Construction Assistant Superintendent

Primary Responsibilities

• Study and understand plans, specifications, blueprints, and process submittals.
• Work with and assist project coordination and support staff in distributing all project data and documents to the project team.
• Maintain field set of project drawings and specifications.
• Work with and assist the project manager and the superintendent in coordinating, scheduling, and managing all construction activities.
• Maintain accurate time-keeping and construction activity records.
• Cookordinate information flow between field personnel, sub-contractors and design team.
• Aid in reviewing and evaluating sub-contractor proposals including preparation of cost comparison/leveling charts as required.
• Monitor site activities and material receiving – ensure that material received is properly inspected for quantity and quality, and for compliance with specifications and approved submittals.
• Aid in the project manager and superintendent with all jobsite reporting requirements, including daily reports, field purchase orders, weekly unit reports/meetings, weekly updates to the “two week look-ahead” and monthly updates to the construction schedule.
• Familiarize yourself with shop drawing and submittals and monitor the submittal schedule, contract documents, various tracking logs to comply with contract and company reporting requirements.
• Attend required jobsite meetings and take meeting minutes to present to all attending and non-attending parties.
• Maintain safety standards – safety planning is to be included in all pre-job planning and considered foremost in the daily operations.
• Maintain quality consistent with the company standards.
• Identify and aggressively follow up on all punch-list items.
• Close out the project in compliance with the contract documents.
• Satisfy the subcontractors, vendors and the company.
• Be sensitive to special requirements of the customer, subs, vendors or neighbors to ensure satisfactory relations.

Pre-Requisites

• Requires Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management or related Bachelor’s degree.
• Requires 5 years of stick-framed multifamily residential construction experience in Sitework experience preferred.
• Requires superior communication and interpersonal (tact, diplomacy, influence, etc.) skills essential both within the internal project team and externally with subcontractors, labor force, etc.
• Requires the ability to work with and have knowledge of the shop drawing submittal process.
• Requires the ability to read and comprehend building plans and specifications and able to comprehend and recognize safety standards and issues.
• Requires the ability to determine the priority of assignments based on critical deadlines.
• Requires the ability to resolve field-initiated questions.
• Requires understanding of construction contracts, retention, and releases.
• Requires the ability to interact with all levels of personnel and customers.
• Requires ability to meet deadlines and work in a structured corporate environment.
• Requires the ability to be self-motivated and work independently with minimal supervision.
• Requires a high degree of ethics and integrity.
• Requires the ability to maintain confidentiality of all company and customer information.