S-06 Careers

Build things you can drive past

240 people, 120 of them craft. A company where the daily log is literature, the wage band is printed on the posting, and the president reads superintendents' reports because she used to write them.

Why people stay

Real wage bands, published

Every posting lists its band. Negotiation shouldn't be a test of nerve.

Field-to-office pipeline

Our CEO started as a field engineer here. The ladder is real and people are on it.

Apprenticeship with pay

Craft apprentices earn from day one, with tuition covered at Calder Technical College.

OSHA-30 for everyone who wants it

Safety credentials on company time and the company card.

Boots, truck, tools

Field roles come with the kit — allowances that reflect what the work actually costs.

Friday afternoons off in winter

Concrete doesn't pour itself, but December Fridays are short ones.

94% year-over-year craft retention (fictional — but it's the number a real GC should brag about).

J-00 Open positions

Four seats open

J-01 · Operations · Full-time

Project Manager — Commercial

Calder Flats HQ + project sites

$115,000 – $145,000 + vehicle allowance + bonus

You'll run one major project or two mid-size ones end-to-end: owner relationship, subcontracts, cost forecasting, schedule health and a superintendent who expects you to have answers before the question is finished. PMs at Meridian own their jobs — including standing in front of the client when the news is bad.

You will

Own project financials: buyout, forecasting, monthly cost reports the CFO can trust
Run the owner-architect-contractor meeting with an agenda that respects everyone's hour
Manage subcontracts from scope leveling through closeout
Partner with your superintendent on the look-ahead — then defend it together
Walk your site weekly with the safety director's eyes, not just your own

You have

5+ years managing commercial projects of $20M+ as a PM or strong APM
Fluency in CPM scheduling and cost forecasting (not just reading the reports)
Experience with at least one of: healthcare, industrial, K-12 or logistics work
OSHA-30 (or willingness to earn it in your first 90 days)
The habit of writing things down and the spine to deliver bad news early

Apply for this role

Fictional posting — the mailto is part of the demonstration.

J-02 · Field Operations · Full-time

Superintendent — Ground-Up Industrial

Project sites, Calder Valley region

$125,000 – $160,000 + truck + field bonus

You'll run the dirt-to-keys sequence on tilt-up and heavy-industrial work: your own Meridian concrete crews on the critical path, trade partners around them, and a daily log that reads like you mean it. Our superintendents write their own look-aheads and host their own owner walks.

You will

Sequence and run self-perform concrete alongside subcontracted trades
Plan critical lifts with the rigging engineer — and cancel them when the wind says so
Keep the site's pre-task-plan discipline at 100%, every crew, every morning
Own quality: F-number results, embed surveys, envelope inspections
Turn over commissioning-ready buildings, not punch-list negotiations

You have

8+ years field supervision with at least 3 running ground-up industrial or tilt-up work
Deep concrete knowledge — you can argue a mix design and win
OSHA-30, rigging and signal-person credentials current
A daily-log habit that has saved a project at least once
References from trade foremen, not just executives

Apply for this role

Fictional posting — the mailto is part of the demonstration.

J-03 · Preconstruction · Full-time

Senior Preconstruction Estimator

Calder Flats HQ (hybrid, bid days in person)

$105,000 – $135,000 + bid-day meal karma

You'll price the work Meridian promises: conceptual estimates from a napkin program, milestone estimates that reconcile to the penny of the last one, and GMPs you'll defend to owners' boards. Our estimators stay with their projects — you'll see your numbers meet reality, which is either the best part of the job or the most educational.

You will

Build conceptual through CD-level estimates with your own quantity take-offs
Run subcontractor outreach and scope leveling for 8–12 packages per bid
Price self-perform concrete and carpentry against our own production database
Present milestone estimates to owners — variances explained, not excused
Feed final-cost data back into the database that makes the next estimate honest

You have

6+ years estimating commercial/industrial work, $10M–$150M range
Take-off and estimating software fluency, plus spreadsheet craftsmanship
Experience pricing at least one delivery method beyond hard bid
The temperament to be wrong in public and precise about why
Bonus: field experience of any kind — it shows in the numbers

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Fictional posting — the mailto is part of the demonstration.

J-04 · Field Operations · Full-time (entry-level)

Field Engineer

Project sites, Calder Valley region

$72,000 – $85,000 + boots allowance

The first job in the pipeline that produces our superintendents and PMs — Elena Vasquez started in this exact role in 2004. You'll survey embeds, chase RFIs, own the drawing log, learn concrete from crews who have poured a million yards, and be given real responsibility precisely as fast as you can carry it.

You will

Maintain drawing control and the RFI log — the project's memory lives with you
Survey and verify layout, embeds and anchor bolts before every pour
Write pieces of the daily log and run small trade coordination meetings
Track deliveries against the procurement register
Rotate through estimating for one month in your first year

You have

A construction management or engineering degree, or equivalent field time
Comfort reading structural drawings (or the drive to get there fast)
OSHA-10 (we'll put you through OSHA-30 in year one)
The humility to ask crews questions and the memory to only ask once
A clean driver's license and tolerance for 6am concrete pours

Apply for this role

Fictional posting — the mailto is part of the demonstration.

Nothing that fits? Craft professionals — concrete, carpentry, rigging — are welcome to introduce themselves any week of the year: careers@meridiancg.example . Ask about the apprenticeship intake at Calder Technical College .