Short version: A strong construction supervisor résumé proves three things fast — that you can run a crew at the size and TCV the GC is staffing (crew size, project TCV, schedule variance, milestones hit), run it safely (TRIR, DART, near-miss cadence, OSHA 30/500), and speak the vocabulary of the PM, the AHJ, and the trade (Procore, P6, Bluebeam, ACI, IBC, punch closure, RFI cycle time). Keep it to one page (two for long-tenured supers), name every tool and trade, and quantify every bullet.
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What a construction supervisor actually does
A First-Line Supervisor of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (BLS SOC 47-1011) — often titled foreman, superintendent, general foreman, or crew lead — runs a crew of 5 to 40 tradespeople on an active jobsite. The Bureau of Labor Statistics counts roughly 690,000 people in the role across residential, commercial, industrial, heavy-civil, and extractive construction. The core work is consistent: schedule the day's tasks against the master schedule, coordinate manpower and materials, run the daily safety brief, sign off on quality, manage the general contractor or owner's inspection, and produce the daily report that the project manager reads on the drive home.
On a typical day, a construction supervisor will:
- Run the daily huddle — pre-task plans (PTP or JHA), stretch-and-flex, task assignments, PPE check, and coordination with adjacent trades. Log attendance.
- Sequence the work — hit the three-week look-ahead pulled from the master schedule (Primavera P6, MS Project, Procore Schedule), and adjust for weather, missing material, or an inspection delay.
- Coordinate with the GC and other trades — walk the site with the superintendent, punch the RFI list, and negotiate the elevator hoist or the crane pick with the ironworker foreman.
- Manage manpower and materials — approve overtime, call in a second crew for a pour, order rebar or MEP fittings, and track burn-rate against the estimate.
- Own quality and inspection — walk the work before an inspection, sign off on the pre-pour checklist, run the QAQC punch, and handle the AHJ (building inspector, MEP inspector, or elevator inspector).
- Own safety — run toolbox talks, enforce fall protection and LOTO, handle a near-miss or first-aid, and coordinate with the site safety manager or the OSHA-30 program.
- Close out the day — daily report in Procore, PlanGrid, or Autodesk Build; photos; timecards; three-week look-ahead update; and next-day plan for the crew.
What gets a supervisor hired — and eventually promoted to superintendent or general superintendent — is not tenure. It's evidence that you can hit the schedule, run a safe crew, keep punch and rework under control, and speak the vocabulary of the PM, the GC, and the AHJ. Your résumé must speak that language: crew size, project TCV, schedule variance, TRIR/DART, punch closure, RFIs, and the specific trades and phases you've run.
What hiring managers & ATS look for
Two readers screen your résumé, and they want different things. The ATS and the corporate recruiter running keyword searches want literal terms — OSHA 30, foreman, Procore, P6, Bluebeam, concrete, Type I/II, and any specific trade — matched to the posting. The project executive or director of field operations who will approve the hire wants three concrete things: (1) proof you've run a crew at the size and TCV they're staffing for, (2) evidence you own the metrics that drive their P&L (schedule variance, TRIR, punch closure, rework, RFIs), and (3) a signal that you'll partner with the PM instead of fighting them.
- Crew size and project TCV. "Foreman on a 22-person concrete crew, $84M mixed-use tower" is worth ten adjectives. Name the numbers on every role.
- Schedule signal. Percent of milestones hit, days ahead or behind the master, look-ahead cadence — the metric the PE reads.
- Safety record. TRIR (total recordable incident rate), DART, near-miss reporting cadence, and OSHA 30 (minimum) or OSHA 500 for the training path.
- Quality & punch. Punchlist closure percentages, RFIs written, rework dollars avoided.
- Tools by name. Procore, Autodesk Build, PlanGrid, Bluebeam, P6, MS Project, Primavera Cloud — the recruiter searches on the exact string.
- Trade specificity. A concrete super résumé should say "post-tension slab", "self-consolidating concrete", "shoring reshore cycle". Trade language proves the hands-on years.
Full construction supervisor resume example
Here is a complete, realistic one-page example for a mid-tenure concrete foreman moving into a superintendent role. Every bullet follows the same shape — action verb, what you built, the tool or process, and the quantified result. Treat it as a model.
Professional Summary
Concrete foreman with 11 years across mid-rise residential, mixed-use, and light-industrial ground-up, most recently running a 22-person crew on an $84M mixed-use tower in downtown Denver. Consistently hits schedule (92%+ of three-week look-ahead milestones), holds a 0.71 TRIR across the last three projects, and closes punch at 95%+ before demobilization. Trilingual on the jobsite, trusted by the GC to run a difficult inspection, and known as the foreman the PM calls when the pour has to happen on Saturday. Ready to move into a superintendent role on a $50M–$150M project.
Certifications & Training
OSHA 30 (current) · OSHA 500 Trainer (2024) · MSHA Part 46 · NYC DOB SST Site Safety · CPR/AED/First Aid · Confined Space · Fall Protection Competent Person · Rigging & Signal Person · Concrete Field Testing Technician Grade I (ACI)
Core Skills
Field leadership: Crew sizing 5–40, PTP/JHA, toolbox talks, discipline coordination, GMP burn tracking, subcontractor management, RFI & submittal support
Scheduling: Primavera P6, MS Project, Procore Schedule, three-week look-ahead cadence, pull-planning, milestone tracking, weather-adjusted sequencing
Quality & inspection: ACI pre-pour checklist, cylinder breaks, floor flatness (FF/FL), IBC inspection coordination, AHJ handling, punchlist closure
Safety: Fall protection, LOTO, confined space, hot work, silica exposure, TRIR & DART reporting, incident investigation, root-cause 5-why
Tools: Procore, Autodesk Build, PlanGrid, Bluebeam Revu, Fieldwire, MS Project, Primavera P6, Excel
Regulatory: OSHA 1926 subparts, IBC, ACI 318 & 301, City of Denver DOB, Colorado state prevailing wage
Other: Bilingual English/Spanish (near-native written), some Nepali; commercial driver's license (Class B)
Professional Experience
- Ran a 22-person crew on the podium, mat foundation, and tower PT slabs of an $84M mixed-use tower — hit 92% of three-week look-ahead milestones across 14 pours.
