Assistant Superintendent; General Contracting

Assistant Superintendent (General Contracting)

• Location Remote - United States
• Job Category General Contracting
• Employee Type Exempt - FT
• Required Degree High school

• Create excellent experiences for internal teams and external stakeholders.

• Recognize your role and seek collective success through collaboration.

• Do the right thing always, even when it’s difficult.

• Treat yourself, the company, and others with respect.

• Be a person of your word and uplift team morale.

• Take the initiative to do what’s necessary to succeed.

• Exercise forethought and planning to achieve intended outcomes.

• Safety is the expectation and priority in all our businesses.

• Elevate your skills and knowledge to deliver exceptional results with confidence.

• Increase your value to the team and capitalize on NDC’s growth opportunities.

The Assistant Superintendent’s primary responsibility is to support the Superintendent and Project Manager in the successful completion of assigned projects. The Assistant Superintendent participates in overseeing job site safety, quality, project scheduling, and communications with the architect and consultants on field and constructability issues. This position requires regular travel to project sites.

• Assist Superintendent with managing job site safety, quality, and schedule for assigned projects from pre‑construction to closeout.
• Ensure NDCs standards of quality and safety are adhered to by assertively championing NDC’s safety culture to project team and subcontractors.
• Work collaboratively with Project Superintendent, Project Manager, project team members, Design Consultants, and Owner.
• Represent NDC in a professional manner.
• Travel time example: you could be assigned to a project in Kittery, Maine for say 4 months, then the next project could be in Beaufort, SC for say 6 months (or what the project duration is). NDC compensates for the hotel or Airbnb and per diem at the location’s prevailing rate for food (travel days are compensated at 75% of the rate to/from and 100% while on site).
  
  Trips back home are worked in from the best business perspective and do not interfere with project requirements.

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Assist in managing the field and project team successfully and collaboratively.
• Establish and maintain positive and effective relationships and communication with client, Construction Manager, project team, consultants/architect/engineers, subcontractors, adjacent community, trade unions, governmental agencies.
• Assist with setting up job site logistics, field coordination, and project schedule.
• Participate in the review of all project documents for constructability and content, including shop drawings.
• Maintain and update project records including RFI’s, ASI’s and as‑builts.
• Assist with creating and enforcing a site‑specific emergency action plan for assigned projects in collaboration with the Project Manager or Superintendent.
• Coordinate with building inspections, subcontractor inspections, and agencies.
• In collaboration with the Superintendent perform daily job site walks and submit daily safety audit reports, daily production and manpower reports.
• Conduct and/or attend Forman meetings, pre-task meetings, safety meetings and project staff meetings.
• Assist with the management of job site manpower production and performance.
• Use project management and scheduling software effectively.
• As required, attend company and industry events including meetings, training, workshops, etc.
• Other related duties as assigned or needed.

• Familiarity with construction standards, safety regulations, and government contract compliance.
• Ability to read and interpret construction drawings and specifications.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills.
• Proficiency in using a personal computer (PC), company communication tools such as email / internet,…