Commercial Construction Superintendent - Columbia, SC

Full Time
Columbia, SC
Posted
Job description

Superintendent Reports To

Leadership Staff and Project Manager

Job Overview

The Superintendent is responsible for and will be held accountable for the timely completion of the project and ensuring that the project is constructed in strict accordance with plans and specifications. Superintendent shall schedule all subcontractors, & vendors, as well as ensure their completion of work within time allowed. Conflicts or revisions to the plan shall be communicated with the project team for mutual resolution, prior to execution of work that deviates from the approved plans. Superintendent shall establish and enforce job site safety and quality control programs to ensure safe and quality completion of construction.

Responsibilities and Essential Functions

  • Schedule subcontractors, consultants, and vendors in the critical path to ensure timely completion.
  • Verify the quality of subcontractors' work to ensure it meets the standards of Clifton Construction and the project specifications.
  • Communicate with project team regarding RFI’s and submittals in order to keep others informed about developments and plans.
  • Ensure the subcontractor is fully executing and complying with the contracted scope of work to be able to provide feedback both positive and corrective as soon as possible.
  • Coordinate required inspections with local jurisdictions to keep the job moving forward.
  • Maintain a daily log of activities and pictures on the jobsite in order to keep a precise history of the project.
  • Ensure the subcontractor has corrected all deficiencies identified by the project team.
  • Walk entire jobsite daily to monitor quality control and keep the project on schedule.
  • Ensure that the job site is always kept in a clean and organized manner in order to ensure a safe jobsite free of accidents and trash.
  • Conduct weekly safety meetings on jobsite to remind subcontractors of Clifton Construction’s policies.
  • Confirm subcontractor's work against plans for accuracy, location, and quality.
  • Create two week look ahead on a weekly basis to verify subcontractors schedule and to keep Clifton Construction’s schedule in progress.

Qualifications

  • 5-10 years of direct commercial construction supervision experience.
  • Management of 15+ subcontractors and vendors by providing direction and helping to resolve confusion/problems.
  • Communicate using the following tools: cell phone, email, & computer.
  • Ability to read technical documents and drawings and ensure fieldwork matches the plans and specifications.
  • Endurance and ability to visit the entire job site, including stairs or other elevated structures. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and walk; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and must be able to lift more than 50 pounds.
  • More than 40 hours per week may be required to meet project deadlines.
  • Able to travel to jobsite as assigned.

Competency

  • Managing performance: The ability to take responsibility for one’s own or one’s employees’ performance, by setting clear goals and expectations, tracking progress against the goals, ensuring feedback, and addressing performance problems and issues promptly. Ensure that carpenter and subcontractors have clear goals and responsibilities. Supports carpenters and subcontractors in their efforts to achieve job goals. Stays informed about carpenters and subcontractors progress and performance. Provides specific performance feedback, both positive and corrective, as soon as possible after an event. Deals firmly and promptly with performance problems; lets people know what is expected of them and when.
  • Analytical Thinking: The ability to tackle a problem by using a logical, systematic sequential approach. Makes a systematic comparison of two or more alternatives. Notice discrepancies and inconsistencies in available information. Approaches a complex task or problem by breaking it down into its component parts and considering each part in detail. Carefully weights the priority of things to be done.
  • Initiative: Identifying what needs to be done and doing it before being asked or before the situation require its. Identifying what needs to be done and takes actions before being asked or the situation requires it. Does more than what is normally required in a situation.
  • Result orientation: The ability to focus on the desired result of one’s own or one’s unit’s work, setting challenging goals, focusing effort on the goals, and meeting or exceeding them. Develops clear goals for meetings and projects. Maintains commitment to goals in the face of obstacles and frustrations. Has a strong sense of urgency about solving problems and getting work done.
  • Thoroughness: Ensuring that one’s own and others’ work and information are complete and accurate; carefully preparing for meetings and presentations; following up with others to ensure that agreements and commitments have been fulfilled. Monitors the quality of work. Verifies information. Check the accuracy of own and others’ work.

Clifton Construction Core Competency:

  • Providing Motivational Support: the ability to enhance other’s commitment to their work. Recognizes and rewards people for their achievements. Expresses pride in the group and encourages people to feel good about their accomplishment. Signals own commitment to a process by being personally present and involved at key events. Identifies and promptly tackles morale problems. Gives talks or presentations that energize groups.
  • Fostering Teamwork: As a team member, the ability and desire to work cooperatively with others on a team. As a team leader, the ability to demonstrate interest, skill, and success in getting groups to learn to work together. Behavior for team member: Is open with other team member about his/her concerns. Expresses disagreement constructively. Provide assistant to others when they need it. Works for solutions that all team members can support. Shares his/her expertise with others. Seeks opportunities to work on teams as a means to develop experience, and knowledge. Behavior for team leaders: Enlists the active participation of everyone. Ensures that all team members are treated fairly. Recognizes and encourages the behaviors that contribute to teamwork.
  • Managing Change: The ability to demonstrate support for innovation and for organizational changes needed to improve the organization’s effectiveness; initiating, sponsoring, and implementing organizational change; helping others to successfully manage organizational change. Personally develops a new method or approach. Develops better, faster, or less expensive ways to do things. Works cooperatively with others to produce innovative solutions.
  • Building Collaborative Relationships: the ability to develop, maintain, and strengthen partnerships with others inside or outside the organization who can provide information assistance and support. Shows an interest in what others have to say; acknowledges their perspective and ideas. Recognizes the business concerns and perspectives of others. Expresses gratitude and appreciation to others who have provided information, assistance or support. Takes time to get to know coworkers, to build rapport and establish a common bond. Provide assistance, information, and support to others to build a basis for future reciprocity.
  • Diagnostic Information Gathering: The ability to identify the information needed to clarify a situation, seek that information from appropriate sources, and use skillful questioning to draw out the information, when others are reluctant to disclose it. Identifies the specific information needed to clarify a situation or to make a decision. Gets more complete and accurate information by checking multiple sources. Probes skillfully to get at the facts, when others are reluctant to provide full, detailed information. Questions others to assess whether they have thought through a plan of action. Questions others to assess their confidence in solving a problem or tackling a situation. Seek the perspective of everyone involved in a situation.
  • Integrity: Demonstrated concern that one be perceived as responsible, reliable and trustworthy. Does what he/she commits to doing. Respects the confidentiality of information or concerns shared by others. Is honest and forthright with people. Takes responsibility for own mistakes; does not blame others.'

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $60,000.00 - $100,000.00 per year

Benefits:

  • 401(k)
  • Dental insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Vision insurance

Schedule:

  • Monday to Friday

Application Question(s):

  • How many years of experience do you have in a superintendent role?

Experience:

  • Commercial Construction: 5 years (Required)

License/Certification:

  • Driver's License (Required)

Work Location: Multiple Locations

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