Assistant Superintendent

About the position

At MW Builders, our culture is built on hard work - but while enjoying ourselves in the process. Our family of construction companies prides itself on our almost 90 year history, our 100% employee ownership structure, our competitive pay and benefits. We truly believe that our people are our greatest asset, and that's why we place a heavy emphasis on recruiting, training, and retaining the best and brightest talent in the industry. This position assists the project superintendent with the assigned scope of responsibility; monitors and coordinates subcontractor work and, when appropriate, self-perform activities.

Responsibilities

• Conducts workplace inspections assessing quantity and specification/quality, percent completion by subcontractors, and safety compliance
• Coordinates and communicates with vendors, crews, subcontractors, and suppliers to facilitate timely project completion
• Assists in supervising various self-perform features of work
• Tracks jobsite labor production for self-perform work and report findings to Project Manager and/or Superintendent
• Studies plans and specifications to plan procedures for construction on the basis of starting and completion times and staffing requirements for each phase of construction
• Creates project management documentation that may include schedules, progress charts, RFIs, submittals, meeting minutes, jobsite controls, tracking reports, daily reports, etc.
• May have informal supervisory responsibilities through the training, coaching, or mentoring of other Project Engineers
• Exercises initiative or, as directed, performs additional duties to meet the needs of the organization
• Advises senior level superintendents and/or project management of potential problems, work interference, schedule difficulties, etc.; assists in circumventing/resolving such problems as required
• As directed, coordinates work among various subcontractors to achieve a smooth project completion
• Actively reviews the work performance to assure good quality control and make certain work conforms with plans and specifications

Requirements

• Ability to collaborate with and function well within a team-oriented environment
• Ability to read and interpret construction documents
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite
• Ability to learn new computer programs for project management / reporting purposes
• A minimum of a bachelor's degree from a four-year college, university, or equivalent experience
• 3 years or more of related work experience preferred

Nice-to-haves

• May have supervisory responsibilities over skilled trades/projects engineers