Traveling Superintendent

About the role

Our Superintendents are the “boots on the ground”. They are responsible for ensuring that the project progresses according to plan and Owner specifications, in conjunction with the Project Manager, Architects and Owners. They supervise and coordinate the daily activities of construction workers, contractors, sub-contractors and Assistant Superintendents. They lead every step of the way, and when the project is complete they can truly say, “I built that”.

Responsibilities

• Onsite during all work activities, using experience, research and networking with other Catamount Staff to ensure the job meets or exceeds client expectations
• Maintain communication, from holding weekly sub-contractor meetings, to communicating change orders, schedule, and back charges with the Project Manager, and addressing problematic subcontractors early to improve the desired outcome.
• Creation and adherence to a well-planned 3-week schedule, while also ensuring quality with tasks like maintaining a quality deficiency list
• Help the job stay on budget, by effectively managing cost expenditures and maintaining logs
• Champion job-site safety by leading pre-task safety meetings with subcontractors, posting required notices, preparing reports, maintaining MSDS information, and documenting safety warnings
• Documentation in key areas such as descriptive and accurate daily construction reports, T&M issues, RFI’s, and project photography
• Storm Water Prevention plan notification and adherence
• Close-out duties such as project turnover matrix, maintaining as-built documents, developing and completing punch-lists

Skills

• People and project management skills and abilities
• A safety champion who leads by example
• Refined organizational skills, and the ability to prioritize tasks for self, team, and projects
• Strong communication skills including listening, presenting, interpersonal and written

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of related experience or training with a general contractor, renovation/