The Project Superintendent oversees and manages all day-to-day job site activities, site conditions, safety and quality standards, compliance with scope, and effective management of trade partners.
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 Hernandez Construction supervisory principles
Communicate daily issues, events, performance, and progress to the Project Manager.
Report problems promptly to the Project Manager to facilitate the most cost-effective solutions.
Establish effective working relationships with clients, consultants, authorities having jurisdiction, and Hernandez Construction team members.
Request advice and assistance from the General Superintendent on matters pertaining to materials, sequencing, scheduling, and personnel.
Project Start-Up/Turnover Meeting:
Identify pre-mobilization activities in conjunction with the Project Executive, General Superintendent, and the Project Manager
Develop a 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.
Collaborate with preconstruction and project management in establishing and implementing the Project 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 three-week look ahead of schedule to the Project Manager and the field staff.
Ensure that all subcontractors participate in a safety pre-construction meeting prior to starting work on the project with the project team and safety representative.
Ensure that all subcontractors have a full set of Safety Data Sheets (SDS) 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 and cooperate with safety representatives on all safety audits
Review safety reports and injury data to assess safety performance on assigned projects.
Ensure project(s) are budgeted & staffed appropriately to support safety programs.
Communicate clear expectations for safety to project teams.
Adhere to all Hernandez Construction Safety program requirements.
Ensure that all pertinent benchmarks for the project are established and inserted into the baseline schedule.
Ensure that all appropriate individuals adhere to Hernandez Construction Quality Standards
Ensure that ALL initial mock-ups and baseline work scopes are signed off and utilized as the Quality Benchmark throughout the life of the project.
Ensure that the inspections are approved, documented, and communicated to the project team.
Subcontractor and Site Management throughout the Project:
Manage site pre-construction, including pre-construction survey, job site utilization, and staging plans.
Mobilize the field office and maintains the job site to Hernandez Construction 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, managing excavations, and assisting with the Job Site Utilization Plan
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 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 Hernandez Construction standards.
Ensure that as-built working drawings are maintained, as well as the current drawing log and revision log, communicating this to the subcontractors.
Project Closeout:
Manage subcontractor closeout, transfer of utilities, owner training, work list, and punch list.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in applicable discipline and experience relative to project size/scope and/or experience in related construction fields.
The ability to manage and embrace change. Respond and adapt to new processes and new ways of looking at old problems.
Excellent team development skills and leadership abilities
Strong ability to partner with the Project Manager and staff.
Committed to excellence.
Capable of dealing with ambiguity and tight work oversight
Able to constantly multi-task and handle competing priorities between Hernandez Construction's business needs and organizational issues while maintaining excellent customer relations.
Must possess the business judgment to negotiate the critical balance between budget and construction processes.
Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to act confidently and decisively.
Candidate must possess Hernandez Construction's Core Values: Passion, Integrity, Hard Work, Professionalism, and Caring.