Custom Pool Construction Crew Leader

Job Description

Job Description

Custom Pool Construction Crew Leader – Lead High-End Residential Pool Builds

Job Overview

• Company: Absolute Pools
• Pay: 32–38+ per hour, based on experience
• Location: Nashville, Tennessee
• Employment Type: Full Time
• Schedule: Monday–Friday
• Project Type: Custom Luxury Gunite Swimming Pool Construction
• Required License: Valid Driver’s License

The Opportunity

Absolute Pools is seeking a hands-on Pool Construction Crew Leader to lead a two-person field crew on high-end custom residential pool projects throughout the Nashville area.

This is a working-leader position for someone who can perform skilled construction work while directing an assistant, organizing the jobsite, solving field problems, and maintaining the craftsmanship expected on custom luxury builds.

Direct gunite-pool experience is preferred, but candidates with strong backgrounds in excavation, concrete, formwork, rebar, plumbing, or related residential construction trades may also be considered.

How You Will Make an Impact

• Lead and work alongside one crew assistant on custom residential pool construction projects.
• Organize daily jobsite activities, tools, equipment, and materials to keep projects moving efficiently.
• Read construction plans and use elevations, lasers, string lines, measurements, and slopes to guide field execution.
• Perform and oversee excavation and site preparation using mini excavators and skid steers.
• Build lumber forms and complete structural steel/rebar installation.
• Install and assemble PVC pool plumbing and related underground systems.
• Assist with gravel placement, drainage, equipment-pad preparation, and other front-end pool construction work.
• Coordinate with project management, subcontractors, inspectors, and other trades throughout the project.
• Monitor subcontracted work such as gunite, plaster, electrical, and specialty finish work to help ensure plans and quality standards are followed.
• Identify and solve field conflicts involving elevations, drainage, site conditions, utilities, or construction sequencing.
• Keep the crew assistant productive through clear direction, planning, delegation, and communication.
• Maintain clean, organized, and safe jobsites while protecting customer property.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• At least 3 years of hands-on construction experience in pool construction or a relevant trade such as excavation, concrete, plumbing, formwork, rebar, sitework, or high-end residential construction.
• Experience leading or directing at least one other field employee while actively participating in the work.
• Ability to read construction plans, measurements, elevations, levels, and slopes.
• Hands-on experience with several of the following:
• Excavation and site preparation
• Mini excavator operation
• Skid steer operation
• Lumber formwork
• Rebar installation
• PVC plumbing
• Concrete or masonry construction
• Strong field problem-solving skills and the ability to communicate jobsite issues before they become larger problems.
• Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation to local Nashville-area jobsites.

Preferred Qualifications & Experience

• Direct experience building custom gunite or shotcrete swimming pools.
• Experience operating both mini excavators and skid steers.
• Strong PVC plumbing background.
• Experience with pool equipment installation, drainage, masonry, tile, coping, or concrete work.
• High School Diploma or GED.

What Success Looks Like

A successful Crew Leader can take a construction plan, translate it into organized field execution, keep an assistant productive, communicate problems early, and consistently maintain Absolute Pools’ quality standards.

You do not need to personally perform every specialty trade involved in a pool build. Absolute Pools works with subcontractors for gunite, plaster, electrical, and certain finish work. Your primary responsibility is to successfully execute and coordinate the core field-construction phases assigned to your crew.

Compensation & Benefits

• 30–40+ per hour depending on experience and demonstrated capability.
• Experienced Crew Leaders with strong directly relevant backgrounds may qualify above the standard range.
• Bi-weekly pay.
• Overtime opportunities.
• Project-completion bonuses and performance incentives.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Company contribution toward elected health benefits.
• Employee-relief / financial-assistance programs for eligible employees.

About Absolute Pools

Absolute Pools builds high-end custom concrete swimming pools throughout the Nashville area. Projects are focused on craftsmanship, attention to detail, and quality rather than high-volume production. Crews work locally throughout the Nashville market and return home each night. Most projects are located within approximately 30–40 minutes of Downtown Nashville.

Absolute Pools offers a small-team environment where experienced employees have meaningful ownership over their work, direct access to management, and opportunities to develop into larger field-leadership responsibilities.

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Absolute Pools is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender expression, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), political affiliation, military service, or any other status protected by law or regulations. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.