing operations within assigned discipline or area. Supervises and directs craft activities, subordinate superintendents and others, as assigned. Ensures assigned construction operations and subcontractors' performance is in compliance with specifications and within schedules and budgets. Performs general functions inherent in all supervisory field positions. #LI-NP1

Major Responsibilities:

• Monitors and organizes subcontractor activities, through coordination and instruction of subcontractor’s management staff within the area of responsibility.  
• Role supports on mid-size projects of medium to high complexity with multiple stakeholders’ involvement. 

Planning 

• Monitors subcontractor construction schedules, resource charts, and material and equipment requirements. 
• Reviews subcontractor construction methods, schedules, manning charts, and material and equipment requirements. 
• Coordinates the construction operations impact on external interfaces to ensure they coincide with the overall established schedules. 

Safety / Quality 

• Monitors installation of materials and equipment to assure conformance with drawings, specifications, vendor, and other requirements 
• Enforces policies, procedures and related work rules as established by field construction management. 

Technical 

• Supports Construction Field Engineers, Foremen, and Craft Professionals, in interpreting Engineering design documents, vendor documents, and other technical documents 
• Coordinates engineering solutions with Subcontractors, and Foremen and Craft Professionals. 
• Coordinates with Design on constructability issues.  
• Responsible for field construction operations within assigned discipline or area.
• Determines workforce requirements. Coordinates established area operational plans. Schedules work to be performed and reviews work accomplished by each craft. Monitors work activities and ensures the quality of work performed.
• Ensures the most current design document is used to complete the work and that all design changes are approved prior to implementation.
• Approves craft time records using established automated tools.
• Prepares reports and forecasts, including summary of construction progress, craft personnel forecasts, and expenditures forecast.
• Monitors tool usage on the site. Prepares Field Material Requisitions for tools and consumables and ensures that the crafts have the tools they require to be productive.
• Monitors the activities of subcontractors to ensure compliance with specifications and schedules.
• Responsible for the implementation of corporate/project policies, procedures and instructions within assigned operations.
• Coordinates activities with other disciplines or areas and clients’ resident representatives, as instructed by construction management.
• Performs employee reviews and identifies training and development opportunities for subordinate personnel.
• Ensures that Bechtel and local/national safety codes, requirements and standards are being complied with within assigned area of responsibility. Ensures the Zero Accident Philosophy is incorporated into every aspect of construction operations. Actively participates in scheduled safety meetings.
• Implements Six Sigma tools, analysis, and decision making in the execution of duties. 

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 8-10 years of relevant experience or 12-14 years of relevant work experience in Scaffold.

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• A recognized degree in an engineering or scientific discipline, or specialized courses in construction technology and management, and/or prior practical work experience leading to a thorough understanding of the knowledge described above.
• Knowledge of a single or multi-discipline construction or engineering operation.
• Knowledge of Bechtel’s Zero Accident Philosophy. 
• Knowledge of the Project ES&H Handbook, the Supervisors ES&H Manual, the Project Safety Management Plan and the Bechtel Core Processes.
• Knowledge of the Six Sigma program tools and methodologies.
• Knowledge of supervisory functions relating to field activities.
• Knowledge of Standard Work Process Procedures (SWPPs).
• Computer literate in word processing, spreadsheet and database applications in accordance with current Bechtel Standard Application Program (BSAP) standards.
• Demonstrated leadership in a team-based environment.
• Knowledge of the use of subcontracts, and the contractor and subcontractor’s responsibilities contained in subcontract documents.
• Experience working with, supervising and administering subcontractors and/or Direct Hire workforce

Additional Information:

Work requires the physical ability to conduct field inspections including but not limited to: extensive walking in and around a construction site often in high heat and high humidity conditions, climbing ladders, climbing scaffolding, working on elevated platforms, working on uneven surfaces, and working in small or confined spaces. Some lifting may be required. Must have the ability to walk into and out of the project (enter/egress). Must be able to use appropriate standard issued Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) required for each assigned task (i.e. harness, life vest, lift buckets, etc.).

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