Work with Southland
Southland Construction, Inc. is a general heavy highway contractor providing construction services throughout central Florida since 1977. Come work for our dynamic team where you can grow your skills from a general laborer to a multitude of different titles like: Superintendent, Project Engineer, Chief Surveyor, or even Estimator!
Start your journey here
Start your career right out of high school! With SCI, you start as a general laborer making $16.00/hour plus time and a half at overtime. We work an average of 48 hours/week, so you could start making $652/week.
In about 1 year of employment
After about 1 year, you can go in a multitude of different directions. You can run heavy equipment, become a craft worker, or even become a mechanic. You can expect to make between $17 to $18/hour which means you could make between $884 and $936/week!
2-5 years of employment
When you've been with SCI for 2-5 years and you've shown growth, then you can expect to grow into bigger roles like bulldozer and grader operators and lead craft workers. You can expect to make between $20 to $26/hour. This bumps you up to making anything between $1,040 and $1,352/week!
5-7 years of employment
Now that you are here, you can expect to be ready to be promoted to a foreman and running your own crew. Our foremen are: Grade, Dirt, Miscellaneous, Traffic Control/MOT, Carpenter, and Pipe. At this level, you can expect to make between $27 and $32/hour - $1,404 to $1,664/week. This doesn't even include the perks of a foreman - company vehicle, fuel card, E-Pass, cell phone, tablet, etc.!
10+ years
You've made it this far! Woo hoo! Now you are ready to be promoted to a Superintendent and run your own jobsite(s) with multiple crews. When you are here, you can expect to transition from hourly to salary and bump to a base of $100,000 to $140,000/year. You would also get pushed into receiving bonuses!
Your benefits
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Up to 3 weeks paid time off (PTO)
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Paid holidays
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401(k) with match from SCI
Foreman level and up:
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Company Vehicle
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Fuel Card
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E-Pass
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Cell Phone
It's not just money...
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Medical - LocalPlus Plan is free for employees
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Dental
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Vision
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Life
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Accident
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Critical Illness
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Cancer
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Short/Long Term Disability
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Legal
Stay in Touch
Amber Moore, Human Resources Manager
(W) 407-889-9844 | (C) 321-504-8664 | amberm@scifl.com