What are the responsibilities and job description for the General Superintendent position at Vericon Construction?
Position Objectives and Responsibilities
PROJECT MANAGEMENT :
- Ensure Superintendents are managing the daily construction activities and quality control of all subcontractors.
- Manage and direct the coordination of field efforts to achieve a timely and profitable completion in strict accordance with contract documents and specifications, law and safety requirements and project budget.
- Effectively communicate relevant project information to Senior and Executive Management teams
- Working with Project Management teams to properly forecast upcoming work to ensure job staffing requirements; job / work surplus or shortage should be identified early
- Ensure Superintendents are receiving resources needed for their project and are maintaining schedules and hitting milestones; work with Superintendents as needed to keep project on schedule or get back on schedule.
- Work with PM’s and Superintendents to ensure timely closeout of jobs.
- Liaison between field and office / project management teams
- Track budgets and cost reports to ensure no cost overruns.
- Ensuring good relations between clients and Vericon.
- Routinely visit job site visits and occasionally conduct unannounced visits.
- Ensure Vericon’s core values, policies and procedures are followed.
- Escalate problems to senior leadership.
- Investigate and resolve any client issues and complaints.
- Dispatch Superintendents, Carpenters, Laborers, etc. as needed to staff a project.
- Manage proper utilization of Laborers to maintain the project budget but always keep a project clean and safe, even if the budget doesn’t support it.
- Understand personalities, talents, strengths and weaknesses of all field staff to assist management in selecting the right Superintendent for the right job.
- Assist Superintendents and PM staff in technical problem solving for the most challenging and time-consuming issues that arise, with a strong ability to manage their time on the most critical and time sensitive tasks, while always paying attention the minor details.
- Monitor and track lessons learned and broadcast these items and best practices to continuously improve Vericon’s processes.
- Assist Superintendents and PM staff in aggressive project start-up with a full knowledge of required permits, utilities, local and state requirements, as well different landlord and / or Building Management requirements.
- Assist Superintendents and PM staff in punch list and closeout of projects. Work with teams to continuously follow-up on lingering issues, day two items, permit and local authority closeout.
PEOPLE MANAGEMENT :
SAFETY :
Position Requirements and Qualifications