Project Superintendent
The Project Superintendent reports to President, Coordinates on Project: Field Staff, PC & PA for ProjectBasic Functions: Is directly responsible and accountable for the construction execution including best scheduling, highest quality product and safest sites. Works as a team with the project manager and field staff to ensure client satisfaction and maximize profitability in all activities.
Pre-Construction and Project Start-up
- Works closely with Project Manager to review scope of work and detailed drawings for each successful trade/supplier to avoid misunderstandings and conflicts.
- Coordinates with Project Manager to provide a well thought through construction schedule that is a balance between Client needs and construction reality.
- Complete project start-up checklist and complete associated responsibilities.
- Project planning and mobilization.
- Completes project start-up checklist.
Site Supervision and Coordination
- Attend regularly scheduled office meetings.
- Establish and review proper and cost effective construction procedure and monitor to assure conformance.
- Provide consistent and timely on-site inspection and supervision of all project trades/suppliers.
- Work to develop client relationship.
- Coordinate to schedule suppliers and trades on-site to ensure schedule is met.
- Periodic schedule updates which shall be monthly or more often as needed by changing job conditions.
- Review schedule, sub-contract schedule of values, and prepare cash flow estimates based on project milestones.
- Communicate effectively with clients, consultants, subcontractors, suppliers and company resources to ensure project proceeds properly and inflammatory conflict is minimized.
- Be responsible and accountable for project budget aspects eg. Rentals, labor, equipment.
- Coordinate and attend inspections with consultants, inspectors, clients, OH&S, and municipal inspectors.
- Conduct mandatory site meetings with subcontractors and owner, in cooperation with Project Manager at a minimum every two weeks.
- Complete project paperwork quickly and accurately and submit to office in a timely fashion. Shall include detailed Daily Reports and photos clearly documenting job progress and resources used.
- Record all extra work over and above original project scope and forward all additional costs to the Project Manager. No additional work or changes in work can be performed without a signed Change Order Request form or Field Authorization form from the Owner.
- Complete accounting paperwork correctly and submit in a timely fashion.
- Project should be documented and run with the idea that someone could walk in and take it over at any time.
Completing the Project and Project Closeout
- Inspect projects to ensure the sub-trades are completed to full extent of project scope within acceptable quality standards.
- Attend punch list, deficiency walk-throughs, and final inspection meetings.
- Execute and complete punch lists, deficiency lists, and warranty items.
- Demobilize site, clean up and complete any outstanding out of season work.
Safety
- Responsible for safety on the site.
- Ensures all on site project staff are committed to the safety program.
- Ensure that safety program is followed by all parties.
- Ensures all safety paperwork complete and filed (Refer to Safety Manual).
- Work closely with safety department when conflicts, safety issues, or accidents occur.
- Works closely with the safety department to ensure that safety funds budgeted for each project are used to maximum benefit.
Ongoing Responsibilities
- Professionally and efficiently handle and administer multiple tasks on projects with excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
- Identify growth and training opportunities for themselves and team members to management for overall growth and development of construction operations group.
- Volunteer for project or ongoing company or local committees (Safety, social, golf, operations manual, estimating, community giving, etc.).
- Work closely in teams with other PM’s or superintendents from branch, other PM’s in branch, or other PM’s or superintendents within company.
- Continually evaluate and communicate process and procedure innovations to streamline company operations and maximize profitability.
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