Construction Assistant Superintendent

Westminster Management

16h•Onsite

About The Position

This position is responsible for assisting with one or more construction projects with the management of the overall planning, scheduling, code compliance, cost tracking, safety, and completion of these projects. The position requires business management acumen, and the candidate must demonstrate strong leadership, organizational and time management skills and have strong communication and team building skills.

Requirements

Requires Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management or related Bachelor’s degree.
Requires 5 years of stick-framed multifamily residential construction experience in Sitework experience preferred.
Requires superior communication and interpersonal (tact, diplomacy, influence, etc.) skills essential both within the internal project team and externally with subcontractors, labor force, etc.
Requires the ability to work with and have knowledge of the shop drawing submittal process.
Requires the ability to read and comprehend building plans and specifications and able to comprehend and recognize safety standards and issues.
Requires the ability to determine the priority of assignments based on critical deadlines.
Requires the ability to resolve field-initiated questions.
Requires understanding of construction contracts, retention, and releases.
Requires the ability to interact with all levels of personnel and customers.
Must possess strength in verbal and written communications.
Requires ability to meet deadlines and work in a structured corporate environment.
Requires the ability to be self-motivated and work independently with minimal supervision.
Requires a high degree of ethics and integrity.
Requires the ability to maintain confidentiality of all company and customer information.

Responsibilities

Study and understand plans, specifications, blueprints, and process submittals.
Work with and assist project coordination and support staff in distributing all project data and documents to the project team.
Maintain field set of project drawings and specifications.
Work with and assist the project manager and the superintendent in coordinating, scheduling, and managing all construction activities.
Maintain accurate time-keeping and construction activity records.
Coordinate information flow between field personnel, sub-contractors and design team.
Assist in reviewing and evaluating sub-contractor proposals including preparation of cost comparison/leveling charts as required.
Monitor site activities and material receiving – ensure that material received is properly inspected for quantity and quality, and for compliance with specifications and approved submittals.
Work with and assist the project manager and the superintendent with all jobsite reporting requirements, including daily reports, field purchase orders, weekly unit reports/meetings, weekly updates to the “two week look-ahead” and monthly updates to the construction schedule.
Familiarize yourself with shop drawing and submittals and monitor the submittal schedule, contract documents, various tracking logs to comply with contract and company reporting requirements.
Attend required jobsite meetings and take meeting minutes to present to all attending and non-attending parties.
Maintain safety standards – safety planning is to be included in all pre-job planning and considered foremost in the daily operations.
Maintain quality consistent with the company standards. Any repetitive quality problems with a subcontractor or vendor should be brought to management’s attention. The company has a policy and past record of providing high quality work and this standard is to be maintained on each project.
Identify and aggressively follow up on all punch-list items.
Close out the project in compliance with the contract documents.
Satisfy the subcontractors, vendors and the company.
Be sensitive to special requirements of the customer, subs, vendors or neighbors to ensure satisfactory relations.
Other duties as assigned.