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Austin, Texas, United States
Onsite
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General Summary
Essential Job Accountabilities
1. Safety Leadership – Lead Granite’s safety program across assigned operations; verify pre-task planning, coach field leaders, stop unsafe work, and confirm corrective actions before work resumes.
2. Environmental Protection – Coordinate compliance with project environmental requirements, including stormwater pollution prevention plan (SWPPP) measures, erosion and sediment controls, dust suppression, and spill prevention across active work areas.
3. Integrated Civil Execution – Lead clearing, earthwork, mass and finish grading, roads, drainage, stabilization, and related site work to meet approved plans, specifications, budgets, and schedules.
4. Field Planning and Sequencing – Develop execution and look-ahead plans with project management; sequence work areas, balance cut and fill, plan haul routes and access, and coordinate handoffs between operations.
5. Leadership and Staffing – Direct and develop Superintendent I personnel and foremen; forecast staffing, support hiring within delegated authority, and address performance and training needs with management.
6. Resource Management – Balance crews, equipment fleets, materials, and subcontractor support across operations; coordinate mobilization, maintenance, utilization, and demobilization.
7. Production and Financial Performance – Ensure accurate quantity and resource reporting; review unit production, labor and equipment costs, and rework with project management. Provide field input to cost-to-complete forecasts and lead corrective or recovery plans.
8. Survey and Grade Control – Coordinate survey and grade-control support; verify use of current approved plans and machine-control files and resolve discrepancies with appropriate technical personnel.
9. Quality and Turnover – Coordinate inspection and testing plans, grading tolerances, drainage, moisture and compaction requirements, and acceptance checks; resolve deficiencies and plan phased turnover with complete supporting records.
10. Trade and Client Coordination – Represent assigned field operations in coordination meetings; resolve access and sequencing conflicts with subcontractors, suppliers, client representatives, and other trades in coordination with project management.
11. Change, Risk, and Reporting – Identify differing conditions, scope changes, and schedule risks; ensure timely daily reports, photos, and project-team notification. Coordinate commitments with project management within delegated authority and support requests for information and change orders.
12. Completion and Improvement - Lead punch-list completion, site restoration, and field closeout; capture lessons learned, standardize effective practices, and develop field leaders for future projects.
Education
Work Experience
Preferred
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit and use hands to operate a computer keyboard. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust focus. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Subject to outside working conditions. At times will be working around large construction equipment, must be safety conscience.
Additional Requirements/Skills
Our Benefits at a Glance:
Building tomorrow starts with you, and Granite knows that you can excel only if we support you in and out of the workplace. That is why we offer a broad benefits package that includes paid holidays, sick leave, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, flexible spending plans, as well as special programs for musculoskeletal health, mental wellness, and more.
Salaried employees may choose from two PPO medical plans through Anthem BlueCross, including our most popular plan, for which 100% of the premium is paid by Granite for eligible employees and dependents. Employees can also opt into a Health Savings Account (HSA) or a Flexible Spending Account (FSA).
As part of our investment in your future outside of the workplace, Granite provides a 100% match on the first 6% of eligible compensation that salaried employees defer into their 401(k) plans, which vests immediately.
Benefits may vary for positions located outside of the continental United States.
Base Salary Range:
$100,791.00 - $158,746.00Pay may vary based upon relevant experience, skills, location, and education among other factors.
About Granite Construction Incorporated
Granite Construction Incorporated is a member of the S&P 400 Index and is the parent company of Granite Construction Company, one of the nation's largest heavy civil contractors and construction materials producers. Granite is a Drug-Free Workplace and Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.
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Notice to Staffing Agencies
Granite Construction, Inc. and its subsidiaries ("Granite") will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Granite, including unsolicited resumes sent to a Granite mailing address, fax machine or email address, directly to Granite employees, or to Granite's resume database will be considered Granite property. Granite will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. Granite will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees. Agencies must obtain advance written approval from Granite's recruiting function to submit resumes, and then only in conjunction with a valid fully-executed contract for service and in response to a specific job opening. Granite will not pay a fee to any Agency that does not have such agreement in place. Agency agreements will only be valid if in writing and signed by Granite's Human Resources Representative or his/ her designee. No other Granite employee is authorized to bind Granite to any agreement regarding the placement of candidates by Agencies.
