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Kokosing

Builds infrastructure and makes construction materials

Electrical Superintendent

Full-Time
No salary listed
Expert
Bachelor's
Milford, OH, USA+8 moreMore locations: Cleveland, OH, USA | Westerville, OH, USA | Elyria, OH, USA | Mansfield, OH, USA | Wooster, OH, USA | Fredericktown, OH, USA | Toledo, OH, USA | Middletown, OH, USA
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Building TradesElectrical

About the job

Requirements
  • Ten years of field experience with a background as a skilled tradesperson, or a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or construction management plus seven years of field experience.
  • A four-year engineering or construction management degree, or equivalent technical experience progressing through the ranks from Journeyman to Foreman to Superintendent.
  • The ability to understand and interpret safety laws, company policies and standards, and labor collective bargaining agreements.
  • A thorough understanding of basic and complex construction management processes and building techniques.
  • Prior direct profit and loss responsibility and accountability.
  • Advanced computer skills.
  • The ability to organize and manage multiple priorities, analyze and resolve problems, and exercise sound judgment.
  • The ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with a wide cross section of individuals.
  • An understanding of corporate and industry practices, processes, and standards and their impact on project activities.
  • The ability to manage a team of varied self-performing trade disciplines.
Responsibilities
  • Lead electrical teams for large-scale projects from preconstruction through final completion.
  • Take direct responsibility for safety, quality, client relations, project budget, schedule and job controls, vendor management, submittals, and procedures.
  • Plan, direct, and coordinate construction activities for electrical industrial projects.
  • Oversee one large project or several smaller projects across steel and manufacturing, power, data center, and mechanical, electrical, and plumbing projects.
  • Ensure project goals are accomplished within prescribed time frames and funding parameters personally or through subordinate supervisors.
  • Manage Project Engineers, General Foremen, and Foremen who supervise construction employees, with overall responsibility for team direction, coordination, and evaluation.
  • Set a safety culture for crews.
  • Initiate and maintain liaison with the prime client to facilitate construction activities.
  • Lead construction projects from start to finish, including planning, scheduling, and coordination, and help create and maintain project schedules to meet milestones and budgets.
  • Ensure team members have appropriate equipment, materials, information, and other resources.
  • Provide expertise and knowledge to team members, help plan difficult construction, and assist with start-up and closeout problems.
  • Work with the Project Manager and Director on personnel-related issues and actions in accordance with company policies and government laws.
  • Identify and minimize obstacles throughout the construction process.
  • Establish project objectives, policies, procedures, and performance standards within corporate policy boundaries.
  • Confer with project staff to outline work plans, assign duties and responsibilities, and establish authority.
  • Review project proposals or plans to determine time frames, funding limitations, project procedures, staffing requirements, and available resources for project phases.
  • Review status reports from project personnel and modify schedules and plans as needed.
  • Confer with project personnel to provide technical advice and resolve problems.
  • Coordinate project activities with subcontractors.
  • Analyze and execute critical path method-based project schedules.
  • Represent the company in owner progress meetings.
  • Lead daily field coordination meetings, weekly block schedule meetings, and monthly safety kickoff meetings.
  • Interview and hire personnel; train employees; plan, assign, and direct work; appraise performance; reward or discipline employees; and address complaints and resolve problems.
Desired Qualifications
  • Prior experience working on union projects is strongly preferred.

About the company

Kokosing builds infrastructure and industrial projects for public agencies, utilities and private businesses, mainly in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic. Its companies construct roads, bridges, pipelines, water-treatment facilities and marine works, alongside industrial plants and power projects. The group also supplies asphalt, sand, gravel and limestone and provides pipe fabrication and ongoing industrial maintenance. Customers engage its specialist companies for construction and related services, while its materials businesses sell products used on building and civil-engineering jobs. Kokosing was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in Westerville, Ohio.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Westerville, OH

Founded

1951

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What believers are saying

  • Learning has a dedicated platform: Kokosing University provides more than 100 online and in-person training courses.
  • Career goals get regular attention: Kokosing pairs team members with supervisors for quarterly development discussions.
  • Senior engineering includes profit sharing: Kokosing's lead construction design engineer opening lists an annual profit share.

What critics are saying

  • Heavy lifting is explicit: Kokosing's Staunton skilled laborer role requires lifting or moving up to one hundred pounds.
  • Bridge carpentry includes heights: Kokosing's Wallops Island opening requires working tied off to fall protection.
  • Tools are a personal requirement: Kokosing's advertised Virginia carpenter position requires workers to have their own hand tools.

What makes Kokosing unique

  • Ownership spans generations: Kokosing describes itself as a third-generation family-owned company.
  • Work stays in-house: Kokosing reports capacity to self-perform up to 80% of project work.
  • Equipment is owned: Kokosing maintains a private fleet valued at $500 million on its company overview.

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