Project Superintendent; Healthcare Construction

Overview

The Christman Company

Job Description: 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.

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

• Ensures Christman is represented at the project site every day 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; ensure consistency with contractual specifications and requirements.
• 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 with 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 materials basis.
• Authorize purchase requisitions for material, equipment, and labor as agreed with Project Manager, Executive, or Director to keep the project and team members safe.
• Complete thorough and accurate daily reports of progress and concerns, 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, focus all parties on developing mutually acceptable solutions aligned with contractual agreements.
• Create a project-specific safety program highlighting key hazards introduced by site conditions or work methods; develop and communicate leadership approaches 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 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 permanent removal from the project site.

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

• Five to ten years of commercial construction experience as a superintendent and experience leading a healthcare project valued at a minimum of $10M.
• 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 training in Construction Management, Project Management, Safety, and Communication.
• Ability to develop familiarity with the site requirements, tools, methods, and materials of the full range of trade divisions.
• Ability to build strong, positive relationships with owners, architects, and…