Senior Project Superintendent

Company: Job Juncture
Location: Greensboro
Posted on: November 16, 2020

Job Description:

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As a leader for the construction project team, responsibilities will include creating a safe work environment, organizing site logistics, establishing a work pace that achieves schedule commitments, assuring construction quality, and monitoring and tracking project progress and risks.

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• Discuss quality expectations with trade foremen prior to installation (pre-bid, post-bid and pre-installation meetings).
• Arrange pre-installation coordination meetings for all work areas that involve overlapping work by multiple trade contractors (e.g., exterior wall construction).
• Assure consistency with contractual specifications and requirements for the project.
• Prioritize and review critical submittals for dimensional control and constructability.
• Maintain rolling punchlist defining final quality expectations and ensure completion.
  
  Monitor Project Expenses
  
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  • Ensure efficient use of materials and equipment investments.
  • Review monthly pay applications from trade contractors against actual progress.
  • Assess field change conditions and recommend fair resolution for client and trade contractors.
    
    Ensure Subcontract Compliance
    
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    • Verify that every trade contractor (all tiers) has a current insurance certificate on file before beginning work on the project site.
    • Verify and authorize trade contractor timesheets for extra work performed on a time and material basis. Authorize purchase requisitions for materials, equipment, and labor as agreed with PM, PX, or PC) prior to project startup or for emergency situations required to keep the project and team members safe.
      
      Track Project Progress and Events
      
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      • Complete thorough and accurate daily reports of progress and concerns or challenges, including daily weather and safety inspections, violations, and accidents.
      • Continuously assess anti analyze project's actual status against goals, develop contingency plans, and revise construction strategy as required.
        
        Prepare Construction Records for Client
        
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        • Collect and compile as-built documents from trade contractors.
        • Arrange necessary client training for building operational systems.
          
          Establish Foundation for Lasting Relationships
          
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          • When conflicts and disputes arise during the course of the projec:t, focus all parties on developing mutually acceptable solutions aligned with the contractual agreements.
          • Compile fair and honest report of the project team's experience with each trade contractor using the trade contractor evaluation survey.
          • Practice being a "good neighbor" on and around your project site and create lasting relationships with state and local code officials.
            
            Promote Professional development
            
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            • Establish an environment that supports questions and learning In the context of the project goals and schedule.
            • For all project team members, promote development of knowledge base, leadership skills, and partnership by modeling effective performance. encouraging discussion and debate over solutions and approaches, connecting project team members with learning opportunities and other team members who could serve as mentors, and prompting team members to recognize challenges early and plan ahead for important project activities.
            • Provide motivational and constructiveleedback to team members regarding the impact of their efforts on theproject's success, impressions being created with other team members. and contributions to the quality of relationships being developed within the team.
              
              Basic Duties and Responsibilities
              
              Effective performance of the senior project superintendent role requires timely, accurate, and consistent completion of the following tasks. Senior project superintendents are expected to proactively seek coaching and corrective feedback regarding expectations and performance improvement needs in these basic functions. The supervising project director, project executive, or project manager should provide clarification of expectations and corrective feedback for any improvement needs identified in the senior project superintendent's work. Repeated or ongoing performance improvement needs should be addressed with a specific improvement plan.
              
              Support Project Planning
              
              Review conceptual, schematic, and design development documents for constructability, phasing options, temporary protection requirements, site logistics, and other field construction issues.
              
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              • Recommend or evaluate construction options and efficiencies based on
                
                Prepare Trade Contractors
                
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                • Establish project site expectations for safety, quality, unforeseen conditions, housekeeping, and general conduct.
                • Introduce close-out and as-built expectations at beginning of project.
                  
                  Create Positive Safety Climate
                  
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                  • Create project-specific safety program highlighting key or unique hazards introduced by site conditions or work methods and scheduled adjacencies. Develop and communicate leadership approach for addressing hazards on the
                  • Define safety expectations by providing a safety orientation for every individual who enters the Emphasize the importance of not sacrificing safety for speed.
                  • Discuss relevant safety topics with trade contractor foremen on a weekly basis or more frequently as conditions
                    
                    
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                    • Emphasize the importance of properly selected, functioning and guarded tools and equipment, and inspect on an ongoing basis.
                      
                    • Address early offenses to clarify expectations and reinforce commitment to safety.
                    • Recognize and correct common work area hazards.
                    • Never "walk by" an unsafe act. Immediately stop work posing imminent danger and identify corrective actions necessary to resume.
                    • Discipline repeat or extreme violations, up to and including permanently removing individuals from the project Promptly report and investigate accidents and safety-related incidents, including property damage.
                      
                      Organize Project Site
                      
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                      • Plan and coordinate site logistics, including traffic patterns, equipment locations, and storage and staging.
                      • Establish site housekeeping expectations and responsibilities and maintain commitment. Ensure that company is represented at the project site every day work is being
                        
                        Establish Schedule Momentum
                        
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                        • Partner with project manager, client, and trade contractors to develop a work plan for the project
                        • Plan and coordinate timely initiation, momentum, and completion of all trade contract work on the project site according to the project schedule.
                        • Establish sequence, phasing, and pace of work requirements with trade contractor foremen to accomplish schedule
                        • Coordinate project engineer's contributions to ensure on-time readiness of equipment, materials, and labor.
                        • Coordinate project team's preparation for upcoming work through progress meetings, look-ahead schedules, etc.
                          
                          Assure Construction Quality
                          
                          Oversee technical interpretation of construction documents and drawings. Recommend construction methods and equipment as required.
                          
                          Best suited candidates will possess the following characteristics:
                          
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                          • Ten or more years of commercial construction experience as a foreman or superintendent requiring professionalism and integrity.
                          • Progressive experience in skilled trades and/or a bachelor's degree in civil engineering, construction management, or a related field.
                          • Successful completion of classes or other training in construction management, project management, safety, communication.
                          • Demonstrated interest in and ability to develop familiarity with the site requirements, tools, methods, and materials of the full range of trade divisions.
                          • Have a passion for team-based planning and problem-solving and wholehearted commitment to building strong partnerships to support project goals.
                            
                            Requirements:

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