The senior project superintendent is responsible for the employment and supervision of job labor and job activities to assure job schedules are completed on time, and within budget; maintains effective relationships with owners, architects, subcontractors, suppliers, and others related to the job; assures safe working conditions; obtains necessary service and facilities for job start-up & demobilization; manages job-related equipment and job bought materials. Works as a team member with project manager, project coordinator, and general superintendent.

Essential Functions

• Responsible for efficient employment of job labor and equipment to assure minimum of costs and maintain project within budget. Assures adequate supervision is given to the job.
• Responsible for assuring that safe working conditions exist on the job site in compliance with appropriate governmental safety standards and that company safety programs and policies are enforced.
• Investigates and recommends improvements in work methods and materials.
• Provide Project Engineer with necessary information for accurate and timely submittal updates and cost projections.
• Responsible for initiating and maintaining positive relationships with owners, architects, consulting engineers, and others related to the job to assure good communication and rapport. Make proper and timely information available to the above people to keep them informed and to assure a high degree of credibility and confidence.
• Assures that subcontractor crews are sufficiently manned and schedules crews to assure proper workflow.
• Responsible for establishing and maintaining equitable business-like relationships between the company and subcontractors and suppliers and assuring their performance as required.

Specific Responsibilities after Project Commencement

• Properly prepares initial concrete form design to facilitate ordering of all required forming items.
• Coordinates tilt wall panel lay-down plan with concrete subcontractor and erector to ensure minimal use of matting, casting beds, and damage to existing slabs or paving while providing a safe and productive method of erecting tilt wall panels, if applicable to the project.
• Determine the location of any existing utilities. Establish and post the location of the closest medical facilities.
• Locate and arrange for all necessary utilities, temporary facilities and services.
• Determines size of work crews and time required for construction labor activities.
• Analyze cost reports to determine accuracy and alert project manager to errors or omissions.
• Comply with contract and contract documents.
• Reviews shop drawings to ensure that fabricated materials are properly specified and sized for the project.
• Assists Project Manager in estimating changes and verifying the appropriateness of claims from subcontractors.

Project Document Administration and Record-Keeping

• Daily reports must be completed daily and sent to the project manager via email. 
• Routine safety inspections and safety meetings shall be made in accordance with the company’s Safety Program.
• Superintendent to plan, schedule, reside over, and take meeting minutes for weekly subcontractor meetings.
• Two-week rolling schedule shall be completed weekly and transmitted to the project manager weekly. Information on the rolling schedule shall be obtained from weekly subcontractor meetings.
• Collect a series of digital pictures describing the progress of the work in all phases and transmit to the project manager on a weekly basis,
• Complies with SWPPP program including recordkeeping, inspections, and enforcement. See the company’s SWPPP plan for specific requirements.
• Updates of the record set of “as-built” documents must be done on a weekly basis by superintendent and relevant trades on site.