Superintendent

Job Description

Job Description

Position Summary :

Reporting to the Sr. Project Manager or VP of Construction, the Superintendent is expected to :

• Display a proactive resourcefulness to solving, anticipating, and preventing problems while working with a sense of urgency.
• Read and understand plans and specifications.
• Build high quality homes through the management of trade contractors, holding trades accountable to their contracts for service.
• Motivate trade contractors and suppliers to achieve the level of quality and performance required to meet Homes by Dickerson’s standards.
• Demonstrate the ability to manipulate a construction schedule to effectively complete the job safely, on time and on budget.
• Communicate with management to cut building costs and resolve current and future complications
• Demonstrate the ability to work with clients in a professional manner.
• Set proper expectations and display an awareness of construction to ensure client confidence.
• Promote and have knowledge of other Homes By Dickerson communities, initiatives and standards.
• Attend seminars, training sessions, and company meetings on production related subjects.

Key Accountabilities :

• Manage individual job sites
• Maintain a clean job site
• Hold trade contractors accountable for a clean and orderly job site.
• Police lot and interior of home as required maintaining orderly and clean site.
• Silt Fence Maintenance
• Inspect silt fence daily and repair minor damage immediately.
• Schedule repairs as required to maintain silt fence integrity.
• Document trade damage and create a framework of accountability for trade contractors and vendors.
• Maintain accessibility to homes for agents, customers and inspectors
• Walk boards
• Adequate and maintained signage
• Adequate steps providing safe access through at least one entrance.
• Maintain finished homes
• Keep landscape fresh (mowed lawn, beds weeded, fresh pine straw / mulch, etc.)
• Interior cleanliness, appearance (clean floors and countertops, bulb replacement etc.)
• Exterior polish (power washing, clean porches, sweep walks, clean windows, etc.)
• Maintain job site safety
• Complete regular log reports to be submitted weekly.
• Enforce OSHA rules.
• Personally follow OSHA and company safety standards.
• General Neighborhood Upkeep
• Keep neighborhoods presentable to homeowners, agents and potential customers.
• Schedule street cleaning when required.
• Maintain Homes by Dickerson lots that are not yet under construction.
• Manage common areas.
• Material management
• Check in major deliveries, including material counting.
• Manage fill in order requests from trade contractors, including expediting delivery and validating orders.
• Schedule material returns in a timely manner :
• On a weekly basis select a random return to audit for accuracy.
• PO System / Budget / Invoices
• Issue purchase orders for all material and labor upon initial ordering or scheduling.
• Issue variance purchase orders for all material and labor outside of the budget line items. All variance purchase orders must have a dollar value included.
• Assign VPO’s to each return.
• Monitor individual project budget line items, notifying the project manager of anticipated overruns and / or problems.
• Review, vet and approve invoices as required by accounting in the allotted time frame.
• Inspect all phases of construction for quality, per plans and specifications. Adjust and provide feedback on design and details that do not meet Homes by Dickerson’s standards.
• Compile, schedule and complete pre and post orientation punch lists (starting at front elevation continuing through attic).

Pre-orientation punch list is required to be complete prior at time of trim outs. Post-orientation punch list is required to be complete prior to closing.

• Demonstrate the ability to manipulate a construction schedule while managing the day-to-day activities to effectively complete the job on time.
• Provide appropriate lead times for individual trade contractors and vendors.
• Regularly and consistently follow up with trade contractors and vendors, communicating schedule changes and appropriate job information, including red line plans, specification sheets and change orders.
• Always know the status of specific jobs.
• Manage all municipality inspections; including knowledge of what inspections are required and when.
• Understand scheduling requirements for these inspections.
• Make sure the job site is ready for inspections; including having inspection set of plans on site.
• Demonstrate the ability to distinguish and prioritize critical and urgent job planning and for specific jobs.
• Demonstrate knowledge and the implementation of the various components included in our construction of building high performance homes.
• Consult with engineers, architects, and designers on design problems.
• Price and expedite appropriate level of customer change orders.

Education and Experience Requirements :

2 to 5 Years of Construction Management Experience

High School Diploma or Equivalent Required

Bachelor's Degree in Construction Management or Relevant Field Preferred

Desired Skills & Expertise :

Ability to maintain a composed problem-solving approach when pressed for time

Ability to maintain composure and handle frequent job changes or unexpected disruptions

Demonstrate sound business ethics

Anticipate problems and develop contingency plans

Have a strong sense of urgency about getting results

Have the desire to be influential for individual projects, with your team, the company and ambition beyond basic job management