Civil General Superintendent

The Christman Company•Lansing, MI

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Christman Constructors, Inc. (CCI) is seeking a Civil General Superintendent for its Southeast Michigan region. This role involves coordinating and managing field operations within the region, reviewing and assigning field resources, projecting manpower needs, and assisting with personnel management. The Civil General Superintendent will monitor project health, provide status updates on field operations, maintain positive relationships with partners, and manage a culture of accountability among Superintendents. This position also provides technical support, assists estimating and procurement teams, contributes to the development of construction methods, and helps resolve site operations issues.

Requirements

High School Diploma
Minimum 15 years of experience in commercial construction
At least 10 years of experience in a supervisory role
Equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.
Successful completion of pre-employment screening, including drug and background screening.

Responsibilities

Coordinates and assists in managing field operations within a region or company division.
Reviews regional field resource needs and assign available resources to current projects.
Projects resource needs via lookahead schedule to predict upcoming manpower requirements.
Assists regional leadership with recruiting, hiring, and performance management of personnel as required.
Monitors the health of every project within a region.
Provides regular status updates of field operations to regional leadership as it relates to the team, subcontractor performance, quality control, project budgets, and schedules.
Maintains and promotes positive relationship with partners, contractors, customers, building officials, and suppliers.
Provides input and consultation with regional leadership regarding staffing considerations on projects as required.
Manages the culture of accountability of Superintendents to ensure proper management of projects, meet safety and quality standards, and to meet budget and schedule expectations.
Provides expert technical support to partners as required to determine constructability, schedule, means and methods, and to resolve any related issues.
Assists the estimating and procurement teams by reviewing documents for manpower productivity, constructability, phasing options, scheduling, temporary protection requirements, site logistics, and other field construction issues.
Contributes to the development of and maintenance of updated general instructions, procedures, and guidelines for field construction methods utilizing current industry and company practices.
Assists project teams with review of specifications and other bid documents to ensure compliance with technical and code requirements.
Participates in constructability reviews of project documents to help determine the most cost effective and schedule efficient method of construction.
Assists in resolving site operations issues (lack of productivity, sequencing of trades, responsiveness of subcontractors, internal staffing issues, investigation into client call backs for work deficiencies) as required.
Partners with Superintendents to ensure proper manpower and equipment requirements, sequencing of trades, quality of work, budget controls, adherence to project schedule, and permitting of work.