Construction Supervisor

Westminster • Eatontown, NJ

10d • Onsite

About The Position

This position leads one or more construction projects and manages project planning, scheduling, code compliance, cost tracking, safety, and completion. The Construction Supervisor directs and mentors subcontractors and other on-site field staff and applies business management acumen, leadership, organizational, time-management, communication, and team-building skills.

The role works weekdays from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., with Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. as required. It involves travel between multiple job sites and simultaneous management of project workloads.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field, or equivalent years of related experience.
• 10+ years of experience in stick-frame multifamily residential construction.
• Working knowledge of construction disciplines, cost control, scheduling, safety regulations, engineering drawings, and other required documents.
• Superior communication and interpersonal skills, including tact, diplomacy, and influence, for working with internal project teams, subcontractors, and labor forces.
• Ability to work with and understand the shop drawing submittal process.
• Ability to read and comprehend building plans and specifications and recognize safety standards and issues.
• Ability to prioritize assignments according to critical deadlines and resolve field-initiated questions.
• Understanding of construction contracts, retention, and releases.
• Ability to interact with all levels of personnel and customers.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to adapt communications and presentations and deliver clear, concise reports and analysis to senior management.
• Ability to meet deadlines and work in a structured corporate environment.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and remain self-motivated.
• High degree of ethics and integrity.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of company and customer information.

Nice To Haves

• Previous sitework and structured garage construction experience.

Responsibilities

• Secure, post, and renew required permits and approvals from jurisdictional agencies before work begins.
• Develop, update, modify as needed, and maintain project schedules, including master schedules and 60-day and two-week look-ahead schedules for assigned trades.
• Track required material arrival dates and communicate them to the project management team for preparation of contract item lists and shop drawing schedules.
• Coordinate subcontractors, vendors, and inspectors to complete projects on time.
• Communicate with and support subcontractors so they can perform their duties effectively and efficiently.
• Monitor work and materials to ensure quality control standards are met at project stages.
• Perform inspections or schedule inspectors to meet job-location safety and compliance regulations.
• Prepare thorough and timely daily construction reports and maintain written daily logs of visitors, work performed, materials expended, and problems resolved.
• Ensure sufficient daily job-progress photographs are taken to accurately document work progress.
• Travel between multiple job sites and manage the workloads of individual projects simultaneously.
• Ensure risk controls are established and maintained, and uphold the site safety and logistics plans.
• Implement and continuously maintain corporate safety program requirements in day-to-day project operations.
• Prepare for and attend weekly subcontractor meetings, assist with minutes, and ensure they are recorded and distributed.
• Prepare and manage weekly safety meetings, toolbox talks, and safety pre-task meetings as required.
• Attend weekly project-team meetings to report field-work status, communicate issues requiring team input or action, and notify the team of relevant issues.
• Establish and maintain document control to ensure work follows the latest design documents and approved shop drawings.
• Communicate issues requiring additional information from designers and consultants to the project manager in time for RFI issuance.
• Assist with preparing the monthly status report for submission to the lender.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior