Project Superintendent

Build More with Your Career at Christman

Are you interested in becoming an employee-owner with an industry leader that will Build More opportunities in your professional career? The Christman Company is looking for a lead Project Superintendent who will be focused largely on healthcare projects in the Raleigh-Durham region.

What You Will Do:

As a Project Superintendent, you will play a crucial part of the construction project team. Primary daily responsibilities of this role include, but not limited to:

• Ensures Christman is represented at the project site every day work is being performed by setting expectations, responsibilities, and maintaining commitments.
• Review conceptual, schematic, and design development documents for constructability, phasing options, temporary protection requirements, site logistics, and other field construction issues.
• Establish project site expectations for safety, quality, unforeseen conditions, housekeeping, and general
  conduct.
• Plan and coordinate site logistics, including traffic patterns, equipment locations, and storage and staging.
• Partner with Project Manager, client, and trade contractors to develop a work plan for the project.
• Coordinate project team's preparation for upcoming work through progress meetings.
• Plan and coordinate timely initiation, momentum, and completion of all trade contract work on the project site according to the project schedule.
• Oversee technical interpretation of construction documents and drawings, recommend construction methods, and equipment as required. Assure consistency with contractual specifications and requirements for the project.
• Discuss quality expectations with trade foremen prior to installation (pre-bid, post-bid, and preinstallation meetings).
• Arrange pre-installation coordination meetings for all work areas that involve overlapping work by multiple trade contractors.
• Arrange and coordinate timely permitting and required inspections to start and complete work.
• Prioritize and review critical submittals for dimensional control and constructability.
• Maintain rolling punch list defining final quality expectations and ensure completion.
• Verify and authorize trade contractor timesheets for extra work performed on a time and material basis.
• Authorize purchase requisitions for material, equipment, and labor as agreed with Project Manager, Executive, or Director prior to the project startup or in the event emergency situations arise and is required to keep the project and team members safe.
• Complete thorough and accurate daily reports of progress and concerns or challenges, including daily weather and safety inspections, violations, and accidents.
• Continuously assess and analyze the project's actual status against goals, develop contingency plans, and revise construction strategy as required.
• When conflicts and disputes arise during the course of the project, focus all parties on developing mutually acceptable solutions aligned with the contractual agreements.
  
• Create a project-specific safety program highlighting key or unique hazards introduced by site conditions or work methods and scheduled adjacencies. Develop and communicate leadership approach for addressing hazards on the project.
• Define safety expectations by providing a safety orientation for every individual who enters the site.
• Address early offenses to clarify expectations and reinforce the commitment to safety, recognize and correct common work area hazards.
• Promptly report and investigate accidents and safety-related incidents, disciplining repeat or extreme violations, up to and including, permanently removing individuals from the project site.

What You Will Bring to the Team:

Required experience, knowledge, and skills for this role include:

• Five to ten years of commercial construction experience as a superintendent and has led a healthcare project at a minimum of $10MM in value.
• Past experience with construction projects in a clinical/main hospital setting.
• Progressive experience in skilled trades
• Knowledge of Infection Control Risk Assessment (ICRA) requirements and procedures.
• Successful completion of classes or other training in Construction Management, Project Management, Safety, and Communication.
• Demonstrated interest in and ability to develop familiarity with the site requirements, tools, methods, and materials of the full range of trade divisions.
• Demonstrates the ability to create and build strong, positive relationships with owners, architects, and contractors.
• Must be able to write and communicate clearly and quickly to a variety of audiences.
• Possess good problem-solving and communication skills along with an understanding of how risk is managed as it relates to the project and company as a whole.
• OSHA 30-Hour certification, First-Aid/CPR
• Certified Healthcare Constructor, CHC certification (Preferred)
• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Bachelor's degree in construction management, engineering, or related field (Preferred)
• Must meet healthcare Client's vaccination requirements

Why Christman?

Here at Christman, everyone is an owner. Through our employee stock ownership plan, each employee-owner shares in the collective success and wealth of our nationally recognized company and is eligible to participate in our comprehensive benefits program, including health insurance, 401K contribution, professional development and tuition reimbursement, and more. We're a top 100-ranked ENR General Contractor that has been building since 1894. Learn more about how you can grow as a Christman Expert, Leader and Partner and Build More with us

Work Environment and Physical Demands:

The majority of work is completed outside at the construction site and in an office trailer where the project is monitored, and daily decisions are made about construction activities. The position is often exposed to sounds and loud noises, such as construction equipment. The job requires the wearing of protective equipment when on the construction site (hardhats, safety glasses, and highly visible clothing). Temperatures and conditions may vary depending on the weather and seasons. As part of our focus on being a Great Place to Work, we want to make sure we are clear on a few more basics we expect:

• Ability to occasionally stand, walk, sit, reach (with hands and arms), climb, balance stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Must be able to talk, hear, use hands and fingers to handle or feel, be able to use a telephone and operate a keyboard.
• Be able to frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift or move up to 50 pounds.

The ideal candidate must be able to complete all physical requirements of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.

Notice to Recruiting Agencies (Unsolicited Resumes): The Christman Company does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. Please do not forward unsolicited agency resumes to our applicant tracking system, website, or to any Christman employee/affiliates. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Christman employees or its' affiliates will be considered property of The Christman Company and will be processed accordingly. Christman will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume without an executed agreement and assigned to a specific search.

The Christman family of companies is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or disability status. Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.