Superintendent Job Summary
The Superintendent will provide overall leadership for on-site field administration/supervision and technical management for all construction operations, including direct supervision of assistants, foreman, subcontractors, and other construction related personnel. Directing them in planning, coordination and execution of work on time, within budget, attaining or exceeding profit goals, maintaining a safe work place, promoting and enhancing client relationships and the company image. A Superintendent II is capable of complex projects generally between $10 and $40 million in size.
Essential Job Functions, Duties and Responsibilities
The following statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required of personnel so classified.
• Assist Preconstruction and Project Management to develop an initial project schedule and communicate sequence and schedule updates to all subcontractors and vendors.
• Develop, maintain, and enforce a project site logistics plan and temporary facilities plan.
• Develop, implement, maintain, and enforce a project site specific safety program in accordance with Policies and Processes, OSHA requirements, local, state, and federal laws to include all subcontractors.
• Actively participate and/or lead post-bid, buyout, Owner/Architect/Contractor, coordination, lead team, subcontractor, staff, scheduling, and post-mortem meetings.
• Develop, implement, maintain, and enforce a project specific quality assurance and workmanship program to include all subcontractors.
• Management of an OSHA site visit.
• Obtain and install standardized project signage from Corporate Marketing and other required identification material.
• Participate with the Project Manager in issuance of monthly progress report, monthly payment applications, anticipated cost report, and other financial cost reports.
• In coordination with the Project Manager develop general conditions budget, and through labor cost reporting manage and control the budget.
• Perform and monitor all jobsite control reporting measures including daily reports, petty cash report, payroll, quantity reporting, accident and incident reports, and timesheets.
• Possess working knowledge of all project plans, specifications, contract with Owner, subcontracts, purchase orders, daily correspondence, shop drawings, submittals, and all other project related documents, and maintain a complete and accurate set of as-builts.
• Review and provide feedback on all purchase orders and subcontracts.
• Coordinate and manage all material deliveries, subcontracts, and self-perform work.
• Perform a qualitative review of all contract documents for potential conflicts or interpretation issues to mitigate risk.
• Ensure timely project completion through project scheduling, expediting of material deliveries and the management of material and document submittals/approvals.
• Responsible for the layout and field engineering in accordance with all project requirements.
• Ensure that all requirements of insurance, safety, labor relations, and Equal Employment Opportunity are met.
• Understand all trade contractor’s means and methods in accordance with project contract documents.
• Coordinate daily construction activities within existing operating facilities.
• Review, approve, and code subcontractor and vendor payment applications and miscellaneous invoices.
• Maintain a set of contract documents that contains all the current contract changes and clarifications.
• Develop and execute a plan for monitoring and completing punchlist items. Coordinate all required field inspections.
• In coordination with Project Team, implement the company’s Project Success Planning process and apply in the field as applicable.
• Understand local labor requirements, availability and capability for self-perform work.
• Provide technical assistance to all members of project team.
• Familiar with all Policies and Processes as it relates to this position.
Required Skills
• Four-year degree in an accredited construction related curriculum, (BSCE, BSCM, BSAE, etc.) or experience equivalent to a four-year degree.
• Eight to ten years of construction related experience.
• Completion of OSHA Ten Hour Safety Course.
• Knowledge of applicable OSHA requirements.
• Maintain current certifications for First Aid and CPR.
• Generally, understand the essential job functions, duties, and responsibilities of a Project Manager.
• Proficient with personal computer-based scheduling software, and specifically spreadsheet applications, proficiency in current corporate software packages.
• Familiar with reports generated from Timberline estimating program and J.D. Edwards cost system.
• Demonstrated proficiency in these areas: managing site activity, labor relations and union agreements, anticipating and resolving field related issues, establishing and enforcing site schedule requirements, managing site safety and insurance risks, interpersonal skills, and ability to communicate both written and oral, and leadership.
• Proven competence and proficiency of position’s essential job functions, duties and responsibilities on multiple assignments.
• Diverse project experience with extensive management skills to lead and communicate to people both internal and external to the company.
• Proven staff training abilities on technical issues as well as company policies and processes.