Superintendent, Building Enhancements

Donohoe Companies Inc., TheBethesda, MD
Onsite

About The Position

Donohoe Construction Company is seeking a highly motivated Superintendent to join our Building Enhancements team. Established in 1884, Donohoe is the Washington, DC region’s oldest full-service real estate company. We are also one of the largest — ranked by the Washington Business Journal as one of the area’s top private companies. Today, The Donohoe Companies, Inc. encompasses six companies: Donohoe Construction Company, Donohoe Real Estate Services, Donohoe Hospitality Services, Donohoe Development Company, Borger Residential, and Complete Building Services. Through these six companies, the Donohoe team provides comprehensive construction, hospitality, development, property management, facilities management and real estate services. For over a century, Donohoe has been a well-respected member of the community and we continue to engage in the communities where we live and work. In our hotels, offices and on jobsites, we pride ourselves on a collaborative, diverse and engaging culture which starts with our interview process and continues all the way through to your day-to-day.

Requirements

  • Minimum of 5+ years applicable experience for Superintendent.
  • Strong leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills.
  • Should possess construction related computer software skills for scheduling and project management.
  • Ability to work at any location within the DMV is required.
  • Employees must be able to walk and move around regularly and consistently throughout an active construction site daily, including climbing ladders and stairs, standing for extended periods, and accessing temporary routes and scaffolding while work is being performed.
  • Employees are required to bend and reach on a regular and consistent basis, and to hold, grasp, turn, lift and/or move objects up to 50 lbs. while onsite.
  • Employees must be able to traverse the jobsite and avoid obstacles and hazards, while always maintaining security and safety measures.
  • The work requires the ability to speak and to clearly see, hear, understand, and distinguish speech and/or other sounds (e.g., machinery, alarms, traffic).

Nice To Haves

  • A bachelor’s degree in construction (BSCE, BSCM, BSAE, etc) preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

  • Primarily responsible for on-site field planning, staffing, cost controlling and supervising.
  • Ensure successful completion of projects to meet time and cost objectives with respect to self-performed and subcontracted trade work.
  • Maintain Owner/Architect relationship.
  • Ensure that safety measures meet and/or exceed the safety policy.
  • Implement quality control policies at the job site.
  • Assist Project Management with the development of the initial project schedule offering constructability reviews and means/methods logic.
  • Develop, maintain, and enforce project site logistics and occupied space plan inclusive of temporary facilities, egress, and maintenance plan.
  • Actively participate in Owner/Architect/Contractor, coordination, lead team, subcontractor, staff, scheduling, and progress meetings.
  • Develop, implement, maintain, and enforce a project specific quality assurance and workmanship program to include all subcontractors.
  • Collaborate with the Project Manager in issuance of monthly progress reporting.
  • Perform and monitor all jobsite control reporting measures including daily reports, weekly status reports, RFI initiation, MOP initiation and distribution, develop pre-punch and monitor/complete punch lists, labor management, quantity reporting, accident and incident reports, and timesheets.
  • Working knowledge of all project plans, specifications, Owner contracts, subcontracts, purchase orders, daily correspondence, shop drawings, submittals, and all other project related documents while maintaining a complete and accurate set of as-builts.
  • Ensure timely project completion through two and/or six-week schedule development, updating, and monitoring in relation to the master CPM schedule.
  • Ensure that all requirements of insurance, safety, labor relations, and Equal Employment Opportunity are met.
  • Understand all trade contractor's means and methods in accordance with project contract documents.
  • Promote the growth and development of client, subcontractor, and vendor relationships.
  • Identify new work opportunities and potential projects with current clients.

Benefits

  • health, dental and vision insurance
  • leaves of absences
  • 401(k) retirement plan with match
  • commuter benefits
  • paid time off
  • holidays
  • cellphone and hotel discounts
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