Assistant Project Superintendent

Build More with Your Career at Christman

Are you interested in becoming an employee-owner with a leading national general contractor that will provide you with opportunities to Build More in your professional career? The Christman Company is looking for Assistant Project Superintendent candidates in the greater Southeast Michigan region.

The Assistant Superintendent's main function is to support the day-to-day functions of the Project Superintendent to ensure projects are constructed safely in accordance with design, budget, and schedules.

What You Will Do:

As an Assistant Project Superintendent, your primary daily responsibilities of this role include, but are not limited to:

• The Assistant Superintendent role may be assigned as the sole superintendent to small projects, larger projects during final stages of a project's close-out, or assigned as the sole superintendent to projects during off-hour work shifts.
• Responsible for performing safety audits and leads all safety measures of a project including the trades and subcontractors.
• May provide direct supervision of hourly field employees in the areas of carpentry, concrete, general labor, etc.
• Responsible for assuring hourly labor timesheets are completed accurately and on time.
• Responsible for maintaining the knowledge of miscellaneous materials that are required to sustain safety efforts and materials for self-performed work while coordinating the procurement of these items through the field office staff.
• Responsible for accurately producing and distributing Daily Reports.
• Responsible for maintaining awareness of shop drawing information and overseeing correct installations based upon the contract documents and shop drawings/submittals.
• Assist in implementation and ongoing execution of our Quality Assurance Program.
• This role will schedule work activities by producing look ahead schedules and will work with the project team to update and/or create the project master schedule.
• Participate in jobsite subcontractor and Owner/Architect/Contractor meetings so as to keep abreast of schedule and potential changes to the work.

What You Will Bring to the Team:

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

Required Education and Experience

• Associate's Degree in Construction Management or related field. Completion
• Completion of a trade school or apprenticeship program in a related job field.
• Three (3) years of work experience in a related job field.
• Equivalent combination of the above education, training, and experience.
  

Preferred Education and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, or a related field.
• Prior experience as a construction foreman or equivalent role.

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

• Familiarity with site requirements, tools, methods, and materials covering the full range of trade divisions.
• Ability to plan, schedule, and organize tasks while completing work within established deadlines.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Must be able to effectively and persuasively express yourself verbally and in writing, using correct language and grammar in professional, diplomatic, and tactful manner.
• Highly motivated, passionate, and creative team player with ability to develop and maintain collaborative relationships with all levels including internal and external partners.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Knowledge of health and safety laws.
• Outstanding decision-making skills.
• Must have basic computer knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Project, as well as, Procore and Building Information Modeling (BIM).

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.