Concrete and masonry field supervisor job description
A concrete and masonry field supervisor oversees several finishing and masonry crews. They check wall forms and rebar before the trucks arrive and stay at the pours most likely to go wrong. They solve site problems on the spot, from a short load to a missing bundle of steel, and tell the right project manager by evening.
By the HireBus team · Updated · Pay data: BLS, May 2025
Median pay, structure and exterior contractors · BLS, May 2025
Oversee on-site concrete and masonry operations to ensure quality workmanship and safety compliance. Provide leadership to masons while monitoring job progress and addressing any issues swiftly. Play a pivotal role in achieving project deadlines, cost goals, and client satisfaction.
2. Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Supervise masons and related trades to ensure adherence to project specifications and safety procedures.
Inspect rebar installations and concrete placements to guarantee structural integrity and quality.
Identify and resolve job-site challenges, including schedule delays and material shortages.
Maintain clear communication with project managers and clients regarding progress and setbacks.
3. Key Tasks / Daily Activities
Conduct daily inspections of work sites to monitor progress and quality of work.
Review blueprints and project documents to ensure proper execution of tasks.
Facilitate team meetings and provide on-the-spot guidance to resolve operational issues.
Liaise with suppliers, subcontractors, and clients to maintain smooth project execution.
4. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Project Completion Rate: Achieve a rate of 95% on-time project completions.
Quality Assurance: Maintain a rework rate of less than 2% on completed projects.
Safety Compliance: Ensure a job-site incident rate of under 1%.
Customer Satisfaction: Achieve a client satisfaction rating of 4.8 stars or higher.
5. Required Qualifications and Skills
High school diploma or GED; an associate degree in construction management is preferred.
Minimum of 3 years of experience in concrete and masonry work with supervisory exposure.
Strong technical knowledge of rebar installation, concrete pouring, and masonry techniques.
Excellent communication, problem-solving, and leadership skills.
6. Preferred Experience
Prior experience as a field supervisor or lead mason in the home services or construction industry.
Familiarity with project management software and on-site safety protocols.
Demonstrated ability to coordinate multiple tasks and teams effectively.
Experience working on large-scale, high-value residential or commercial projects.
7. Physical Requirements
Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and perform physically demanding tasks.
Frequent exposure to outdoor environments with variable weather conditions.
Must be able to stand, walk, and climb ladders or scaffolding for extended periods.
Comfortable working in noisy and busy construction sites.
8. Work Environment and Schedule
Typical work hours from 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM, with occasional extended hours to meet deadlines.
Regular site visits required; potential travel between multiple locations.
On-call availability for addressing critical issues during off-hours.
Dynamic and fast-paced work environment with daily challenges and learning opportunities.
9. Compensation and Benefits
Hourly rate: $30 - $45 per hour based on experience and geographic location.
Eligibility for performance-based bonus programs.
Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance coverage.
Participation in a 401(k) retirement plan with company match, along with additional fringe benefits.
10. Company Culture and Overview
We are a forward-thinking organization deeply committed to fostering a professional and inclusive work environment.
Our culture emphasizes growth, teamwork, and the continuous development of both our employees and our services.
We value innovation, transparency, and accountability in all our operations.
Join our team to be part of a company that nurtures talent and drives excellence in every project.
11. How to Apply
If you meet the above criteria and want to be part of a growth-oriented company focused on customer satisfaction, please send your resume to [INSERT EMAIL HERE] or apply online at [INSERT WEBSITE LINK HERE].
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A bowed form or a sagging mat of steel can't be fixed once the concrete is in. This supervisor's best work happens in the hour before the first truck.
Where to stand on a busy pour morning
Two slabs and a foundation wall can all start before nine. The supervisor goes first to the pour with the most at stake: a tall wall, a big stamped patio, or a crew that is new together. Masonry jobs get a visit at the first course, when layout and height are set, and again before the caps go on. The rest get a phone call and the lead's photos.
