Posted 40 months ago
Superintendent
@ Surespan
British Columbia
Overview
Surespan Construction Ltd. is hiring Superintendents with bridge building or pile driving experience for heavy civil projects across Western Canada. The role leads all field construction from project start to close-out, including crews, subcontractors, schedules and cost control. The posting requires at least 5 years of heavy civil experience and travel to project sites, and offers a competitive salary and benefits package.
Responsibilities:
- Plan and implement construction means, methods and schedules
- Monitor cost control, job costing and productivity
- Coordinate manpower, materials and equipment on site
- Supervise, mentor and train field personnel
- Organize and coordinate subcontractor activities
Requirements summary:
- Minimum 5 years of heavy civil construction experience
- Project management experience an asset
- Ability to lead construction crews and foremen
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
- Strong organizational and interpersonal skills
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Source and dates
Employer career site / ATS feed · bamboohr
- Employer posting date
- 2023-07-20
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-27
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-03
These dates describe the source record, not a live verification that the employer is still hiring. Check the original posting.
Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Construction trades |
| Experience | 5+ years |
| Manages people | Yes |
| Travel | ground: moderate |
| Work setting | Construction site, Client sites |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical moderate · computer moderate |
| Languages | English |
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Surespan
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World-class production pre-cast concrete bridges and steel deck portable bridges primarily for the resource industry.
Full company description
Surespan Structures Ltd. is a division of the Surespan Group. It is located on a 30 acre site in the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Surespan Structures is a youthful and innovative company founded in 1989, originally starting as a bridge building company. While we continue to build bridges in BC, Washington, Alaska and beyond, we have expanded our product line significantly to include buildings, parkades, marine floats & concrete roadside/median barriers. Surespan Structures is a proud member of the Cowichan Valley and Vancouver Island communities and takes a large part in the support of local sports, causes and families, including Cops for Cancer, Soccer Teams, etc.
- LinkedIn followers
- 569
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 19
- Reported office locations
- 3721 Drinkwater Road, Duncan, BC V9L 6P2, CA
- Other recorded names
- Surespan
- Surespan Structures
- Specialties
- precast concrete
- industrial steel
- surefloat
- and sureclad
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- No
Surespan Structures Ltd. is a division of the Surespan Group. It is located on a 30 acre site in the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Surespan Structures is a youthful and innovative company founded in 1989, originally starting as a bridge building company. While we continue to build bridges in BC, Washington, Alaska and beyond, we have expanded our product line significantly to include…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Construction |
| Company size | 51-200 employees |
| Headquarters | Duncan, BC |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Year founded | 1989 |
| Specialties | precast concreteindustrial steelsurefloatand sureclad |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 12 |
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Surespan Construction Ltd. is currently accepting applications for Superintendent positions (with Bridge Building and/or Pile Driving project experience).
Position Requirements
This position requires travel to various Project Sites throughout Western Canada. A minimum of 5 years of heavy civil construction experience is required. Additional project management experience is an asset. The candidate must be capable of taking ownership and leading construction crews including foremen. This position requires management of all field construction from project inception to completion. The successful candidate will have exceptional communication skills, written and verbal, as well as organizational and interpersonal skills.
Major responsibility is to provide proactive leadership in:
- Assisting in the selection of field site personnel
- Planning and implementing construction means/methods, schedules, productivity innovations, site logistics
- Monitoring cost control and job costing, quantity reporting, forecasting, productivity
- On-site co-ordination of manpower, materials and equipment
- Developing, monitoring and executing the project construction plan and schedule
- Supervising, mentoring, coaching and training of field personnel
- Organizing and coordinating all subcontractor activities
- Project close-out, responsible for final inspections, deficiencies, warranty work and site demobilization
Ideal candidates will be Project Superintendents with 5+ years of applicable experience in bridges, pile driving and transportation projects.
Compensation: Surespan offers a competitive salary package commensurate with experience along with an excellent benefits package.
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