Work Crew Site Supervisor - Full-time

Center for Employment Opportunities

Work Crew Site Supervisor

Do you thrive when catalyzing a team to collectively achieve success?

Do you enjoy supporting team members in growing their knowledge and skills?

Do you think on your feet, anticipating, identifying, and addressing challenges as they arise?

If you answered yes to any of the above questions, we want to receive your resume for our available Work Crew Site Supervisor position!

Who We Are

The Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) offers comprehensive employment services exclusively for people with criminal records. CEO’s model is based on a highly structured program of life skill education, short-term paid transitional employment, full-time job placement, and post-placement services. This year, CEO anticipates preparing more than 3,000 people to move into mainstream employment.

Who We’re Looking For

CEO is hiring a Work Crew Site Supervisor who will be responsible for training, coaching, and supervising a team of up to 6 program participants on a transitional work crew.  In addition, Site Supervisors are responsible for creating environments that promote safe working conditions, enable the development of participants, and foster high morale across the team.  

Ideal candidates will be comfortable traveling throughout the Columbus area, be experienced in a skilled trade, and have a proven track record of leading teams to success.

Site Supervisor work hours are typically 7:00AM-3:30PM on every weekday (M-F).  There are approximately 250 work days per year.

What You’ll Be Responsible For

Key responsibilities of the Site Supervisor include but are not limited to:

• Establishing and maintaining positive staff morale through the modeling of sound leadership and teamwork

• Assigning job duties to crew members and setting reasonable goals for completion

• Monitoring crew members on job performance and productivity, providing appropriate feedback and/or additional training as needed

• Managing the administration of the daily payroll and scheduling process

• Mentoring crew members on appropriate employment etiquette

• Ensuring customers’ work orders are completed to a high standard on a daily basis

• Maintaining line of sight of all participants

• Maintaining a safe, secure, and healthy work environment by following and enforcing standards and procedures and complying with legal regulations

• Monitoring working conditions for potential hazards, reporting any matters that threaten the smooth operation of the training crew to your supervisor

• Completing any necessary daily reporting tasks

• Actively consider participants' viewpoints in the case management process by eliciting participant feedback, documenting feedback, adjusting practice based on feedback, sharing feedback with appropriate team members, and circling back with participants about changes and improvements made as a result of their feedback

Skills and Attributes You’ll Need to Be Successful

• Demonstrated commitment to CEO’s mission and interest in working for a fast-growing, results-oriented organization

• Excellent organizational, prioritization, and time management skills

• Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills; ability to communicate effectively with individuals of varying backgrounds and experiences

• Ability to lead and motivate a team and resolve conflicts constructively

• Ability to analyze, solve routine problems, and make decisions

• Ability to foster strong team spirit and focus on achieving collective results

• Ability to identify the steps of a project, set appropriate deadlines, identify the necessary resources, and hold self and others accountable to outcomes and deadlines

• Respect, fairness, and patience

• Ability to work effectively under pressure and at a sustained pace

Required Qualifications

• High school diploma

• Valid driver’s license and safe driving record

• 2-4 years of supervisory experience of similar work

• 2-4 years of experience in general labor, construction, landscaping or grounds-keeping, building maintenance, or other skilled trades; experience operating site equipment

• Geographic knowledge of Columbus

• Previous safety training preferable, though training will be provided to hired candidate

• Must be able to:

  • Consistently lift and move objects up to 75 pounds

  • Stand, kneel, bend, and climb in order to complete projects

  • Work indoors and outdoors

  • Walk or stand for long periods of time

  • Drive a 12 passenger van with an attached trailer

Compensation and Benefits

The annualized compensation for this position falls between $32,000-40,000 as overtime is frequently incurred.  In addition, team members can also access CEO’s comprehensive benefits package, which includes medical and dental coverage, paid parental leave, participation in a retirement plan, sick and vacation leave, paid holidays and more.  

CEO is an equal employment opportunity for all regardless of race, color, citizenship, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran or reservist status or any other category protected by federal, state or local law.  We welcome diversity and highly encourage applications from people of color and people with convictions. Learn more at