Civil Superintendent

Description

Join Our Team as a Civil Superintendent – Lead, Build, and Inspire!

We’re looking for an experienced and motivated Civil Superintendent to oversee field operations on solar installation projects. In this critical leadership role, you’ll manage construction activities, supervise crews, and ensure projects are executed safely, efficiently, and to the highest quality standards.

The ideal candidate brings hands-on construction expertise, a strong commitment to safety and training, and a passion for delivering exceptional results. If you thrive in a fast-paced, field-based environment, enjoy mentoring teams, and are ready to travel to project sites throughout and beyond New Mexico, we want to hear from you!

POSITION: Civil Superintendent

SUPERVISOR: Sr. Construction Manager

CLASSIFICATION: Full-time, salaried, exempt (Administrative/Professional)

Summary Description

The Civil Superintendent is overall responsible for the field operation as it pertains to solar installation. This includes project-specific construction management, crew oversight, as well as medium- and long-term planning to maintain readiness and to promote efficiency. This position requires the ability and willingness to travel to various locations as required within and outside of New Mexico.

Civil Superintendent Job Responsibilities

• Crew Safety – Civil Superintendent is to maintain a vigilant focus on safety training, safety awareness, and an overall culture of safety among all field employees. Avoidable accidents should be eliminated to the greatest extent possible.
• Customer Satisfaction/Experience – Civil Superintendent should ensure that all crew members promote customer experience.
• Installation Quality – Although a somewhat subjective measure, the Civil Superintendent must have a definite idea of what the quality standards should be across the company and enforce them rigorously. Correction notices should be minimized, and an overall culture of quality should be maintained.
• Installation Efficiency as Measured by the Installation Cost per Watt – Civil Superintendent should be actively engaged in month-to-month monitoring of the installation cost per watt and actively identify measures to reduce these costs where practical and so long as it does not conflict with safety or installation quality.
• Production Capacity and Readiness – This is generally measured by an ongoing focus on the number of installed kilowatts per crew per day. Acceptable minimums, as well as desired goals should be discussed at recurring operations meetings in consultation with the Construction Manager and General Manager.
• Employee Morale and Retention – Civil Superintendent should seek to maximize morale and retention as measured by crew member annual turnover. Single-digit turnover, measured by the number of individuals who voluntarily leave the company, is generally the desired norm, obviously with the lowest number possible being the goal.
• Training Level/Certification – Crew training and certification should be monitored by Civil Superintendent and actively pursued. Civil Superintendent should brief the GM and Construction Manager periodically, no less than quarterly.
• Vehicles and Stocked Materials – Civil Superintendent is overall responsible for the readiness of the installation fleet and the levels of “truck stock.”
  
  

Activities To Promote The Above Performance Goals

• Weekly After-Action Reports – Document that briefly details any issues experienced on specific jobs in order to provide a feedback loop to the engineering and design portions of the operations team.
• Review of Upcoming Jobs – Civil Superintendent and Crew Leads should be able to review jobs at least one week in advance to identify any issues pertaining to design, materials, labor, or other resources.
• Truck Stock/Equipment Storage – Civil Superintendent, with the assistance of Crew Leads, should maintain visibility on levels of truck stock to eliminate as much as possible trips from projects to various supply outlets.
• Vehicle/Truck Stock – Civil Superintendent should have a program to ensure vehicles are subjected to routine maintenance. Civil Superintendent should make routine inspection of storage areas and truck stock.
• Meetings – Civil Superintendent should conduct routine meetings to train crew members on company accounting controls pertaining to fuel, truck stock, or other accountable items.
  
  

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Provides coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees, initiating, coordinating, and enforcing systems, policies, and procedures.
  
  

Work Enviornment

• Able to work and maneuver in a construction environment.
• 100% Field Work.
• Working conditions: Outside work, noisy conditions, shift work, flexible hours, and schedules, not afraid of heights, standing long periods of time, extreme temperature conditions.
  
  

Positions Type & Expected Hours Of Work

• This is a full-time position. Hours often follow typical those of a typical construction work week. However, you may be required the work weekends or after normal business hours from time to time.
  
  

Travel

• Ability and willingness to travel to various locations as required within and outside of New Mexico.
  
  

Other Duties

PLEASE NOTE THIS JOB DESCRIPTION IS NOT DESIGNED TO COVER OR CONTAIN A COMPREHENSIVE LISTING OF ACTIVITIES, DUTIES OR RESPONSIBILITIES THAT ARE REQUIRED OF THE EMPLOYEE FOR THIS JOB. DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACTIVITIES MAY CHANGE AT ANY TIME WITH OR WITHOUT NOTICE.

Qualifications

REQUIREMENTS (KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES):

• Experience installing or managing solar PV construction projects
• Strong understanding of grid-tied PV system design
• Previous field management or foreman experience
• Strong leadership skills – ability to organize, utilize and motivate team members quickly to respond to changes in the construction schedule and scope
• Ability to read, understand, and edit (red-line) electrical and structural plans
• Good at problem solving and implementing site-specific design modifications
• Strong understanding of electrical wiring, theory, and the trade
• Strong understanding of the NEC Code and the ability to reference the code as required
• Knowledge of Universal Building Codes and building materials and techniques
• Experience supervising and managing subcontractors in other trades
• Experience working with city/county permitting offices and inspectors
• Proficiency on a computer in MS Office (Emphasis on Excel, Outlook, and web-based data)
• Ability to work long hours as required for the installation crews to work to optimal efficiency.
• 100% field work and must be willing to travel to various locations as required within and outside of New Mexico.
• Must have a clean driving record