SPO Trades Manager - Buffalo

Division: New York North
Project Location(s): Buffalo, NY 14202 USA
Minimum Years Experience: Travel Involved: 10-20% Job Type: Regular Job Classification: Experienced Education: Job Family: Construction Compensation: Salaried Exempt

The salary range for this position is estimated to be 99,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD annualized.

Position Description:Manage hiring, professional development, career advancement, and utilization of trade staff.

Essential Duties & Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with jobsite Supervisors, Superintendents, Project Managers, and Project Executives to coordinate work force needs.
• Engage with Human Resources (HR) to post open project staff positions. Coordinate with SPO administrator and local union halls.
• Participate in recruitment process, review applications and resumes to assess applicant qualifications, interview qualified
• candidates, and provide disposition updates to HR for applicant tracking.
• Visit job sites on regular basis to main connectivity with trades staff and jobsite supervisors.
• Consult with jobsite supervisors to ensure timely completion of annual performance reviews.
• Conduct regular performance checkins with SPO crew leads and provide actionable feedback to drive improvement.
• Implement and enforce quality assurance checklists for all critical path activities; train SPO crew leads on standards and verify compliance.
• Document lessons learned and communicate findings to all crew leads to support continuous improvement.
• Lead weekly safety and quality assurance walks with SPO crew leads; record observations and assign corrective actions.
• Monitor and enforce accurate productivity tracking practices among SPO crew leads, with clear and consistent reporting.
• Train SPO crew leads in material procurement and timely purchasing practices to prevent lastminute deliveries; serve as liaison between crew leads and warehouse staff for urgent requests.
• Identify high potential trade staff and recommend training to help further develop staff.
• Develop and maintain a matrix that documents trade personal skillsets and areas for development.
• Maintain Training Roster for hourly Trades staff and work with SPO administrators to ensure hours are documented.
• Oversee Employee Location Log in conjunction with look-ahead staffing plan.
• Manage trades staff discipline issues and termination processes, engage HR as needed; ensure completion of necessary documentation. Coordinate this process with SPO administrator.
• Conduct hourly wage assessments and provide feedback and recommendations to SPO management regarding merit increases and incentive programs.
• Oversee daily time entry compliance among SPO crew leads to ensure accurate project cost accounting.
• Other activities, duties, and responsibilities as assigned.

The salary range for this position is estimated to be $99,000 - $120,000 annualized, which represents the company's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting. Additionally, Turner Construction provides flexible benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, financial benefits such as a 401(k) plan, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Account, wellness benefits, a voluntary legal plan, identity theft, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability coverage.


This is not a remote/hybrid position and will be based in a Turner office or project location.

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Qualifications:

• 10 years of related experience or equivalent combination of education, training and/or experience
• Good understanding of business and construction operations
• Management experience and ability to direct others that are not direct reports
• Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills; ability to communicate effectively at all levels within organization
• Professional written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient in computer applications, MS Office, MS Excel, and SharePoint.
• Strong knowledge of construction sequencing, safety protocols (OSHA 30 certification required), and QA/QC processes.
• Exceptional communication, coaching, and conflict resolution abilities to foster effective team collaboration.
• Proficiency with project management software such as Procore, PlanGrid, or comparable tools (preferred).
• Travel from main office to jobsites regularly

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Performance of the required duties require physical ability to climb permanent and temporary stairs, passenger use of construction personnel hoists, ability to climb ladders and negotiate work areas under construction. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls, and reach with hands, talk, and hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The employee is regularly required to be mobile, and the employee occasionally travels both short and long distances via a variety of conveyances. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works at construction work sites where the employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts, high precarious places, fumes, or airborne particles, outside weather conditions, and risk of electrical shock. The noise in the work environment is usually moderate to loud. The employee is required to work in compliance with company safety policies, procedures, and applicable laws.

Turner is an Equal Opportunity Employer - race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.

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