- Held a 0.71 TRIR and zero recordables across 148,000 site hours; ran 210 toolbox talks and 34 pre-task plans; identified 18 near-misses before any first-aid.
- Closed the podium punchlist at 96% before mobilization to the tower, avoiding an estimated $180K in rework per the PM's schedule burn.
- Ran ACI pre-pour and FF/FL floor-flatness sampling on 14 slabs; passed IBC and City of Denver DOB on the first inspection 13 of 14 times.
- Trained 4 apprentices into journeyman on formwork, rebar tie, and PT stress ops; two now lead their own three-person subcrews.
- Coordinated crane picks with the ironworker foreman and the tower crane super on 72 lifts without a stop-work.
- Led a 12–18 person crew on foundations, tilt walls, and slab-on-grade for a $46M distribution center; project finished 18 days ahead of substantial completion.
- Wrote and coordinated 84 RFIs in Procore; average sub-cycle time 2.3 days, versus the project average of 4.1.
- Delivered zero recordables across 88,000 site hours; team recognized in the Kiewit Q3 safety awards.
- Progressed apprentice → journeyman → working foreman across 9 projects; ran three-person tie crews and formwork subcrews on projects up to $28M TCV.
- Passed ACI Field Testing Technician Grade I at journeyman step; ran cylinder breaks and slump on 40+ pours.
Education
Construction Management (A.A.S.) — Community College of Denver · 2020
Journeyman Cement Mason — Cement Masons Local 155 Apprenticeship (4-year) · 2019
Ongoing: OSHA 500 recert 2027, ACI 318 continuing ed, Primavera Cloud training
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A realistic pay range
Compensation for construction supervisors varies by trade, region, and market segment. In the United States most First-Line Construction Supervisors earn between $67,000 and $115,000 a year, with a national mean annual wage near $81,000 and a top-decile north of $130,000 based on Bureau of Labor Statistics OES data for occupation code 47-1011. Working foremen in residential and light-commercial markets commonly earn $65,000–$85,000; foremen and superintendents on mid-rise and heavy-civil clear $95,000–$140,000 including per-diems and completion bonuses; superintendents on high-rise and mega-project work in high-cost metros regularly clear $150,000–$220,000+ with truck allowance and bonus. Prevailing-wage public work in NYC, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, and Seattle sits at the top.
- What pushes you up the band: a project-TCV number the recruiter recognizes, a Procore or P6 keyword, a bilingual English/Spanish signal on the jobsite, OSHA 500 trainer status, a clean TRIR under 1.5, and any high-rise or heavy-civil experience.
- What anchors the number: segment (residential anchors low; commercial mid; industrial and heavy-civil high), metro cost of living, union vs open-shop scale, and whether the role is straight salary or salary-plus-truck-plus-completion bonus.
Common construction supervisor résumé mistakes
Frequently asked questions
A one-page (or two-page for supers with 15+ years) single-column resume with header contact plus OSHA training, a short summary that names your trade, the largest crew and TCV you've run, and your safety and schedule metric, a certifications block, a core-skills grid organized by trade / scheduling / safety / tools, two to three roles with quantified bullets, and an education line. Every bullet should include a number — crew size, project TCV, schedule variance, TRIR, punch closure, RFI cycle time, or rework avoided.
One page for foremen with under 12 years. Two pages is reasonable for superintendents and general superintendents with a long project list — but the second page should be a project sheet: name, TCV, duration, delivery method, safety and schedule outcome. Project executives scan the first page for crew size, TCV, and safety metrics; the project sheet closes the loop.
Trade skill in your primary discipline named specifically (post-tension, tilt-up, MEP rough-in, structural steel erection), scheduling in Procore Schedule / P6 / MS Project, safety management with OSHA 30 or 500 minimum, quality and inspection coordination with the AHJ, and field-tool fluency (Procore, Autodesk Build, PlanGrid, Bluebeam, Fieldwire). Bilingual coverage — usually English/Spanish — is a wage-driver on nearly every jobsite in the US.
Every bullet should carry a number a PE tracks — crew size, project TCV, milestones hit percentage, TRIR, DART, near-miss reporting cadence, punchlist closure percentage, RFI cycle time, rework dollars avoided, or overtime hours saved. Use ranges you can defend and always tie the metric to the trade and the phase.
A four-to-six-line summary, not an objective. Name your years in the trade, your primary discipline, the largest crew and TCV you've run, your standout metric (schedule variance or TRIR), and one soft-skill signal — bilingual, apprentice trainer, or the kind of foreman the PM calls for a Saturday pour.
Lead with any working-foreman moments — the tie crews, the formwork subcrews, the times you ran the day when the foreman was out. Add ACI Field Testing Technician, welding certifications, apprentice training completion, and any leadership on toolbox talks. Close with your OSHA 30 and any bilingual coverage on the crew.
Single-column, reverse-chronological, standard section headings, and a .pdf. Avoid two-column layouts and icons — GC ATS parsers scramble them. Use standard headings (Summary, Certifications, Skills, Experience, Education) and mirror the posting's phrasing on trade, delivery method, and safety training.
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