Superintendent

Job Description

Job Description

Summary

Superintendent is responsible for overseeing and managing all day-to-day job site activities, including project team performance, site conditions, safety and quality standards, compliance with scope, and effective management of trade partners.

Responsibilities

• Oversee, manage, and document all day-to-day job site activities including OSHA safety compliance
• Communicate issues, events, performance, and progress daily to the Project Manager
• Report any problems promptly to the Project Manager to facilitate the most cost-effective solutions
• Establish effective working relationships with clients and BE&K team members
• Request advice and assistance from the General Superintendent on matters pertaining to materials, sequencing, scheduling and personnel
• Project Start-Up / Turnover Meeting :
• Identify pre-mobilization activities in conjunction with the Project Executive, General Superintendent, and the Project Manager
• Develop start-up schedule with Project Manager and send it to the Project Executive and General Superintendent for review
• Scheduling :
• Assist in formulating and implementing construction schedules in the field
• Establish and implement the Project Baseline Schedule based on the project contracts and subcontractor input, taking into account any elements that might impact the schedule
• Maintain the schedule and ensure that work performed is consistent with the contract and will meet or exceed client expectations
• Update Project Schedule monthly
• Provide progress report with the two-week look ahead of schedule to the Project Manager and the field staff
• Safety :
• Ensure that all subcontractors participate in a safety pre-construction meeting prior to starting work on the project
• Ensure that all subcontractors have a full set of MSD sheets on the project, as well as their site specific safety plan and current insurance certificate
• Review the project daily to ensure that all activities are being performed in accordance with all OSHA and governing requirements and the project site specific safety plan
• Review safety reports and injury data to assess safety performance on assigned projects
• Ensure project(s) are budgeted & staffed appropriately to support safety programs
• Communicate clear expectations for safety to project teams
• Adhere to all BE&K Safety program requirements
• Quality Management :
• Ensure that all pertinent benchmarks for the project are established and inserted into the baseline schedule
• Ensure that all 1st delivery inspections and Benchmark inspections occur per the baseline schedule so as not to impact the progression of the subsequent work
• Ensure that the inspections are approved, documented, and communicated to the project team
• Subcontractor and Site Management throughout the Project :
• Mobilize the field office and maintain the job site to BE&K standards
• Organize documentation of the job site for easy access and review
• Manage subcontractor performance to quality and ethical standards
• Work with PM to identify and resolve personnel issues and construction process revisions
• Manage all phases of the construction process including documenting and reporting site activities and progress, manage excavations and assist with Job Site Utilization Plan
• Meeting Management :
• Attend project turnover, mobilization, and project coordination meetings
• Attend / chair safety pre-construction meetings
• Attend / chair weekly foreman and safety meetings
• Attend / chair monthly schedule review meetings
• Attend closeout meetings
• Attend owner meetings
• Attend / chair subcontractor meetings and any others necessary to monitor and manage the project
• Administrative Management :
• Complete and implement construction office checklists including emergency phone lists
• Complete daily reports and maintains logs of key activities, files, and shop drawings
• Manage the quality and condition of all material deliveries
• Maintain required safety reporting and all other required files to BE&K standards
• Insure that as-built working drawings are maintained as well as the current drawing log and revision log, communicating this to the subcontractors
• Project Closeout :
• Manage subcontractor closeout, transfer of utilities, owner training, work list and punch list

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management or Engineering (preferred not required)
• 5+ years of experience as a Superintendent in Commercial Construction
• The ability to manage and embrace change. Respond and adapt to new processes and new ways of looking at old problems
• Excellent team development skills and leadership abilities
• Strong ability to partner with the Project Manager and staff
• Must possess effective communication skills
• Capable of dealing with ambiguity and tight work oversight
• Must possess business judgment to negotiate the critical balance between budget and construction processes
• Must have judgment to know when to appropriately escalate issues up the chain of command
• Excellent management skills to effectively manage subcontractor performance to high quality
• Candidate must possess BE&K Core Values : Integrity Teamwork Respect Discipline Accountability Social Responsibility

Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a background check and drug test

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