Forms built for the load, with the plans on site
OSHA's concrete rule says formwork must be built, braced and kept up so it carries every load it can be expected to take. The drawings or plans for the formwork, shoring included, must be at the job along with any changes. On a foundation wall, that can mean the form maker's tie and brace layout and the engineer's wall drawing. The supervisor checks ties, braces and corners against them before the pump sets up, then watches the forms as the wall fills. Source: eCFR: 29 CFR 1926.703, Requirements for cast-in-place concrete.
Forms come off on a rule, not a guess
Except for slabs on grade and slip forms, OSHA bars stripping forms and shores until the employer decides the concrete can hold up its own weight plus any load placed on it. That decision has to rest on the removal conditions in the plans and specs, or on a proper ASTM strength test. Poured steps, landings and lintels are where crews are tempted to strip early. The supervisor puts the stripping time on each job sheet and holds crews to it. Source: eCFR: 29 CFR 1926.703, Requirements for cast-in-place concrete.
Steel that can't impale anyone or tip over
OSHA requires that rebar sticking up where someone could fall on it be guarded so it can't impale them. Think of dowels left standing in a footing for the wall above. The same subpart says wall and pier steel must be supported so it can't overturn or collapse, and unrolled wire mesh must be kept from springing back. The supervisor checks all three, plus bar size, spacing and chairs, before calling for concrete. Source: eCFR: 29 CFR 1926.701, General requirements (concrete and masonry).
Heaters kept 10 feet from the tarps
Winter pours often mean a tarp enclosure and a propane heater. OSHA's construction rule keeps heaters at least 10 feet from tarps, canvas or similar coverings that can burn, with the coverings tied down so wind can't tip the heater or blow them into it. In tight enclosed spaces, the rule calls for enough fresh air for clean burning and for the crew. Propane can't be stored inside a building, so spare cylinders stay outside the basement being heated. Source: eCFR: 29 CFR 1926.154, Temporary heating devices.
How much concrete and masonry field supervisors make
The closest BLS group for concrete and masonry field supervisors is First-Line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers. First-Line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers who work for foundation, structure, and building exterior contractors earned a median of $36.30 an hour ($75,500 a year) in May 2025, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s below the $79,920 median for First-Line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers in all industries. About 80,600 of the 812,210 First-Line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers in that survey work for structure and exterior contractors.
Hourly pay plus a bonus is the template's setup. Its low rate edges past where this chart's lowest quarter ends, and its high rate reaches about where the top quarter begins, for construction supervisors at these contractors. Base the bonus on forms and steel that clear the inspector on the first visit and on jobs that never need a saw and a jackhammer.
Structure and exterior contractors
$75,500$75,500 median Middle half $60,990–$93,270 10th–90th $50,310–$116,070
All industries
$79,920$79,920 median Middle half $63,400–$101,460 10th–90th $53,280–$128,260
$25k$50k$75k$100k$125k$150k
10th–90th percentileMiddle halfMedianAnnual pay, May 2025. Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.
Annual pay by percentile
Group
10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
Structure and exterior contractors
$50,310
$60,990
$75,500
$93,270
$116,070
All industries
$53,280
$63,400
$79,920
$101,460
$128,260
BLS doesn’t publish pay for concrete and masonry contractors on their own. These figures cover foundation, structure and building exterior contractors, which include them. Post a real range for your market in the ad.
The pay line in the template above is an example from our Role Blueprint. Set yours from these figures and what local companies pay.
Skills to hire for, and what you can teach
Hire for these
Has led two or more crews of finishers or masons at once
Reads foundation and wall drawings and checks bar size, spacing and laps against them
Spots a form tie, brace or corner that won't hold before the wall fills
Holds a pour when forms or steel aren't ready, and says why
Tells a lead what is wrong in plain words, then comes back to see it fixed
Teach these on the job
Your form system's tie and brace layout
Your stripping times for each type of pour
Your daily log and photo app
Heater and enclosure setup for winter pours
How each builder's superintendent wants a lot left at day's end
Expect a laser level and grade rod, a tape for bar spacing and cover, a concrete thermometer in winter, and the drawings, photos and daily log on a phone or tablet. Add a truck that can carry stakes, a spare vibrator and boxes of chairs from site to site.
