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Superintendent - Maritime

Location: Jacksonville, FL, 32202

Job Overview

The Maritime Field Superintendent is responsible for planning, directing, coordinating, and documenting all daily field operations on marine and waterfront construction projects. The role combines traditional superintendent responsibilities with specialized oversight of pile driving, heavy equipment, environmental controls, marine safety, and work performed in or adjacent to navigable waters such as docks and marina construction.

Key Responsibilities1. Field Leadership and Project Execution

• Direct all daily field construction activities and establish clear production priorities for crews and subcontractors.
• Execute the work in accordance with contract documents, approved submittals, permits, specifications, and project schedules.
• Coordinate foremen, operators, pile-driving crews, divers, welders, carpenters, laborers, surveyors, and specialty subcontractors.
• Lead daily planning meetings and resolve field conflicts before they affect safety, quality, or production.
• Maintain effective communication with the Project Manager regarding progress, constraints, staffing, and required decisions.

2. Marine and Waterfront Construction Operations

• Oversee construction of bulkheads, seawalls, docks, piers, wharves, marinas, boat ramps, dolphins, fender systems, mooring systems, floating docks, and marine utility systems.
• Direct pile-driving operations involving timber, steel, concrete, sheet, and helical piles.
• Coordinate marine concrete, structural steel, underwater work, dredging support, bridge foundations, and waterfront earthwork as applicable.
• Plan work around tides, currents, water depths, vessel traffic, weather, and environmental restrictions.

3. Marine Equipment and Vessel Coordination

• Plan and coordinate the safe use of barges, crane barges, tugboats, push boats, work boats, material barges, and floating platforms.
• Coordinate crawler cranes, rough-terrain cranes, long-reach excavators, vibratory hammers, diesel or hydraulic pile hammers, and marine lifting equipment.
• Confirm equipment inspections, operator qualifications, vessel documentation, rigging plans, and lift requirements are current.
• Monitor equipment utilization, fuel use, maintenance needs, rentals, downtime, and mobilization logistics.

4. Scheduling and Production Planning

• Develop and maintain daily work plans, weekly production plans, and three-week look-ahead schedules.
• Coordinate equipment schedules, barge movements, material deliveries, surveys, inspections, and subcontractor sequencing.
• Establish measurable daily production targets and track actual performance against planned quantities.
• Prepare contingency plans for weather, tide restrictions, marine traffic, permit windows, equipment breakdowns, and material delays.
• Identify schedule risks early and recommend recovery actions.

5. Safety Management

• Enforce company safety policies, OSHA requirements, USACE EM 385-1-1 requirements when applicable, and site-specific safety plans.
• Conduct daily safety meetings, toolbox talks, pre-task planning, and Job Hazard Analyses.
• Oversee fall protection, personal flotation devices, crane and rigging operations, confined spaces, diving operations, lockout/tagout, and emergency response procedures.
• Inspect work areas, vessels, access systems, ladders, barges, equipment, and temporary structures for unsafe conditions.
• Immediately address hazards, near misses, incidents, and environmental releases and participate in incident investigations.

6. Environmental and Regulatory Compliance

• Ensure work complies with applicable USACE permits, environmental resource permits, Coast Guard requirements, port authority rules, and project-specific restrictions.
• Coordinate turbidity controls, protected-species monitoring, spill prevention, stormwater controls, and environmental inspection requirements.
• Maintain required permits and environmental records onsite and coordinate with environmental consultants and inspectors.
• Stop or modify work when environmental limits or permit conditions are at risk of being exceeded.

7. Quality Control

• Inspect installed work for compliance with plans, specifications, approved shop drawings, tolerances, and manufacturer requirements.
• Verify material deliveries, certifications, pile lengths, welds, concrete placement, reinforcing steel, embedments, and survey control.
• Maintain pile-driving logs, concrete records, weld inspection records, survey documentation, as-built information, and quality checklists.
• Coordinate testing agencies, owner inspections, engineer observations, deficiencies, corrective work, and punch-list completion.
• Prevent rework by confirming layout, elevations, materials, and approvals before installation.

8. Project Documentation and Reporting

• Prepare accurate daily reports documenting manpower, subcontractors, equipment, work activities, quantities, deliveries, inspections, weather, tide conditions, delays, and photographs.
• Maintain current drawings, specifications, RFIs, submittals, permits, change directives, and field revisions onsite.
• Document owner-caused, design-related, weather-related, access-related, and third-party delays in sufficient detail to support schedule and cost records.
• Review and approve crew timecards, equipment reports, delivery tickets, and subcontractor daily reports.
• Provide timely information needed for progress billing, change-order pricing, schedule updates, and project closeout.

9. Cost and Productivity Control

• Monitor labor productivity, installed quantities, equipment utilization, overtime, material consumption, and production rates.
• Compare actual field performance to budgets and planned crew compositions.
• Identify cost overruns, waste, inefficiencies, or scope gaps and promptly report them to project management.
• Protect completed work, stored materials, owner-furnished items, and rented equipment from damage or loss.
• Support change-order documentation by tracking labor, material, equipment, subcontractor, and delay impacts.

10. Coordination and Stakeholder Communication

• Coordinate daily with owners, engineers, inspectors, port authorities, Coast Guard representatives, surveyors, utility companies, suppliers, and subcontractors.
• Participate in progress meetings, coordination meetings, safety meetings, and schedule reviews.
• Communicate marine traffic restrictions, closures, navigational impacts, delivery constraints, and public-safety requirements.
• Maintain professional relationships while protecting the contractor’s contractual rights and documenting decisions affecting the work.

Required Qualifications and Certifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Maritime Engineering, Construction Management, or related field preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in maritime field supervision or related maritime operations.
• Relevant certifications in maritime safety or project management are a plus.

• Ability to work outdoors in heat, cold, rain, wind, and changing marine conditions.
• Ability to walk on uneven ground, docks, barges, temporary platforms, and active construction sites.
• Ability to climb ladders, board vessels, use gangways, and work near or over water.
• Ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds when necessary.
• Availability for early starts, extended shifts, nights, weekends, travel, and emergency response as project conditions require.
• Ability to wear required personal protective equipment, including a personal flotation device.