Construction Superintendent

The Superintendent is responsible for field operations in assigned areas or aspects of the project for large scale contracts with City and State agencies (DASNY, CUNY, NYPA, NYCHA NYCHH)

Responsibilities

• Directly supervises field labor forces
• Ensures the work is performed in a safe, timely, profitable, and ethical manner, in accordance with contract documents, design, budget, and schedule
• Verifies and coordinates work activities to comply with A.K.S. safety program and corrects unsafe activities, actions and conditions
• Schedule Development: Develops, communicates and follows schedules and timelines
• Tracks information important to maintaining schedule adherence
• Risk and Opportunity Management: Identifies potential risks related to operations, contracts, or project execution
• Develops mitigation plans and strategies to control the impact of negative situations or to maximize opportunities throughout the life cycle of a project
• Building and Construction Knowledge - Planning: Applies building and construction knowledge, utilizing experience and current developments in the industry to prepare detailed construction sequence plans including all necessary material, equipment and labor
• Building Tools and Technology: Identifies and uses the correct technology, equipment and tools necessary to complete the job
• Change Order Management : Follows financial implications of contracts and agreements to protect the company’s interests and rights
• Identifies compensable changes and follows the contract provisions to timely resolution
• Plans and Specifications: Reads and interprets construction plans and the technical specifications to aid in constructability review
• Ensures submittals are approved prior to proceeding with work
• Labor Relations: Application of labor standards and rules to the Work on projects to improve job site harmony and labor productivity
• Quality Management: Establishes processes to meet quality standards
• Monitors work practices to identify concerns or issues that do not meet these quality standards
• Leverages the schedule as a tool in external party negotiations
• May manage day-to-day elements of the project budget (eg, overtime for labor)
• Communicates with parties within and outside of own job function, which may include external customers or vendors depending upon the job function

Qualifications

• Safety: Ensures the safe execution of all work activities and ensures adherence to our safety regulations to protect all individuals
• Solves difficult problems by drawing from prior experience, analysis, and consideration of broader issues, job areas or specialties
• Minimum 10+ years experience Mechanical Engineering work
• Understands basic management approaches such as work scheduling, prioritizing, coaching and process execution
• Technology proficient
• Communication, negotiation and client relationship skills

Benefits

• 401(k)
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Bonus pay

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Bonus pay

Experience level:

• 10 years

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• Weekend work as needed (infrequent)

Work Location: Multiple locations