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Traveling Superintendent 2 - Justice

JE Dunn Construction · Des Moines, IA · 3 mo ago
ManagementFull-time

Role Summary

JE Dunn, ENR's #2-ranked Contractor in Correctional Facilities Construction, is seeking individuals to join our traveling family building innovative, efficient, safe, and technologically advanced courthouses and corrections facilities.

Key Role Responsibilities - Core

  • Leads all aspects of the company’s safety culture and creates awareness by demonstrating commitment to an injury-free environment through individual actions and mentoring others.
  • Investigates safety incidents and retrains staff and needed.
  • Manages and oversees company staff, subcontractors, suppliers and programs such as Safety, Quality and EEO for a small project or a major portion of a larger project.
  • Develops work plans for subcontractors and self-performed work.
  • Captures, manages, changes and implements the project’s schedule as needed, in conjunction with the Project Manager.
  • Communicates key project information to owners, design team, governing authorities, subcontractors, suppliers and other departments.
  • Updates drawings, logs, diaries and inspection notebooks.
  • Approves and/or records unit cost information for weekly reports and completes daily reports, logs and tracking reports.
  • Evaluates progress on self-perform work and make adjustments as needed.
  • Manages material and equipment needs for the project.
  • Supports the MOC (Material and Other Costs) and DLSC (Dunn Logistics Service Center) procurement and approval processes.
  • Selects the formwork, tools and equipment necessary to complete self-perform operations.
  • Manages timecard approval process to ensure reporting of accurate hours and proper cost codes.
  • Ensures quality compliance through use of specifications, setting quality standards, in-house QA/QC and outside resources.
  • Supervises pre-punch activities and coordinates activities with the owner, architect and governing authorities.
  • Gains understanding of the project pursuit process and methodology.
  • Partners with field leadership to establish field staffing for their assigned project.
  • Partners with project management to identify schedule and costs associated with project changes.
  • Participates in the negotiation process with the owner and architect to gain agreement for project changes.
  • Participates with the project team in preparation and presentation for all project review meetings, including the monthly review process and other key project meetings.
  • Participates in the project buy out meetings with subcontractors and vendors.
  • Identifies and recruits top talent.
  • Supports and promotes a culture of diversity and inclusion within JE Dunn.

Key Role Responsibilities - Additional Core

  • Manages fairly complex stand-alone projects from start to finish.
  • Assumes responsibility for management, scheduling, production, safety and quality on their project or their portion of the project.
  • Identifies, understands and actively manages project risks.
  • Utilizes awareness, experience and knowledge to identify problems and recommends solutions for review and implementation by the team.
  • Manages deliverables provided by a variety of internal resources and functions such as IPS, logistics, etc.
  • Participates with project team in project pursuits.
  • Participates in the negotiation process with the owner and architect to gain agreement for project changes.

Education & Experience

  • High School Diploma or GED.
  • Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering or related field (Preferred).
  • 5+ years construction experience.
  • 3+ years field supervision experience.
  • Prior experience working on large or complex Justice / Corrections construction projects (Preferred).

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