Senior Superintendent – MBTA Transit Project

Suffolk Construction•Boston, MA

20d•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Superintendent provides overall direction on projects, and develops and maintains strong working relationships with the owners and architects throughout the project lifecycle. This individual evaluates project performance, site conditions, safety and quality standards, compliance with scope, and effective management of trade partners. This individual is also responsible for ensuring that constructability reviews, logistics plans and baseline schedules achieve project turnover requirements. This is a unique opportunity to join a long-term, multi-year project that will shape the future of public transportation in the region. We are looking for a proven construction leader with direct experience delivering MBTA, rail, transit, transportation, or adjacent heavy infrastructure projects in complex, active environments.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in applicable discipline and experience relative to project size/scope
8 to 12 years of experience related construction fields
Direct experience managing MBTA projects is strongly preferred.
Candidates with experience on rail, transit, transportation, tunnel, bridge, airport, heavy civil, or other complex infrastructure projects will also be considered.
Each project has specific characteristics regarding size, complexity, sector, etc. which dictate the precise years of experience and industry knowledge necessary for success, above and beyond generic construction knowledge and experience
Applicable area licenses
Excellent team development skills and leadership abilities
Strong ability to partner with the Project Manager and staff
Must possess effective communication skills
Capable of dealing with ambiguity and tight work oversight
Able to constantly multi-task and handle competing priorities between Suffolk business needs and organizational issues while maintaining excellent customer relations
Must possess business judgment to negotiate the critical balance between budget and construction processes
Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to take action confidently and decisively
The ability to manage and embrace change. Respond and adapt to new processes and new ways of looking at old problems
Candidate must possess Suffolk’s Core Values: Passion, Integrity, Hard Work, Professionalism, and Caring

Nice To Haves

Direct experience managing MBTA projects
Experience on rail, transit, transportation, tunnel, bridge, airport, heavy civil, or other complex infrastructure projects

Responsibilities

Oversee, manage, and document all day-to-day job site activities including OSHA safety compliance
Direct field personnel according to the project plan and Suffolk supervisory principles
Communicate issues, events, performance, and progress daily to the Project Manager
Report any problems promptly to the Project Manager to facilitate the most cost-effective solutions
Establish effective working relationships with Clients, Suffolk team members, subcontractors, and Authorities Having Jurisdiction. On union projects, maintain effective working relationships with trade union business agents and managers
Request advice and assistance from the General Superintendent or Project Executive on matters pertaining to materials, sequencing, scheduling, logistics, and personnel
Identify pre-mobilization activities in conjunction with the Project Executive, General Superintendent, and the Project Manager
Develop start-up schedule with Project Manager and send it to the Project Executive and General Superintendent for review
Assist in formulating and implementing construction schedules in the field
Establish and implement the Project Baseline Schedule based on the project contracts and subcontractor input, considering any elements that might impact the schedule
Maintain the schedule and ensure that work performed is consistent with the contract and will meet or exceed client expectations
Update Project Schedule monthly
Provide progress report with the six-week look ahead of schedule to the Project Manager and the field staff
Lead Pull Planning meetings and 6 week make ready plan meeting in conjunction with the Project Manager
Ensure that all subcontractors participate in a safety pre-construction meeting prior to starting work on the project
Ensure that all subcontractors have a full set of MSD sheets on the project, as well as their site specific safety plan and current insurance certificate or OCIP/CCIP enrollment ID
Review the project daily to ensure that all activities are being performed in accordance with all OSHA and governing requirements and the project site specific safety plan
Ensure that all pertinent benchmarks for the project are established and inserted into the baseline schedule
Ensure that all appropriate individuals become members of the Q-Team
Ensure that all 1st delivery inspections and Benchmark inspections occur per the baseline schedule so as not to impact the progression of the subsequent work
Ensure that the inspections are approved, documented and communicated to the project team
Manage site pre-construction including pre-construction survey, job site utilization and staging plans
Mobilize the field office and maintains the job site to Suffolk standards
Organize documentation of the job site for easy access and review
Manage subcontractor performance to quality and ethical standards
Work with PM to identify and resolve personnel issues and construction process revisions
Manage all phases of the construction process including documenting and reporting site activities and progress, manage excavations and assist with Job Site Utilization Plan Meeting
Attend project turnover, mobilization, and project coordination meetings
Attend/chair safety pre-construction meetings
Attend/chair weekly foreman and safety meetings
Attend/chair monthly schedule review meetings
Attend/chair Pull Plan Meetings and 6 Week Make Ready Plan Meetings
Attend closeout meetings
Attend owner meetings
Attend/chair subcontractor meetings and any others necessary to monitor and manage the project
Complete and implement construction office checklists including emergency phone lists
Complete daily reports and maintains logs of key activities, files and shop drawings
Manage the quality and condition of all material deliveries
Maintain required safety reporting and all other required files to Suffolk standards
Insure that as-built working drawings are maintained as well as the current drawing log and revision log, communicating this to the subcontractors
Manage subcontractor closeout, transfer of utilities, owner training, work list and punch list
Recognize the importance of participating in training program by contributing both in class and as a SME