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Who We Are

Ruby-Collins is an industry-leading, employee-owned general contractor headquartered in Atlanta, GA. For more than 70 years, we’ve been a trusted builder in the water and wastewater space, completing over $3 billion in work for communities across the country.

Consistently named one of the Southeast’s best places to work and a top contractor, our culture is grounded in safety and respect—every person home safe, every day. We value our people as our greatest strength and invest in clear paths for growth, learning, and advancement.

We also show up as neighbors. Beyond the work itself, our teams stay connected to the communities we serve, contributing time, expertise, and steady partnership where it matters most.

Industry-Leading Insurance & Benefits

We maintain a flexible and results-driven environment built on trust. To fully support our professionals and their families, we offer a premier compensation and benefits package:

  • 100% Company-Paid Family Healthcare: $0 premiums for Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance, completely covering you and your entire family.
  • Extended Year-End Rest: PTO plus an annual company closure between Christmas and New Year’s Day.
  • Comprehensive Coverage: 100% company-paid Short-Term Disability (STD), Long-Term Disability (LTD), and Life Insurance policies.
  • Financial Security: A competitive 401(k) plan with company match, alongside annual raises and performance bonuses.
  • Advanced Wellness: $0 telemedicine access and 24/7 personal nurse/EAP support networks.
  • Top-Tier Culture: Work within a collaborative environment consistently named a “Best Place to Work” in the Southeast.

Job Overview

The Trenchless Superintendent is a senior-level field leader responsible for the management, strategic oversight, and execution of self-perform bore crews and subcontractors on auger boring and jack-and-bore projects. This role focuses on long-term planning, resource allocation, site logistics, and coordination of multiple road, railroad, and waterway crossings across varying ground conditions.

Duties & Responsibilities

Strategic Oversight & Quality Assurance

  • Manage and optimize the performance of multiple bore crews and subcontractors performing auger boring and jack-and-bore crossings.
  • Ensure consistent production and coordination across pit excavation and shoring, boring, casing and carrier pipe installation, grouting, and restoration phases.
  • Review and validate crossing plans, plan and profile drawings, geotechnical reports, and pit and shoring designs to identify design conflicts or constructability issues before execution.
  • Establish and enforce quality-control protocols for line and grade, casing welds, and grouting, and lead resolution of obstructions, difficult ground conditions, and other complex field challenges.

Safety & Compliance Leadership

  • Serve as the primary authority on job-site safety, ensuring all Foremen, crews, and subcontractors comply with OSHA standards, company policies, and railroad, DOT, and owner safety requirements.
  • Conduct regular site safety audits to address risks associated with excavation and shoring, deep pits, heavy equipment, rotating augers, lifting operations, confined spaces, and work near live traffic and rail lines.
  • Ensure environmental, erosion-control, dewatering, permit, inspection, and regulatory requirements are implemented and maintained throughout construction.

Logistics, Planning, & Profitability

  • Develop, maintain, and manage look-ahead schedules with Project Managers and the General Superintendent, coordinating crossing sequence, permit windows, railroad flagging, and equipment moves.
  • Oversee the strategic allocation and use of bore crews, subcontractors, auger boring machines, heavy equipment, cranes, tools, and materials across multiple crossings.
  • Monitor project budgets, labor costs, and production rates, actively reviewing daily reports to identify variances and maintain project profitability.
  • Approve crew timecards, track footage and material quantities, and maintain documentation for as-built profiles, daily logs, inspections, delays, and potential change orders.

Qualifications & Requirements

  • Experience: Minimum 5+ years of experience in auger boring, jack-and-bore, trenchless, or underground utility construction, with at least 3–5 years in a supervisory or management role.
  • Technical Expertise: Broad knowledge of auger boring and jack-and-bore methods, including pit design and shoring, machine selection and setup, casing installation, line and grade control, ground conditions, dewatering, and grouting.
  • Plan Reading: Advanced proficiency in reading and interpreting crossing plans, plan and profile drawings, geotechnical reports, shoring designs, and specifications.
  • Financial & Operational Acumen: Strong understanding of production rates, cost tracking, resource scheduling, and budget management.
  • Leadership: Proven ability to manage multiple bore crews, coordinate subcontractors and permitting agencies, and mentor Assistant Superintendents and Foremen in technical and leadership skills.
  • Communication: Strong negotiation and interpersonal skills for coordinating with project owners, railroad and DOT representatives, engineers, inspectors, safety officials, and project management teams.
  • Compliance: Authorized to work in the US, valid driver’s license & clean driving record (MVR), ability to pass pre-employment drug screening/physical.

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