Assistant Superintendent (Ground Up)

Company Overview

JRM is one of the top General Contracting and Construction Management Firms with over a decade of trusted experience. Headquartered in New York City with offices in New Jersey, California, and Florida, JRM delivers the highest quality services to clients that include City, State & Federal Agencies, Fortune 500 corporations, respected property owners & developers, major law firms, media & tech firms, leading luxury retailers, renowned hospitality groups, life sciences & healthcare organizations, and financial services firms. JRM knows that dedicated, accomplished employees are the heart of any successful enterprise. We are focused on maintaining a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace and are always looking to add passionate personnel to our teams across the US.

Job Summary

The Assistant Superintendent is responsible to assist the Lead Superintendent with day-to-day operations on a project site. The position requires business management acumen and must demonstrate organizational and time management skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Lead Superintendent in the development, updating, modification (as required) and maintenance of the project schedule including a master schedule, 60-day look ahead schedules for their assigned trades, and two week look ahead schedules for their assigned trades.
• Assure the implementation and continuous maintenance of corporate safety program requirements in all of the day-to-day operations on the project.
• Understand and be familiar with the date by which all materials must arrive on the job and convey that information to the project superintendent for preparation of the contract items lists and shop drawing schedules. Assist Lead Superintendent in following up for deliveries.
• Understand and uphold the site safety plan.
• Understand and uphold the site logistics plan.
• Attend the weekly foreman and superintendents' meetings. Assist in maintaining the minutes of these meetings, and ensure they are recorded and distributed.
• Prepare and attend weekly safety meetings, regular toolbox talks, and safety pre task meetings as required.
• Assist with preparing the daily construction reports in a thorough and timely manner.
• Understand and ensure risk controls are properly established and maintained.
• Attend weekly meetings with the project team for purposes of updates on the status of the fieldwork and communication of any issues requiring the input or action of others on the project team, and for notification to the project team of issues that may be of importance or interest to them.
• Assist with maintaining document control to assure work is being installed in accordance with the latest design documentation and approved shop drawings.
• Communicate any issues requiring additional information from designers in a timely fashion to the project manager for issuance of RFI’s.
• Assist in preparation of the monthly status report to be submitted to the client.
• Assist with monthly job progress photographs are taken in ample quantity to accurately depict the progress of the work.
• Assist with the required permits and approvals from jurisdictional agencies are secured, posted, and renewed as required prior to starting work.

Qualifications and Skills

• Requires Engineering, Construction Management or related bachelor’s degree, OR possess equivalent years of related experience.
• At least three years of experience in Core/shell and Interior.
• Requires working knowledge of various construction disciplines, union agreements/jurisdiction, cost control, scheduling, safety regulations, engineering drawings and other documents required.
• 10-Hour OSHA and 30-Hour OSHA Construction Safety and Health Certificate.
• 4-Hour Supported Scaffold User Certificate.

Computer Systems

• Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project and Timberline

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at JRM without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship.

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