Concrete and masonry field supervisor interview questions
Two of the 6 questions we'd ask, and what a strong answer sounds like. Ask every candidate the same questions, and rate each answer on your own before you compare notes.
Situational · Added water
The first truck has been in the drum a long time and the mix looks stiff. The crew wants to add water. What do you do?
A strong answer: Checks the ticket for batch time and mix, adds water only within the mix design limits and company rules, rejects the load if it's out of spec, and calls the plant.
Behavioral · Enforcing quality
Tell me about a time you rejected a pour or finished slab that didn't meet the standard.
A strong answer: Explains what was wrong, why it couldn't stay, how they told the crew and customer, and what changed afterward.
Include the jobs the supervisor only checked by photo, since those show whether the leads' own checks hold up. Keep the blueprint's targets until a pour season of your own numbers gives you better ones.
Project Completion Rate
Of the jobs their crews closed this month, how many finished on the date the project manager gave the customer. Read the late ones for what a pre-pour check could have caught.
Quality Assurance
Jobs that needed concrete cut out or a wall torn down and rebuilt, plus smaller repairs, against jobs finished. Write down which form or steel check would have prevented each one.
Safety Compliance
Recordable injuries and near misses across their crews, plus spot check results: dowels guarded, wall steel braced, heaters clear of tarps and saws cutting wet.
Customer Satisfaction
Homeowner ratings on their crews' jobs, plus what builder superintendents say about clean sites and whether forms and steel were ready when the inspector arrived.
Career path
Lead masonRuns one crew's pours or walls and starts checking forms and steel for others.
Field supervisorSigns off forms and steel across several crews and stays at the riskiest pours.
Project managerA side step into selections, permits, plant orders and homeowner updates.
Operations managerPlans every crew's week, trucks and pumps, and makes the weather calls.
Where does the lead mason's job end and the field supervisor's begin?
Draw the line by decision, not by task. The lead decides how their own crew builds: when to start floating, how to split the crew, which wall goes up first. The supervisor decides whether a job is ready for concrete at all, after the lead's own check of forms and steel, and settles anything that crosses crews, like lending a finisher to a bigger pour. Put that split in writing, so a lead never waits on the supervisor for a call that's theirs.
How much does a concrete and masonry field supervisor make?
First-Line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers who work for foundation, structure, and building exterior contractors earned a median of $36.30 an hour ($75,500 a year) in May 2025, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The middle half earned between $60,990 and $93,270 a year. Pay also depends on your local market, experience and overtime.
Who can stop a pour once the trucks are rolling?
Settle it in writing before you need it. The operations manager makes the weather call. The field supervisor should be able to stop any pour for forms, steel or safety, even with a truck at the curb, and call the dispatcher at once to hold the next loads. A standby charge from the plant costs far less than a blown form or a wall poured without its steel.
The template calls the job physically demanding. What does that cover?
The wording stays as the template has it. On a concrete job it means walking forms and stepping over rebar mats most of the day, climbing a ladder or scaffold to check wall ties and block courses, kneeling to check chairs and bar cover, and carrying a level, stakes or a box of chairs up to 50 pounds in heat, cold and rain. List each of those in the job post, along with a line welcoming accommodation requests.
How many pours a day can one field supervisor cover?
Count the pre-pour checks, not the crews. Each foundation wall and large slab needs the supervisor on site before the first truck, and two of those can start at the same hour across town. Block walls and small flatwork can get by with a visit and the lead's photos. If pre-pour checks start getting skipped, either the supervisor has too many sites or the leads need training to check forms and steel themselves.
