Assistant Construction Superintendent

About the role

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station sits at the heart of Florida's Space Coast and is a critical hub for national security, aerospace, and space launch operations. Working primarily on site, this role supports mission-critical programs in a highly technical, secure environment where precision, coordination, and schedule certainty are essential. The surrounding Space Coast area offers a strong engineering and defense presence, coastal living, and proximity to Melbourne, Cocoa Beach, and the broader Central Florida region.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Assists the superintendent with managing job site safety, quality, and schedule for assigned projects from pre-construction to closeout.
• Ensures BRPH standards of quality and safety are adhered to by assertively championing BRPH’s safety culture to project teams and subcontractors.
• Works collaboratively with project managers, superintendents, project team members, and field teams.
• Represents BRPH in a professional manner.
• Assists in managing the field and project team successfully and collaboratively.
• Establishes and maintains positive and effective relationships and communication with the client, construction manager, project team, consultants/architects/engineers, subcontractors, adjacent communities, and governmental agencies.
• Assists with job site logistics & field coordination set up.
• Participates in the review of project documents for constructability and content including shop drawings.
• Assists in enforcing a site-specific emergency action plan for assigned projects in collaboration with the Project Manager.
• Captains subcontractors.
• Assists in coordinating building inspections, subcontractor inspections, and agencies.
• In collaboration with the Superintendent, performs daily job site walks and submits daily safety audit reports.
• Attends foreman meetings, pre-task meetings, safety meetings and project staff meetings.
• Assists with the management of job site manpower production and performance.
• Other related duties as assigned and needed.

Education and/or Experience

• Must have a minimum of 2 years of experience in the construction industry.
• Must have a general understanding of the construction industry, job site safety requirements, planning, building trades, sequence of work, and relevant technology.
• Must be proficient in reading blueprints.
• Must have excellent demonstrated initiative, communication, teamwork, and dependability.
• Must have a working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Must be authorized to work in the US without sponsorship and the ability to obtain site access authorization for work sites.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to navigate and move around the construction site, which may involve walking, climbing ladders and scaffolding, and standing for extended periods on uneven surfaces.
• Ability to lift to 50 pounds.
• Ability to handle tools, equipment, and perform tasks that require coordination and manual skills.
• Manual dexterity, hearing, mental acuity, typing, reaching, repetitive motion, speaking, talking, and visual acuity.
• Ability to operate a motor vehicle.
• Ability to stand and sit for periods longer than 30 minutes but not to exceed two hours consecutively.
• Ability to print and draw letters, numbers, words, characters, and symbols that are legible and understood by others.
• Ability to learn complex tasks and remember how to complete tasks without assistance once trained.
• Ability to control behavior when encountering stressful situations or short deadlines and to maintain a high level of concentration.
• Quick thinking and decision-making ability to address issues and challenges that may arise during construction.
• Endurance to work in various weather conditions and handle the physical demands of supervising a construction project.
• Strict adherence to safety protocols and the ability to enforce safety standards on the construction site.
• Adherence to personal protective equipment (PPE) requirements when on the construction site, such as hard hats, safety vests, and steel-toed boots.

Reasonable Accommodations

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EOE, including Disability/Vets

This job description may be changed to include new responsibilities and tasks or change existing ones as management deems necessary.

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