Superintendent - Mining

Loenbro is a trusted, long-term construction lifecycle partner to thousands of customers across the U.S. Our market spans all industries and our service offerings include Critical Electrical, Mechanical & Structural, Soft Crafts, Inspection, Underground Maintenance and Installation, and Fabrication. Our expertise lies in simplifying the complex and establishing long-standing relationships with our partners. We have a national presence but a local approach—every customer benefits from our capabilities and our care.

Owns the physical execution of one project. The Superintendent decides how the work gets built, in what sequence, with what crews, and to what standard of safety and quality. If the work is built safely, productively and correctly, the Superintendent owns that outcome. The Superintendent is the Project Manager's equal partner in the field — not their subordinate — and the two are jointly accountable for the project's success.

• Accountable for the safety of every person on the project, company and subcontractor alike.
• Execute the project safety plan; own daily pre-task planning and job hazard analysis quality.
• Conduct and document daily safety interactions and site inspections.
• Ensure all personnel are MSHA and task trained before they touch the work; verify, do not assume.
• Lead incident response and initial investigation; participate in root cause analysis.

• Select the means and methods for each activity within company standards; escalate non-standard or high-risk methods to the General Superintendent.
• Own work sequencing at the project level and the three-week look-ahead derived from the schedule of record.
• Plan and direct daily and weekly work through the Foremen; own crew composition and daily assignments.
• Own site logistics: access, laydown, traffic control, temporary facilities, utilities, housekeeping.
• Coordinate and direct subcontractor field forces to the sequence and schedule.
• Where designated Project Superintendent on a multi-service-line project, own sequencing between disciplines and enforce cross-discipline hold points: concrete cure before equipment setting, alignment before piping tie-in, testing before insulation, terminations before energization.

• Own field labor productivity against the estimate; know the budgeted hours for the work in front of the crew.
• Review daily labor and quantity reporting for accuracy before it enters the cost system.
• Approve crew timecards and validate overtime against approved budget hours.
• Provide the Project Manager an honest field assessment of percent complete for accruals and forecasts.
• Attend kick off meetings

• Own the quality of installed work at the point of installation; do not build to a punch list.
• Support Project Engineer hold points, inspections and testing; correct nonconforming work promptly.
• Own the punch list to completion at turnover.

• Identify potential changes immediately and report them to the Project Manager the same day. Never accept verbal direction to perform out-of-scope work.
• Interface with the client's field representative on coordination, access and sequencing only; refer all commercial, scope and schedule commitments to the Project Manager.
• Sign field T&M tickets to confirm hours and quantities actually performed — never to confirm entitlement or price.
• Attend Job walks as needed

• Field purchases, consumables and short-term rentals up to $5,000.
• Approves crew overtime within budgeted hours; above budget requires Project Manager approval.
• Selects means and methods within company standards.
• Directs all craft and subcontractor field forces on the project.
• Authority to remove any individual from the project for safety or conduct.
• Unlimited stop-work authority.

• 10+ years in construction with 4+ supervising field crews on industrial or mining projects; craft background preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to plan and execute work to a schedule and a budget of hours.
• Deep competency in the primary service line of the project and working competency in every adjacent line being coordinated; the role’s accountability and authority are identical regardless of which line that is.
• Working knowledge of drawings, specifications and inspection requirements for the disciplines on the project.
• MSHA Part 46/48; valid 5000-23; OSHA 30; first aid/CPR.
• Competent person designations as applicable: excavation and trenching, fall protection, confined space, LOTOTO.
• Qualified rigger and signal person where rigging is in scope.

• MSHA Part 46/48 training as applicable to the site, with a valid 5000-23 certificate.
• Company and client contractor orientation, and site-specific training, completed before site access.
• Valid driver's license and an insurable driving record where site or company driving is required.
• Ability to pass pre-employment and site-required screening, including fit-for-duty where applicable.

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This role requires compliance with all applicable safety regulations, personal protective equipment (PPE) requirements, and Loenbro's Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) policies.