Assistant Construction Superintendent

About the role

BRPH is a technically focused, creative architecture, engineering, and construction company with over six decades of expertise in helping mission-driven clients in various sectors. Our Atlanta office serves as a core regional hub for our architecture, engineering, and interior design team.

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.
• Covers 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.

Requirements

• 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.

Qualifications

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

Skills

• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Strong safety awareness and enforcement.
• Ability to read and understand blueprints.
• Knowledge of construction industry practices and regulations.

Benefits

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Equal Opportunity Employer

BRPH is an equal opportunity employer, including disability/vets.

Application Instructions

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