Cost Engineer - Construction jobs in Orlando, FL

Summary

A hands-on construction site superintendent will complete on-site construction work across the United States, inclusive of overseeing all phases of construction projects, supervising on-site employees and subcontractors, tracking and recording field changes, ensuring job-site safety, ensuring project requirements and schedules are met, and maintaining quality and control of work. This role demands active participation in hands-on tasks while supervising teams and ensuring the highest standards of safety and quality. 

COST is a theme construction company that fabricates and manufactures custom creative projects for museums, theme and water parks, aquariums, zoological exhibits, and other unique clients. Check out our work on our website!

Location: Orlando, FL; Nationwide project locations, requiring travel within the continental U.S.

Shift/Work Hours: Varies: M-F 7:00am – 3:30pm, M-Th 7:00am – 5:30pm, or T-F 7:00am – 5:30pm

Employment Type: Direct hire; non-exempt

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

1. Direct, supervise, and work alongside teams of employees and subcontractors (up to 20 people on a team), ensuring adherence to quality, aesthetic, and safety standards.
2. Enforce safety requirements and ensure compliance with all federal, state, client and company safety policies. Conduct training, mentoring and disciplinary action as needed.    
3. Identify and mitigate risk on project sites; implement proactive solutions to safety hazards; and act as a first responder for all near misses, incidents, and injuries. Implement corrective actions to prevent reoccurrence. 
4. Facilitate professionalism of crew and work environment. Lead by example, mentor, coach and develop employees inclusive of addressing disciplinary issues.
5. Adhere to schedule and project plan for completion of assigned project(s).
6. Coordinate and assign the work activities of tradespeople, professionals, and laborers, while maintaining communication with project manager, immediate supervisor, general contractors, sub-contractors, and other stakeholders.
7. Regularly inspect work for quality, safety and timeliness; prepare and provide progress and jobsite reports.
8. Monitor budget throughout the project by effective people, time, and resource management, and communicate variances as they occur.
9. Review and approve timecards and requests for time off.
10. Adhere to all company policies and procedures.
11. Perform other duties and responsibilities as requested or required.

Knowledge and Skill

• Actively maintains awareness of and fulfills the needs and expectations of customers, ensuring high customer satisfaction.
• Inspirational leader who boosts employee morale and enthusiasm, effectively endorsing and executing company policies and procedures.
• Utilizes logical reasoning to dissect complex issues, identifying effective and efficient solutions.
• Demonstrates flexibility in adapting to changes and efficiently manages multiple tasks, adjusting project priorities in line with customer needs and deadlines.
• Proven track record in leadership roles, managing teams effectively in a supervisory capacity.
• Minimum of two years of high school education, complemented by 6-12 months of relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Possession of, or ability to obtain, OSHA 30 certification. Training provided if necessary.
• Must hold a valid driver’s license and a current DOT medical card (assistance provided for obtaining the DOT physical and card, if needed), and maintain a satisfactory driving history.
• Capable of reading, understanding, and implementing blueprints, drawings, and plans.
• In-depth understanding of quality building practices.
• Demonstrated expertise in reinforced concrete, site excavation and grading, concrete forming, closed PVC plumbing systems, welding, structural steel, and light equipment operation.
• Experience in concrete pumping and shotcrete, waterproofing, scaffold erection, and artistic skill sets are desirable.
  

Benefits

• Company credit card for company purchases and travel
• Company cell phone
• Company truck (issued within 1 year of start date and completion of applicable pre-employment screens)
• Travel time pay
• Up to $110/day lodging reimbursement
• Fuel reimbursement
• 1 roundtrip flight home per month during 1st year
• 2 roundtrip flights home per month after completion of 1 year
• Airport parking allowance
• Paid time off
• 8 paid holidays
• Company paid basic life insurance
• Medical insurance
• Voluntary insurance: dental, short term disability, term life, critical illness, and accident insurance
• 401k
• Quarterly variable pay bonus

Physical Demands

• Use hands to handle or feel; stand; walk; climb or balance; stop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk and hear.
• Close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• Lift 70 lbs. floor to waist; lift 90 lbs. waist to chest; lift 25 lbs. chest to overhead; carry 50 lbs. over a distance of 50 ft.; push a 100 lbs. wheeled cart over a distance of 100 ft.; and drag 50 lbs. over a distance of 100 ft.

Work Environment

• Exposed to typical noises and smells associated with a construction environment, such as exposure to fumes or airborne particles and production machinery. Noise level is moderate to loud.

The above statements reflect the general details necessary to describe the principle functions of the occupation and shall not be construed as a detailed description of all the work that may be inherent in the occupation. COST of Wisconsin, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity workplace.