Superintendent

Thornton Construction Company•Opa-Locka, FL

4h•$100,000 - $135,000

About The Position

The Superintendent supervises field construction and is responsible for completing projects on schedule, within budget, and in accordance with specified safety and quality standards. Depending on project size and complexity, the Superintendent may oversee one or more projects simultaneously. The role requires leadership, coaching, negotiation, and arbitration, with leadership critical to project performance. The Superintendent works with the Project Manager, Project Executive, clients, field staff, and subcontractors to coordinate pre-construction, scheduling, safety, quality management, site operations, meetings, administration, and closeout. The position also involves monitoring progress and costs, maintaining project documentation, addressing issues, and ensuring construction work meets contract requirements and client expectations.

Requirements

Four to six years of experience in related construction fields.
OSHA-30 certification at minimum.
Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees.
Ability to coordinate plans and identify issues.
Familiarity with drawings, specifications, and terms and conditions of project contracts, subcontracts, and purchase orders.
Ability to function effectively as part of a team and maintain discretion and confidentiality.
Strong leadership, team development, delegation, management, communication, decision-making, problem-solving, time-management, and organizational skills.
Ability to adapt to frequent change, delays, and unexpected events; handle competing priorities; and maintain customer relations.
Business judgment to balance budget considerations with construction processes.
Judgment to know when to escalate issues through the chain of command.
Initiative, urgency, self-motivation, self-confidence, and commitment to excellence.
Ability to study and react quickly to complex issues and resolve conflict firmly and fairly.
Endurance and ability to walk the entire jobsite, including stairs and elevated structures.
Possess the company’s core values: results driven, proactive, safety conscious, people focused, customer oriented, and team oriented.

Responsibilities

Lead on-site staff and foster effective working relationships and positive project morale.
Understand the owner contract, subcontracts, drawings, specifications, and addenda; assist the Project Manager in developing on-site procedures.
Review contract documents for design deficiencies, impractical details, and possible code violations, and bring concerns to the Project Manager.
Communicate project issues, events, performance, and progress daily to the Project Manager; promptly report problems to the Project Manager or Project Executive.
Build effective working relationships with clients and team members, and seek guidance on materials, sequencing, scheduling, and personnel matters as needed.
Identify pre-mobilization activities with the project team and develop a start-up schedule with the Project Manager for Project Executive review.
Assist with developing and implementing field construction schedules and establishing the project baseline schedule with the Project Manager.
Maintain and update the project schedule monthly; ensure work aligns with the contract and meets or exceeds client expectations.
Provide progress reports and three-week look-ahead schedules to the Project Manager and field staff.
Ensure subcontractors attend safety pre-construction meetings and have required safety data sheets and current insurance certificates.
Review site activities daily for compliance with OSHA, governing requirements, and the site-specific safety plan; make necessary corrections.
Attend monthly company safety meetings, provide weekly safety checklists, conduct weekly toolbox talks and safety inspections, and submit subcontractor safety violations weekly to the Project Manager.
Implement the company hurricane preparedness plan when a storm is impending.
Identify contract quality standards for all trades and establish methods to monitor and measure quality during construction.
Verify delivered materials and equipment comply with approved submittals and shop drawings; ensure items are pre-inspected and inspection reports are submitted to the project team.
Manage site pre-construction, including surveys, jobsite utilization, and staging plans; mobilize the field office and maintain the jobsite to company standards.
Organize jobsite documentation and manage subcontractor performance to meet schedule and quality expectations.
Work with the Project Manager to resolve personnel issues and construction process revisions; manage, document, and report all phases of construction activity and progress.
Attend turnover, mobilization, coordination, safety pre-construction, closeout, and owner meetings; conduct weekly subcontractor meetings and other necessary project meetings.
Monitor labor and material costs and complete site-specific regulatory requirements, daily reports, logs, files, and shop drawing records.
Review delivery receipts for completeness and submit them to accounting promptly.
Submit timesheets for company personnel working at the jobsite to the Project Manager by 3 p.m. every Friday.
Maintain as-built working drawings and current drawings and revisions, and communicate updates to subcontractors.
Manage subcontractor closeout, utility transfers, owner training, and punch lists.
Ensure final inspections are completed and trade permits are closed and finalized.
Meet productivity standards, manage competing priorities, delegate appropriately, and resolve issues and conflicts effectively.
Visit the entire jobsite, including stairs and other elevated structures.