Assistant Commercial Construction Superintendent

About the role

A construction superintendent oversees the operations of a construction site from planning to completion, including daily scheduling, supervision of all activities and tasks, and ensuring safety and compliance. This position is described as an assistant role within a commercial construction project.

Key responsibilities

• Oversee site operations from planning to completion and proactively lead and manage the on-site construction team.
• Monitor and ensure on-site safety compliance, cleanliness and orderliness.
• Contact subcontractors and schedule day-to-day operations.
• Estimate, order and coordinate materials to assist the Project Manager.
• Review plans with the Architect and Project Manager for scope of work, and review submittals.
• Coordinate with city officials on codes, requirements and inspections, and look ahead for missing plan information that could cause problems.
• Use computer software for scheduling, job reports and photos.
• Review invoices and coordinate with the Project Manager, and coordinate, supervise and/or manage several projects at once when needed.
• Monitor changes to plans for as-builts, monitor subcontractor workmanship quality, research better processes or materials, and maintain good relationships with subcontractors, suppliers and owners.
• Communicate job progress to the client, field change orders, and help the Project Manager with code reviews of invoices.

Required profile

• Minimum two years of commercial experience.
• Ability to interpret and accurately build-to drawings, specifications and other contract documents.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, organized and efficient mindset.
• Physical ability to walk 6-8 hours outdoors, climb stairs, ladders and scaffolding, tolerate high humidity and cold wet conditions, and lift 50 pounds.

Required skills

• Proficiency with MS Office Word and Excel.
• Cloud-based construction management software.