Salary For New Superintendants?

eric trost

I have a super. who has 15 months experience in federal goverment/GSA work. he's been with the co. for 8 years and has been dedicated.
BUT, he has problems running the crews, as in he isn't pushing or "hard ass" enough. right now Iam paying him 1050.00 a week plus benefits (health, co.truck ETC).
He is upset at his raise (50.00 a week) and says I should give him more. What advice does anyone have, should I kick him to the curb, or give him more. Please help
Iam at erictrost@pacifictech.info
thank you

Diesel65

I assume you explained to him that he isn't ramrodding the crew's as you would like ! or is it that you expect too much from the crew's?

If it is the former I would explain to him that his job performance is lacking, (explain the reason's) and if he can do a better job of running the crew's you will discuss a raise. Or maybe a bonus plan.

Communication is key with your employees, if you do not explain what you expect, there is no way they are going to be able to deliver.

Just my 2 cent's

Tscarborough

He has been with your company for 8 years and only has 15 months experience?

Bob Kovacs

it would help if we knew where you were. Here in NJ if you paid a super $50k/year, he wouldn't show up, yet alone "kick ass". In other areas of the country, that's livin' high on the hog.

Bob

Mud Master

I think he meant he has been with the company for 8 years..but has been doing federal government and gsa work for only 15 months.

I do work for the Federal Government and NSA, and trust me it is a pain in the ass sometimes to meet thier time limits and certain restraints they have on jobs. I have 2 foreman, one who has been with me from the start(12 years), and another whom I just brought on this past summer when I recently expanded from a 4 man crew to a 8 man crew. The foreman who was been with me for 12 years is excellent with the Governments schedule,expectations,requirements, and the constant change orders. So whenever I decide to do a job for them, it's him I put on the job. My other foreman is very good with shells and tenant fit-outs, which is the majority of what I do. He's done it his whole life and can handle the nominal change orders and production schedule, and I can trust that he will get the job done right and on time. However I have had him on Government jobs before, and he does not perform well. They pay well, and they pay fast, but it is very stressful to try to accomadate them to the extent they want, which is why I won't take all the work they offer. But for someone who dosn't have the backbone or the ability to get things done fast and deal with a constantly changing atmosphere when unexpected budgeting changes, they are just no good.

My advice coming from personal experience, you have two options. One. is to sit him down, let him know that while he is not doing a bad job, he is not performing the way he is expected to due to the type of work he is engaged in. Tell him what you expect of him as a foreman in your company doing Government work, and that if he begins to perform at the level you are expect of him, that you will consider a raise before the annual time rolls around again. Two. Put him on other jobs at which he can handle and produce, and use or hire another superintendent that can get the job done the way you want.

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Mud Master

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StormTech

Our supers get after a job because their bonus is tied to profit on the job. Not a bad pay structure you got him on but that would depend on the size of the job. Our supers are expected to handle anywhere from a $500,000 job to a $12,000,000 job. Experience gets you the bigger jobs.