Job Title: Mechanical Superintendent

Job Description

As a Mechanical Superintendent, you will be a pivotal part of our team, supervising field operations and overseeing multiple Foremen and laborers/craft workers. Your key responsibilities will include organizing work methods, scheduling, cost control, ensuring conformity with drawings and specifications, and maintaining high workmanship standards. You will also build and maintain positive relationships with clients, architects/engineers, suppliers, subcontractors, and jobsite staff.

Key Responsibilities

• Mentor and develop Jr. Superintendents
• Review and approve labor rates
• Manage contract administration and communication
• Maintain good client relations
• Attend meetings for problem resolution and planning
• Oversee job cost updates and cash flow projections
• Review, approve, and negotiate changes and implement project completion plans
• Maintain daily records
• Conduct timely performance evaluations
• Recommend organizational, policy, procedural, or staff changes
• Review and approve promotions up to General Foremen

Hard Skills

• Organizing work methods
• Scheduling
• Cost control
• Ensuring conformity with drawings and specifications
• Contract administration
• Job cost updates
• Cash flow projections
• Negotiating changes
• Operating hand and power tools

Soft Skills

• Mentoring and developing Jr. Superintendents
• Maintaining good client relations
• Problem resolution
• Planning
• Conducting performance evaluations
• Recommending staff changes

Job Type

This is a Contract-to-Hire position.

Work Site

This is a fully on-site position in Santa Ana, California.

Work Environment

You will be working 100% of the time at a construction job site, either in a trailer or in the field.

Culture

This role requires a hands-on approach, getting involved in the details and not being confined to a desk.

Team Size

You will be part of a team of 40 people, including 25 field workers, 1 estimator, 1 operations manager, 6 project managers, and 3 superintendents.

Hours/Shift

You must be available to work evenings, nights, and weekends, with shifts up to 16 hours.

Physical Requirements

• Regularly works in outside weather conditions, including extreme cold and heat.
• Exposure to moving mechanical parts, vibration, loud noise, and dangerous/toxic substances.
• Must adhere to company safety policies and procedures and use personal protective equipment.
• Must recognize safety signs and signals both visually and audibly and exchange accurate information in these situations.
• Regularly ascends/descends ladders and stairs.
• Frequently moves equipment, supplies, and tools weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Regularly required to stoop, squat, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Requires good manual dexterity, coordination, and stamina, with constant movement and use of limbs.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At Actalent, diversity and inclusion are a bridge towards the equity and success of our people. DE&I are embedded into our culture through:

• Hiring diverse talent
• Maintaining an inclusive environment through persistent self-reflection
• Building a culture of care, engagement, and recognition with clear outcomes
• Ensuring growth opportunities for our people

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com for other accommodation options.

Salary : $140,000 - $170,000