General Superintendent – Place & Finish

Summary

The Place and Finish General Superintendent manages all project planning and proactively monitors and verifies project execution, including safety, schedule, cost, and quality. The general superintendent is also responsible for ensuring customer service by identifying, monitoring, and resolving conflict, as well as assuring efficient internal and external communication.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Oversee all place and finish operations across multiple projects to ensure schedule, quality, and production goals are achieved.
• Provide on-site leadership and direct supervision for superintendents, foremen, and field crews.
• Works as a team member and leader to pour, level, and finish concrete successfully.
• Provide direct field oversight for all concrete pours, ensuring proper place and finish execution, compliance with quality standards, safety expectations, and project specifications.
• Coordinate manpower, equipment, and material needs with project management and field leadership teams.
• Monitors productivity, efficiency, and profitability for all current projects (through weekly reports from project management), including the correct allocation of resources.
• Promotes workforce development by mentoring, training, and developing personnel in all aspects of their careers.
• Forecasts project schedules and assists in accelerating the work to stay ahead of schedule.
• Ensure accurate daily reporting, manpower tracking, and communication of project progress.
• Ensure company equipment is lawfully operated, cared for, maintained, and used effectively.
• Develop strong, collaborative relationships with customers and vendors, thereby helping to resolve conflicts and ensuring expectations are being met and potential future opportunities.
• Acts as the main point of communication between the field and office, including investigation and conflict resolution when challenges arise.
• Coordinates field hiring and management coordination with appropriate support divisions.
• Reviews and validates estimates with the preconstruction team once in the final stage of negotiations.
• Communicates directly with the general contractor’s field team to ensure expectations are being met.
  
  

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities required of the employee for this job. Duties and Responsibilities are not comprehensive and can be changed at any time, with or without notice.

Required Experience, Education, And Qualifications

• 12+ years of field coordination or relevant commercial construction project experience, with at least 5 years in a field management role at a foreman or superintendent level or above.
• Demonstrated ability to read, interpret and execute to construction drawings and contract specifications. Resolving discrepancies as needed.
• Proven experience in producing look-ahead schedules and working with other construction documents as required by the project and leadership.
• General problem-solving/conflict resolution skills.
• Understand basic project financial information (monthly cost projections, labor cost reports, etc.)
• Valid driver’s license
• Must have reliable transportation to the workplace(s)/ job location(s).
• Ability to pass drug screening.
• Must be able to work in the United States without corporate sponsorship now and in the future.
  
  

Preferred Education And Experience

10+ years of experience working in construction as a sub-contractor / trade partner.

Benefits

Kent Companies provides its employees with one of the most competitive compensation and benefits packages in the construction industry. Benefits vary by location, with a fully customized benefits package presented upon hire. Typical benefits packages include:

• Weekly pay
• PTO (Paid Time Off)
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Supplemental insurance options
• Retirement plans with discretionary employer-matching
• Holiday pay (New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day)
• Scholarship opportunities for dependents
• Leadership development opportunities
  
  

Perks associated with this role

Our goal is to offer an unparalleled career progression that is not precisely pre-determined; rather, it builds on the teammate’s strengths, interests, and pursuits as the individual gains experience, grows, and develops in their career. You would be hard-pressed to find another ENR Top 6 Commercial Concrete Company that parallels Kent Companies.

Work Environment/Physical Demand

This position requires daily driving to multiple jobs a day to supervise projects across the region.

This position needs to be able to lift 80 lbs.

Position type, travel, and expected hours of work

• This is a full-time position. Hours and schedules fluctuate with the project(s). This position needs to be available if work is occurring on the job site.
• This position requires regular travel to local job locations in and around Charlotte. Day/Overnight travel to other regions will occur occasionally.
• Typical hours will vary per week and are subject to change depending on the time of year and workload. This role requires the ability to work non-typical days and irregular hours based on construction schedules. Due to the critical nature of the role, accepting phone calls even during non-typical workdays and hours is also necessary.
  
  

Office Location

1223 Quarry Overlook Drive, Fort Mill, South Carolina

Perks associated with this role

Our goal is to offer an unparalleled career progression that is not precisely pre-determined, rather it builds on the teammate’s strengths, interests, and pursuits as the individual gains experience, grows, and develops in their career. You would be hard-pressed to find another ENR Top 6 Commercial Concrete Company that parallels Kent Companies.

About Kent Companies

Kent Companies is a full-service specialty trade contractor with operations across Michigan, Texas, Ohio, and the Carolinas. As a third-generation, family-owned business, we believe our people are our greatest assets. We employ over 2,000 trade professionals nationwide and deliver every project with our Four Hallmarks: Safety, Productivity, Quality, and Customer Service. Kent Companies is known as The Leaders in Concrete™ and continuously ranks in the Top 10 Concrete Contractors nationwide by ENR Magazine.

Kent Companies’ family of brands includes Kent Concrete, Kent Underlayments, Kent Facilities, Kent Foundation Solutions, and Foundation Rescue Supply.

Kent Concrete

We deliver comprehensive, turnkey concrete construction services for customers nationwide. Our services include structural concrete, tilt-up concrete, concrete paving, curb and gutter, and concrete pumping. From the most complex cast-in-place structures to mission-critical facilities, our customers turn to us because they know we’ll deliver the horsepower and expertise to get the job done.

About Kent Companies Carolinas Commercial Concrete Division

Kent Concrete operates a Charlotte-based commercial, multifamily, and structural division. This team delivers comprehensive, turnkey concrete packages for our customers. Our crews perform a variety of scopes including foundations, slabs, Ductilcrete®, tilt-up, and structural cast-in-place concrete. With this team, you’ll have a hand in the projects that change Charlotte and the Southeast region. Learn more about Kent Concrete by visiting concrete.kentcompanies.com.

EEO Statement

At Kent Companies, we value a diverse, inclusive workforce and we provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. Kent Companies’ does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all employment practices and personnel actions, including but not limited to hiring, recruiting, promotions, performance evaluations, termination, and compensation decisions.

The Company will strive to ensure that all employees and prospective employees will be treated equally in regard to recruitment, employment, promotions, demotions, discipline, termination, access to benefits and training, leaves of absence and layoffs. The Company will further ensure that its management staff is aware of the Company’s commitment to this policy and each member understands their individual role in the process of administering this plan.

Kent Companies will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship.