Area Superintendent

Columbia Construction Company•North Reading, MA

6d•$112,258 - $130,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Area Superintendent will work with the Columbia project team to identify and fulfill the client’s Conditions of Satisfaction. This role involves communicating these conditions and engaging trade partners in fulfilling them. The Area Superintendent will collaborate with the Sector Leader, Project Executive, and Field staff to identify project challenges and facilitate collaborative problem-solving within a larger project environment. This includes coordinating specific work within the overall project, aligning sub-projects with the master schedule, resource coordination, problem-solving, and conflict resolution. A key aspect of this role is developing and maintaining open and honest communication with the project team, participating in various meetings (internal team, project, subcontractor, coordination, safety, and goals meetings), and assisting the project manager with subcontractor buyout and procurement. The Area Superintendent is responsible for ensuring compliance with Columbia’s safety program, OSHA regulations, and other applicable standards, addressing and mitigating job site hazards, holding regular safety meetings and toolbox talks, conducting site safety orientations, and investigating incidents. They will also support the development of a project-specific control program, conduct pre-task meetings with subcontractors, establish workflow and quality standards, and provide feedback for training programs. Additionally, this role involves collaborating with trade partners on workflow schedules, identifying and eliminating constraints, and developing and communicating 2-3 week lookahead schedules.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Engineering, Construction Management, or related field. Equivalent defined as any combination of education, training or experience that has been evaluated to be the equivalent of a US Bachelor’s degree.
Must have 2 years of experience working on a construction site as an area/assistant superintendent and/or field engineer.

Responsibilities

Work with the Columbia project team to identify and fulfill the client’s Conditions of Satisfaction.
Communicate the Conditions of Satisfaction and engage the trade partners in fulfilling the conditions.
Work with Sector Leader/Project Executive/and Field staff to identify project challenges and facilitate collaborative problem solving.
Work in larger project environment and coordinate specific work within overall project.
Coordinate progress of sub projects with master schedule, resource coordination, problem solving and conflict resolution.
Develop and maintain an open and honest line of communication with the project team.
Participate in weekly internal team meetings, project meetings, subcontractor meetings, coordination meetings, safety meetings, internal and external goals meetings and others as needed.
Work with superintendent/project manager to prepare and update project schedule during the preconstruction phase.
Develop logistics plans, schedules, project approach documents, procurement log, preparation and presentation in interviews.
Develop and manage overall project scheduling and planning and report field problems and issues to lead Superintendent or Project Manager.
Assist the project manager with subcontractor buyout and procurement process.
Ensure compliance of work plan in accordance to Columbia’s safety program, OSHA regulations and other applicable regulatory standards and codes within the project jurisdiction.
Address, mitigate and communicate hazards on the job.
Hold regular toolbox talks safety meetings to reinforce safety training and ensure use of PPE.
Conduct site safety orientations and communicate clear health and safety expectations and perform detailed and thorough documented investigation so fall incidents and injuries.
Assist and support in developing a project specific control program, build from a well-coordinated set of construction documents, approved submittals, and accurate dimensional layout.
Conduct pre-task meetings with subcontractors before commencing work, establish workflow and quality standard through mockups, and complete subcontractor/vendor evaluations before final completion.
Communicate and provide feedback from field staff and provide input to training programs.
Engage with subcontractors to collaborate on individual workflow schedules for all of the critical milestones including Certification of Occupancy.
Identify, document and collaborate with trade partners to identify and eliminate constraints.
Develop, maintain and communicated 2-3 week lookahead to the entire project team.
Submit proposals as requested by project sector leader/executives.