Traveling Superintendent 2 - Justice

Best People + Right Culture drive JE Dunn’s success. By hiring inspired people, giving them challenging work, enabling them with innovative tools, and sharing company rewards, we’ve grown sustainably for over 100 years. Our diverse teams enrich lives through inspired people and places, and we need individuals like you to join us in building authentic partnerships.

JE Dunn, ENR’s #2-ranked Contractor in Correctional Facilities Construction, seeks individuals to join our traveling family. This role focuses on building innovative, efficient, safe, and technologically advanced courthouses and corrections facilities that make lasting impacts on communities. The Traveling Superintendent 2 - Justice will support JE Dunn’s growing portfolio of Justice projects across the United States.

About the Role

The Traveling Superintendent 2 - Justice plans, manages, and executes all aspects of assigned projects with some complexity. Responsibilities include managing materials, equipment, and people; ensuring complete documentation; and meeting project goals for timely and profitable completion. This role operates within defined limits of authority and consults supervisors on key decisions.

Career progression leads to Superintendent 3.

Responsibilities

• Lead all aspects of the company’s safety culture, demonstrating commitment to an injury-free environment through actions and mentoring. Investigate safety incidents and retrain staff as needed.
• Manage and organize subcontractors and overall job workflow.
• Oversee company staff, subcontractors, suppliers, and programs such as Safety, Quality, and EEO for small projects or major portions of larger projects.
• Develop work plans for subcontractors and self-performed work.
• Coordinate and manage care, custody, and control of the project site.
• Lead daily standup and weekly trade meetings; attend, manage, and participate in progress and OAC meetings.
• Create, manage, and adjust the project schedule in conjunction with the Project Manager.
• Track and monitor project budget and costs using project management systems and data from the Project Manager.
• Communicate key project information to owners, design teams, governing authorities, subcontractors, suppliers, and other departments.
• Follow project filing and documentation systems; update drawings, logs, diaries, and inspection notebooks.
• Approve and record unit cost information for weekly reports; complete daily reports, logs, and tracking reports.
• Evaluate progress on self-perform work and adjust as needed.
• Manage material and equipment needs for the project.
• Support MOC (Material and Other Costs) and DLSC (Dunn Logistics Service Center) procurement and approval processes.
• Assist in selecting formwork, tools, and equipment for self-perform operations.
• Manage the timecard approval process to ensure accurate hours and proper cost codes.
• Ensure quality compliance through specifications, setting quality standards, and using in-house QA/QC and outside resources.
• Support project closeouts by supervising pre-punch activities and coordinating with owners, architects, and governing authorities.
• Understand the project pursuit process and methodology.
• Participate in project pre-planning with field operations leadership and the project team; implement, monitor, and adjust plans throughout the project lifecycle.
• Partner with field leadership to establish field staffing for assigned projects.
• Partner with project management to identify schedule and cost impacts of project changes.
• Participate in negotiations with owners and architects to gain agreement on project changes.
• Prepare and present materials for project review meetings, including monthly reviews and other key meetings.
• Participate in project buy-out meetings with subcontractors and vendors.
• Understand and apply terms and conditions of owner and subcontractor contracts.
• Identify and recruit top talent.
• Lead, support, and promote a culture of diversity and inclusion within JE Dunn; ensure proactive implementation of non-discrimination policies.

Additional Responsibilities

• Manage fairly complex stand-alone projects from start to finish.
• Assume responsibility for management, scheduling, production, safety, and quality on assigned projects or portions of projects.
• Identify, understand, and actively manage project risks.
• Use awareness, experience, and knowledge to identify problems and recommend solutions for team review and implementation.
• Manage deliverables from internal resources and functions such as IPS and logistics.
• Participate in project pursuits and negotiations with owners and architects for project changes.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, or related field preferred.
• 5+ years of construction experience.
• 3+ years of field supervision experience.
• Experience with Lean principles preferred.
• Prior experience on large or complex Justice/Corrections construction projects preferred.

Skills

• Ability to perform work accurately and completely in a timely manner.
• Intermediate verbal and written communication skills.
• Intermediate proficiency in conducting effective presentations.
• Intermediate proficiency in MS Office.
• Ability to apply fundamentals of construction management means and methods to projects.
• Knowledge of project processes and how each supports successful project completion.
• Ability to build relationships with team members that transcend a project.
• Intermediate proficiency in project management and accounting software.
• Intermediate proficiency in required JE Dunn construction technology.
• Intermediate proficiency in scheduling software.
• Intermediate ability to apply Lean processes and philosophy.
• Intermediate knowledge of specific trades and scopes of work.
• Intermediate knowledge of self-perform and labor productivity.
• Intermediate ability to manage budgets, maximize profitability, and generate future work through relationships.
• Knowledge of organizational structure and available resources.
• Intermediate knowledge of layout skills.
• Intermediate knowledge of crane flagging and rigging.
• Ability to understand document changes and their impact on the project schedule.
• Ability to build relationships and collaborate within a team, internally and externally.

Working Environment

• Valid and unrestricted driver’s license required.
• Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds.
• May require periods of travel and/or relocation.
• May be exposed to extreme conditions (hot or cold).
• Must be willing to work non-traditional hours to meet project needs.
• Frequent activities: standing, walking, climbing, bending, reaching above shoulder, pushing, pulling.
• Occasional activities: sitting, viewing computer screen.

Benefits

The benefits package for this position is classified as Professional Non-Union. Click here for benefits details.