Assistant Superintendent

Overview

Adolfson & Peterson Construction (AP), one of the nation’s top contractors, is recruiting for an experienced Assistant Superintendent to collaborate with the Superintendent and/or Project Manager in coordinating field operations, site safety, productivity, schedule, work quality, and trade contractor and supplier coordination for projects typically under $5 million.

• Take personal responsibility for working safely within an incident and injury free (IIF) culture.
• Manage on-site construction activities.
• Understand all the plans, specifications, and details for the assigned project; maintain a complete set of updated construction drawings as a permanent record.
• Schedule and procure tools, equipment, and materials necessary for the project; ensure all team members on the jobsite have been trained on the tools and processes necessary to perform their jobs; attend weekly toolbox talks.
• Partner with the project team to provide information in the project start-up and close-out meetings.
• Hold trade contractors accountable for meeting the schedule and performing quality work while maintaining a positive relationship with them.
• Manage, review, and control all project cost codes, budgets, and production units for assigned portions of the project.
• Ensure project quality based on AP’s quality management programs for all assigned areas of the project; participate in creating site-specific quality control plans; monitor compliance and performance.
• Troubleshoot jobsite challenges and offer innovative solutions; document all corrections, changes, and requests.
• Collaborate in the creation of site‑specific safety plans; monitor compliance and performance.
• Support AP’s safety program to strive for Zero Injury on each project, which includes ensuring that all job safety requirements are understood and implemented by all project team members and trade contractors, collaborating with AP safety support team members, leading or attending on-site safety meetings, reviewing the trade contractors’ safety programs and SDS information in the trade contractor start-up meeting, identifying and correcting safety hazards on the jobsite, reporting all safety incidents to AP safety team members, and maintaining and posting OSHA and Company required safety literature.
• Collaborate with other departments in the pre-construction and planning phases.
• Provide technical expertise throughout the pre-construction process and participate in the constructability review.
• Assist with the management of the pre-construction schedule.
• Review the plans and specifications for constructability and construction schedules; advise the project team regarding issues or deficiencies.
• Assist in quantity take-off and pricing estimates.
• Help prepare, coordinate, and update the detailed project schedule with sequence and activity duration, including procurement items.
• In collaboration with others, establish the punchlist process and close-out procedures with the Project Manager, owner, and design team before trade contractor work starts; maintain a Zero Punchlist.
• Understand the contract between AP and the owner, the project estimate, budget set-up, and trade contractor and supplier contract scopes.
• Ensure that all subcontractors have met all insurance requirements prior to being onsite.
• Participate in procuring future projects and help build client loyalty.
• Participate in marketing efforts, presentations, and proposal preparations; support others in determining sequence activities and activity duration on schedules for proposed projects.
• Build and maintain a network of possible and client leads; look for potential leads.
• Participate in at least one industry organization.
• Maintain a positive relationship with the owner and design team throughout the project; understand and help communicate the owner’s goals regarding construction to all field team members.
• Other responsibilities as assigned.

• Post-secondary or bachelor’s degree in construction management, architecture, engineering, or related field and 2+ years of related experience.
• High school diploma or equivalent and 7+ years of directly related experience.
• Familiarity with construction…