What are the responsibilities and job description for the Construction Superintendent position at GSE Construction?
We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Construction Superintendent to join our team at GSE Construction. The ideal candidate will have a solid background in water and wastewater construction, with a proven ability to manage and oversee complex construction projects from start to finish. You should be detail-oriented, with excellent leadership and communication skills, and a strong commitment to safety and quality. As a key leader on our project sites, you will be responsible for coordinating all field operations, ensuring that projects are completed on time, within budget, and to the highest standards. If you are a team-oriented professional with significant experience in water and wastewater construction, we invite you to apply and help drive the success of our projects. Responsibilities are listed below.
Project Kick Off
- Provide input to PM for CPM schedule
- Provide input to PM for various project plans & submittals
- Review contract documents and develop work plans for the three major phases of GSE’s work: civil/underground, structural concrete & mechanical
- Attend preconstruction meeting
- Liaison with all site utilities providers and setup all temporary facilities
- Overall responsibility for project mobilization including providing direction to project support regarding all tools & equipment needed
- USA & pothole the site as needed including thorough documentation
- Implement SWPPP measures
- Coordinate with and responsible for survey & layout
Project Execution
- Capable of running a large project
- Required to notify the PM and if necessary, the management whenever something on the project of a significant nature could impact the safety of personnel, efficacy of the work, schedule, profitability or reputation & standing of GSE
- Expected to be knowledgeable, curious, and studious regarding all aspects of the construction of water & wastewater facilities
- Assist the PM in developing the plan and direction for the work on the project
- Prepare weekly wish lists that reflect equipment & manpower requirements
- Prepare three week look ahead schedules for weekly meetings
- Sets the overall direction for the crews on the project implementing the work plan, helping to trouble shoot and provide direction for field foreman & crews
- Job site hiring and dismissal of field personnel
- Responsible for written discipline of job site employees
- Responsible for building and maintaining a project team that successfully completes the project and enhances GSE’s long term capacity
- Monitor project budgets, accountable for the profitability of the projects
- Creating weekly timecards through Procore including proper phase codes for work performed on time and accurate
- Perform the work in accordance with the CPM schedule and with the PM ensure that the project is on or ahead of schedule, over billed and with a positive % billed vs. % time ratio
- Help as needed with the processing of submittals
- Create, log & track RFIs
- Create, log, track PCOs including daily work tags filled out accurately, timely and signed by the client representative
- Ensure that the work is performed in accordance with the contract documents including RFIs, COs and engineer’s written directives
- Maintain for record drawings and documentation including all pothole data, RFIs, COs & engineer’s written directives
- Ensure that apprentices are requested in accordance with DAS 140 requirements
- Author some project related correspondence as needed
- Responsible for field purchasing of materials, tools & supplies
- Responsible for scheduling & coordinating subcontractors and enforcing subcontract terms & conditions
- Assist as needed in maintaining the bill of materials, ensuring that all materials are on site as scheduled for the work
- Approve project invoices through PVault
- Attend and as necessary conduct job site meetings with owners, engineers, subcontractors, suppliers, and employees
- Conduct weekly safety meetings, safety sweeps and JHAs including documentation
- Maintain SWPPS including training, sampling, inspections, and documentation
- Responsible for maintaining all job site safety including first aid kits, PPE, notifications & posters, MSDS & IIPP
- Responsible for training and assisting project engineers, foreman and job site administrative staff
- Responsible for ensuring safe work practices including preplanning and engineering measures for safety
- Work with PM & support to ensure that the correct equipment (including form systems) is on site, maintained and appropriately utilized minimizing rentals and maximizing productivity
- Responsible for managing the foreman & crews in all their duties relative to the project
- Responsible for housekeeping and ensuring that the operations are well planned and effectively & efficiently implemented (i.e., handling excavated material one-time, proper layout, limited rework, appropriate shoring & dewatering etc.)
- Ensure that the project is built in accordance with the contract documents and industry standards and functions for its intended use
- Be a primary face of GSE upholding our corporate culture and vision and as much as it depends upon GSE to leave the project with our excellent reputation for partnering and craftsmanship in place or enhanced
- Ultimately responsible with the PM for everything that happens on your project
Project Closeout
- Assist with coordination & execution of startup & commissioning
- Responsible for maintaining and satisfying final punch list with the owner’s representative
- Assist in the completion of GSE internal project closeout documentation
