Field Leadership & Crew Management

• Serve as backup to the Grading Superintendent and run jobs on your own when he is off site.


• Lead operators, laborers, and truck drivers: assign daily tasks, set priorities, and keep crews productive.


• Teach and enforce the correct methods for cut and fill, compaction, subgrade prep, trenching, pad and footer work, and erosion control.


• Check grade and quality using stakes, lasers, GPS machine control, and plans, and correct work that is off spec before it becomes costly.


• Plan equipment and truck needs with dispatch so the right iron and trucks are on site at the right time.


• Enforce safety on every site: toolbox talks, PPE, trench and excavation safety, and traffic control.


• Coordinate with general contractors, inspectors, engineers, and utility locators.


• Help evaluate crew performance and develop newer operators and laborers.

Regulatory, Permitting & Licensing

• Maintain a calendar of permits, licenses, certifications, and renewal deadlines.


• Prepare and submit grading, land disturbance, and stormwater permits (TDEC NPDES Construction General Permit, NOIs/NOTs, and city and county permits).


• Keep SWPPP inspections, BMP maintenance, and records current.


• Support renewals of our contractor license classifications, business licenses, and agency prequalifications.


• Track insurance certificates, bonds, and compliance documents for each job.

Bid Preparation

• Review plans and specs and walk sites before bids to identify risks and conditions.


• Help with quantity takeoffs (cut and fill, haul, aggregate tonnage), crew and equipment productivity assumptions, and pricing.


• Organize bid documents and addenda, and make sure submissions are complete and on time.


• Maintain a bid log with results and win/loss history.

Project Tracking & Billing Support

• Track progress, quantities, truck counts, load tickets, equipment hours, and materials against the job budget.


• Compile billing packets for each job with backup for materials, labor, and equipment (tickets, timesheets, equipment hours, and vendor invoices) so accounting can bill accurately and on time.


• Track project draws and percent of completion by line item and prepare supporting quantities for pay applications (including AIA G702/G703 where required).


• Flag materials bought tax-exempt that are installed on fixed-bid (lumpsum) contracts, so accounting can accrue the tax correctly. Training provided.


• Keep daily logs, photos, weather delays, and change-order backup.


• Report schedule, budget, and billing variances, and coordinate with accounting to keep job costing, billing, and draws aligned.

• 5+ years of grading, excavating, or site work experience.


• 2+ years leading or running a crew as a foreman, lead operator, or similar.


• Strong working knowledge of earthwork methods, compaction, drainage, and site prep.


• Ability to read grading plans, site plans, and survey stakes.


• Ability to operate or competently evaluate dozers, excavators, loaders, and rollers.


• Valid driver's license, clean driving record, and reliable transportation.


• Comfort with basic computer work (email, Excel, digital logs and photos).

Preferred

• TDEC Level I Fundamentals of Erosion Prevention and Sediment Control (EPSC) certification, or the ability to earn it within 90 days.


• OSHA 30 and competent person training for trenching and excavation.


• Experience with GPS machine control (Trimble, Topcon, Leica) or grade-checking rovers.


• Experience with estimating or takeoff software (AGTEK, Trimble Business Center, Bluebeam, PlanSwift).


• Experience with construction billing, pay applications, or draw tracking.


• Commercial or TDOT project experience.


• CDL Class A or B.


• Bilingual in English and Spanish.