Superintendent

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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