Senior Superintendent
Suffolk Construction
- Ashburn, VA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Must have documented Mission Critical - Data Center project experience from the the ground up to completion.
- Oversee, manage, and document all day-to-day job site activities including OSHA safety compliance
- Direct field personnel according to the project plan and Suffolk supervisory principles
- 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, Suffolk team members, subcontractors, and Authorities Having Jurisdiction. On union projects, maintain effective working relationships with trade union business agents and managers
- Request advice and assistance from the General Superintendent or Project Executive on matters pertaining to materials, sequencing, scheduling, logistics, 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
- Scheduling:
- Assist in formulating and implementing construction schedules in the field
- Establish and implement the Project Baseline Schedule based on the project contracts and subcontractor input, considering any elements that might impact the schedule
- Maintain the schedule and ensure that work performed is consistent with the contract and will meet or exceed client expectations
- Update Project Schedule monthly
- Provide progress report with the six-week look ahead of schedule to the Project Manager and the field staff
- Lead Pull Planning meetings and 6 week make ready plan meeting in conjunction with the Project Manager
- Safety:
- Ensure that all subcontractors participate in a safety pre-construction meeting prior to starting work on the project
- Ensure that all subcontractors have a full set of MSD sheets on the project, as well as their site specific safety plan and current insurance certificate or OCIP/CCIP enrollment ID
- Review the project daily to ensure that all activities are being performed in accordance with all OSHA and governing requirements and the project site specific safety plan
- Quality Management:
- Ensure that all pertinent benchmarks for the project are established and inserted into the baseline schedule
- Ensure that all appropriate individuals become members of the Q-Team
- Ensure that all 1st delivery inspections and Benchmark inspections occur per the baseline schedule so as not to impact the progression of the subsequent work
- Ensure that the inspections are approved, documented and communicated to the project team
- Subcontractor and Site Management throughout the Project:
- Manage site pre-construction including pre-construction survey, job site utilization and staging plans
- Mobilize the field office and maintains the job site to Suffolk standards
- Organize documentation of the job site for easy access and review
- Manage subcontractor performance to quality and ethical standards
- Work with PM to identify and resolve personnel issues and construction process revisions
- Manage all phases of the construction process including documenting and reporting site activities and progress, manage excavations and assist with Job Site Utilization Plan
- Meeting Management:
- Attend project turnover, mobilization, and project coordination meetings
- Attend/chair safety pre-construction meetings
- Attend/chair weekly foreman and safety meetings
- Attend/chair monthly schedule review meetings
- Attend/chair Pull Plan Meetings and 6 Week Make Ready Plan Meetings
- Attend closeout meetings
- Attend owner meetings
- Attend/chair subcontractor meetings and any others necessary to monitor and manage the project
- Administrative Management:
- Complete and implement construction office checklists including emergency phone lists
- Complete daily reports and maintains logs of key activities, files and shop drawings
- Manage the quality and condition of all material deliveries
- Maintain required safety reporting and all other required files to Suffolk standards
- Insure that as-built working drawings are maintained as well as the current drawing log and revision log, communicating this to the subcontractors
- Project Closeout:
- Manage subcontractor closeout, transfer of utilities, owner training, work list and punch list
- Training:
- Recognize the importance of participating in training program by contributing both in class and as a SME