Assistant Superintendent - Construction

About the role

Under the guidance of the Site Superintendent and in partnership with the Project Manager, develops, manages, and completes a job plan for an assigned job.

Responsibilities

• Champions “The Layton Way” by delivering predictable outcomes for internal teams, external teams, and customers.
• Ensures that “Constructing with Integrity” is delivered by working with honesty, unity, safety, and quality of work.
• Review plans and specifications to have a comprehensive knowledge of job requirements.
• Develop job plan, including schedule, access, manpower, building requirements, etc.
• Procure tools, labor and some materials.
• Interact with architects and owners to resolve job issues.
• Communicate construction issues and progress to supervisory personnel engaged in coordinating various phases of construction; craft personnel to update and gather input; subcontractors prior to mobilization to review scope of work and schedule and prior to each phase of work on schedule and phasing requirements; clients to update them on project’s progress; and the Superintendent for input and guidance.
• Confer with supervisory and engineering personnel and/or inspectors and suppliers of tools and materials to resolve construction problems and to improve construction methods.
• Inspect work in progress to ensure that work conforms to specifications and construction schedules.
• Manage the project based on progress reports, materials used and costs and adjust work schedules accordingly.
• Work with Project Manager in preparing the Project Management Plan.
• May track and price extra work tickets, change requests and back charges to cover extra expenses.
• Comply with all safety policies, practices and procedures. Report unsafe activities to supervisor and/or Safety.
• Demonstrate integrity; maintain professional standards of conduct and ethics; and follow company policies and procedures.
• Participate actively in team environment and contributes to successful completion of team goals.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in construction management or related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 5+ years' experience in ground-up commercial and/or multifamily construction.
• A demonstrated knowledge of construction processes.
• Knowledge of building codes and blueprints.
• Knowledge of subcontractors’ scopes of work and quality requirements.
• Good written and oral communication skills.
• Has strong problem-solving skills, showing the ability to deal with a variety of variables given general construction, moderate structure and direction, and interprets a variety of complex instructions.
• The ability to process information quickly and follow through with a course of action.