Electrical and Instrumentation Superintendent - Construction

Reporting to the Construction Manager, Electrical, the E&I Construction Superintendent is responsible for overseeing and coordinating the construction contractors and maintaining the project performance goals. The Superintendent coordinates work efforts and ensure activities are sequenced in accordance with the project schedule. 

This position is expected to demonstrate and promote Blackwater Gold’s eight (8) behavioural standards. The behavioural standards should be considered when developing the positions key responsibilities and deliverables, qualifications and experience, and skills.

• Demonstrate effective safety leadership by addressing and enforcing BW Golds safety standards, procedures, and safety systems.
• Responsible for E&I construction supervision and administration including supervision of contractors and their subcontractors for assigned portions of the project
• Monitors overall job site health, safety and environment performance and verifies that contractors are protecting their workers at the job site
• Ensure that the works performed by the contractors under their responsibility is executed to the prescribed quality standards. 
• Assists in the coordination of the design deliverables to support continuous and efficient construction. 
• • Communicates the identification, management and resolution of deficiencies and non-conformance to the Construction Manager
  • Assists with site administration and record keeping procedures in accordance with the Construction Execution Plan
  • Assists with construction estimating, scheduling, cost control and reporting for all work being performed by the contractor in the assigned area of the project.
  • Job site point of contact for all contractors in their assigned area of the project
  • Develop an operations team to execute construction site development including; plant site preparation, non-process asset site preparation, road construction, and tailings site development.
  • Achieve required construction schedule milestones. Work to support includes:
    • input in to budgets, plans and schedules to support business needs;
    • input in to constructability reviews
    • development of time usage models, and field controls to guide operations team in the field
    • execution of Technical Services execution plans;
    • development of safe work practices and training programs for their area
    • accountable to ensure implementation of corporate, business unit and site-specific health, safety and environmental programs
  • Work collaboratively with the direct manager on key collaborative activities including:
    • employee hiring;
    • safe operating procedure development;
    • maintenance strategies.
  Assist with supporting employees within the Employee Development Pathway and maintaining appropriate records.

• 10+ years in self-performed E&I construction projects  
• Leadership of larger operations team of 100+ employees, or contractors
• Experience in large E&I commisssioning and construction projects, including Process plants expansion activities and related electrical construction, and associated instrumentation activities.
• Technical degree or equivalent years of supervisory experience required for a leadership position
• Minimum five to ten years’ onsite experience on major projects.
• Broad knowledge of the EPCM model of project delivery including the activities, interfaces and interdependencies of all project disciplines (engineering, procurement, construction management, and other project related disciplines)
• Comprehensive knowledge and ability to practically interpret and apply good construction practice and appropriate industry standards.