Assistant Superintendent - Commercial - Greenville

HarperGC•Greenville, SC

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Assistant Superintendent supports the Project Manager and Superintendent in creating a safe work environment, delivering a quality project, maintaining the schedule, and earning a fair and reasonable profit. The role assists with daily jobsite leadership, field decisions, scheduling, logistics, quality control, staffing, coordination of Trade Partners, and communication with Owners and the Architect/Engineer. The Assistant Superintendent helps ensure project decisions and information are timely and appropriate, investigates and resolves field issues, and knows when to involve project stakeholders. The position assists with implementing project safety requirements, including project-specific safety planning, SOAR orientations, utility-strike prevention, toolbox talks, safety inspections, stand-down training, and incident investigations. It supports procurement and scheduling, work sequencing, delivery planning, QA/QC, trade coordination, recovery strategies, and compliance with building and ADA codes and required inspections. The role also helps supervise field staff, manage timesheets and daily reports, monitor jobsite equipment and security personnel, and prepare and manage punch lists. The Assistant Superintendent is expected to use Procore and, when appropriate, BIM tools such as BIM Glue and Navisworks. Duties include working with drawings, specifications, submittals, RFIs, observations, inspections, meeting minutes, schedules, photos, and punch lists; identifying design and installation conflicts; and helping coordinate building systems and field layouts. The role attends OAC meetings and may lead Trade Partner coordination meetings. The job is performed in construction-site environments and involves travel to and from multiple jobsites, projects, and offices. Minimal overnight or weekend travel may be required. Driving a company-owned vehicle is required, along with a valid state-issued license, satisfactory motor vehicle record, safe driving behavior, and adherence to the company Driving and Truck Policy. The employee must be authorized to work in the United States.

Requirements

Minimum 4 years of jobsite supervision experience, including work as an Assistant Superintendent or Foreman.
Proven track record of promoting a strong safety culture and leading safety on a jobsite.
Experience building from the ground up on more than one project.
Some understanding of construction means and methods across all scopes of work.
Demonstrated understanding of plans and specifications.
Ability to lead a jobsite, including Harper personnel and Trade Partners.
Ability to supervise multiple tasks, meet deadlines consistently, and solve complex issues.
Detail-oriented, flexible, and able to accept frequent change; demonstrates a “Can Do” attitude.
Ability to build relationships with project teammates and Trade Partners and to understand people and their intentions.
Ability to communicate and develop relationships with City, local agency, and utility representatives.
Authorized to work in the United States.
Valid state-issued driver's license, satisfactory motor vehicle record, safe driving behavior, and compliance with the company Driving and Truck Policy.
Ability to perform the physical requirements of construction-site work, including inspecting ongoing construction, walking over varied terrain, climbing, stooping, bending, and lifting; heavier loads can be handled with help.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Harper General Contracting.
OSHA 30 certification.

Responsibilities

Assist the Superintendent and Project Manager in overseeing jobsite work, making field decisions, and keeping the project safe, on schedule, and within quality and project objectives.
Coordinate project scheduling, work sequencing, deliveries, logistics, staging, phasing, trade staffing, and material delivery dates.
Communicate with Owners, Architects, Engineers, City representatives, local agencies, utilities, Trade Partners, consultants, and vendors about field issues and project coordination.
Investigate and help resolve project issues, identify design-versus-installation conflicts, and determine when an RFI or stakeholder involvement is needed.
Implement project safety requirements, including safety pre-planning, utility-strike prevention, SOAR orientations, weekly Toolbox Talks, safety stand-down training, and weekly Procore safety inspections.
Participate in incident investigations involving injuries, property damage, behavioral issues, and near misses, and coordinate with the Safety Manager.
Assist with procurement tracking, project schedules, quality assurance and quality control, pre-installation meetings, and exterior-skin-systems meetings.
Coordinate Trade Partners, including work locations, start dates, durations, commitments, manpower, and recovery strategies to maintain the project schedule.
Supervise and support field staff, including Foremen, Field Engineers, and Interns, and assist in developing Project Engineers.
Manage field staff timesheets, complete daily reports, monitor jobsite equipment, and monitor project security personnel.
Support compliance with local building codes, ADA requirements, and required project inspections.
Document and execute a Harper punch list before inviting the Owner and Design Team to conduct their punch list.
Use Procore to work with project logs, drawings, drawing overlays and attachments, inspections, observations, photos, RFIs, meeting minutes, schedules, specifications, submittals, punch lists, and timesheets.
Attend OAC meetings and assist with agendas, identifying critical issues, and running meetings effectively; demonstrate the ability to lead Trade Partner coordination meetings.
Help resolve building-system clashes and conflicts without compromising the engineered basis of design, and identify when drawing or specification updates or cost-impact documentation is needed.
Assist with QA/QC program development and project supervision using BIM technologies, including 3D conflict coordination and field layout coordination.
Travel to and from multiple jobsites, projects, and offices, and drive a company-owned vehicle as required.