Adams Construction Company is one of the oldest asphalt paving firms in Virginia. Since 1946, Adams has participated in the construction of every interstate throughout Virginia and most of the primary highways. Throughout the Company’s growth in Virginia and into North Carolina, it has strived to maintain a family culture in a corporate world.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

The Asphalt Paving Superintendent is responsible for the overall field operations with a safety first priority. This includes the production of quality products, scheduling and supervision of field personnel, controlling costs and production metrics, maintaining equipment and directing crews, ensuring compliance with environmental and other permit requirements. Provide supervision to field personnel. A good understanding of state, local and private requirements and regulations. Including VDOT highway paving regulations

DUTIES / RESPONSIBLILITIES:

• Ensures the safety of crew members and the public who may interact with job.

• Trains Asphalt Foremen and new crew members.

• Calculates the number of trucks required to haul asphalt from the hot plant according to vehicle capacity, traffic conditions, distance from work site, and productivity of drivers.

• Tours job sites to ascertain progress in meeting time schedules, to detect insufficient utilization of workers and equipment, ensure slope and material thickness to verify compliance with contracts, and to supervise the job.

• Supervises and coordinates crew activities, studies production schedules, and estimates work requirements for completion of job assignment in compliance with or beating the job estimate.

• Maintains time and materials records necessary to complete daily job costing, prepares progress reports material used, cost and adjusts work schedule accordingly.

• Maintains company policies.

• Recommends measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, product quality, and crew performance.

• Will directly supervise multiple crews.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.

• The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.

• The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object.

• The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.

• The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears.

• The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.

• The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.

• The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.

• The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.

• The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene.

• The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position .

QUALIFICATIONS:

• High School diploma or GED

• Reliable Transportation

• Minimum 3 years experience operating heavy equipment

• Must have Jobsite skills and on the job training and/or education in engineering to possess the proper attributes of a skilled worker and team leader. Must be able to physically climb and lift/carry 25 to 50 pounds. Sit or drive approximately 60%; stand or walk approximately 40% of a 10 to 12 hour shift.

• Set up and maintenance of all traffic control aid

BENEFITS

• Health

• Dental

• Vision

• Life Insurance

• 401K

• Paid Vacation

• Paid Sick Leave

This job description includes, but is not limited to those duties and responsibilities listed above. Employees will follow any other instructions and perform any other related duties, as may be required by their supervisors.

Adams Construction Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer