Summary
My client is a Top 10 Florida General Contractor based out of West Palm Beach, FL.
Core Markets: Municipal, Commercial, Design-Build, Aviation, Institutional.
My client has $1B+ of secured backlog in the Florida market with a large chunk of it being in the West Palm Beach area.
They are looking for an experienced Superintendent with strong experience, in technical, large commercial, and municipal projects.
Ideal candidate
Responsible for overseeing and managing all day-to-day job site activities, including project team performance, 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
- Communicate issues, events, performance, and progress daily to the Project Manager
- Report any problems promptly to the Project Manager to facilitate the most cost-effective solutions
- Establish effective working relationships with clients and 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 start-up schedule with Project Manager and send it to the Project Executive and General Superintendent for review
- Important involvement in scheduling, safety, quality management, subcontractor and Site Management throughout the Project, administrative management, and project closeout.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Construction Management or Engineering (preferred not required)
- 5+ years of experience as a Superintendent in Commercial Construction
- 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
- Must possess effective communication skills
- Capable of dealing with ambiguity and tight work oversight
- Must possess business judgment to negotiate the critical balance between budget and construction processes
- Must have judgment to know when to appropriately escalate issues up the chain of command
- Excellent management skills to effectively manage subcontractor performance to high quality