General Superintendent - Edmonton, Canada - Waiward Industrial LP

Waiward Industrial LP

Verified Company

Edmonton, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Waiward is a respected construction and maintenance service provider that operates one of Canada's largest fabrication shops based out of Edmonton, Alberta.

Our mission is _To Be Your Trusted Partner _which ensures we act with integrity in all that we do.

Through planned growth and development, we have kept our commitment to provide our customers with an unsurpassed level of service.

Waiward's historical and future success is grounded in our collective commitment to our core values.

At Waiward our priority is our personal commitment to and belief in caring for each other, creating an incident-free culture focused on; planning and acting to reduce health, safety, environmental, and quality stressors, participation and accountability, leadership and building competency and acknowledging good work.

Job Purpose

The General Superintendent will be responsible for leading the execution of safe & efficient work for a variety of projects and maintenance activities at Petrochemical facilities in the Edmonton area.

Roles and Responsibilities

Displays a commitment to Waiward's incidentfree vision, values, and culture;
Provide leadership that results in a safe work culture. Responsible and accountable for the safety of the crews under their direction and leadership;
Knowledge of the Waiward HSE Manual and requirements of the Occupational Health and Safety Act;
Knowing and understand the clients EH&S regulations and policies;
Oversee and help identify the crews needs for safety equipment;
Participate in and monitor toolbox talks, weekly safety meetings, and when requested by Superintendent, chair meetings;
Champion the utilization and adherence of Waiward HSE Program(s) including Nobody Gets Hurt and Pause & Assess through ongoing positive encouragement as well as active participation;
Instruct, inform, and support both Safety and Quality on all aspects of the project;
Involvement in any daytoday disciplinary decisions and those additional discipline actions deemed appropriate;
Recognize, address and resolve issues and problems among/between crew(s);
Set and maintain work standards and outlining behavioral expectations to ensure crew moral and productivity;
Work with Site Superintendent(s) to ensure equipment and vehicle maintenance and vehicle logs are up to date and maintained;
Support the development as well as ensure project plans and schedules are followed to ensure that all field crews perform daily and weekly activities to meet production goals;
Identify needs and deficiencies in the look ahead plan/schedule and communicate these to the appropriate persons;
Translate general work requirements into a prioritized work plan for each crew;
Review and adjust specific workface activities and tasks scheduled to meet established production schedules;
Champion a labour relations culture and adhere to labour relations policies and procedures by the crews under your direction. Support and provide information and leadership to the craft supervision as it relates to them meeting their labour relations responsibilities;
Know and understand collective and/or PLA agreements for your site/s;
Promote, support and facilitate teamwork by promoting and fostering a positive, viable teamwork attitude among all Waiward support staff
Ensure the work done meets standards and codes and that the implementation of work processes improves productivity and product quality;
Preparation of reports and review of craft supervision reports as required by Waiward;
Oversee and ensure Time Sheet Process is understood and executed by all craft supervision in a timely manner; reviews for accuracy/completeness and provides coaching and mentoring as required.
Reviews and understands the governing site contract and how it applies to Waiward's responsibilities pertaining to field execution.
Oversee and/or review and approve field work estimates; ensuring all required labor, equipment and materials are accounted for.
Oversee the execution of all subcontractor work, ensuring the align/adhere to both Waiward and client policies and procedures.
Responsible to fully acclimate and utilize Waiward's corporate Information Management System (IMS) as well as applicable network drives required to execute field work.
Lead the development and management of execution plans, project schedule(s) and contractual agreements.
Work collaboratively with site Senior Project Manager and (when applicable) trade specific Superintendents to determine efficient use of resources, materials and labor necessary to execute various field work in a timely manner;
Interact with employees, client representatives, subcontractors, unions and/or consultants as a "primary point of contact" for execution work; responsible for facilitating resolution of issues, concerns as and disputes as required.
Expected to promote positive community integration and actively participate in community sponsors initiatives rela