Field Superintendent

The Field Superintendent provides the knowledge, skills and experience required to manage the day-to-day field operations of task order and/or larger lump institutional and/or commercial construction projects that Switch undertakes. Moreover, Switchs Superintendents are the forward face of Switch and are responsible for establishing a professional work environment that includes: fostering a positive atmosphere, promoting proactive and effective communication, facilitating problem solving and for minimizing and resolving conflict in a constructive manner. The primary focus of Switchs Superintendent is to provide the managerial and leadership skills necessary to accomplish the work by means of subcontractors and to manage the day-today issues of a small self-performed workforce.

Switchs Superintendents are responsible for the production aspects of the work and are accountable for: producing quality work that is constructed consistent with the standard's set forth in the project's contract documents; for performing the work in a timely and cost effective manner and for maintaining a work environment that is safe and continuously kept clean and orderly.

• Managing the day-to-day field activities to ensure that the project milestone dates and overall schedule completion date is met
• Creating short-interval look-ahead project schedules that make sure that upcoming events are communicated, tracked and are being proactively attended to
• Creating and maintaining a culture that values safety, health and cleanliness
• Managing and coordinating the work to ensure that it is constructed in an orderly and deliberate manner that is consistent with the standard-of-care set forth in the contract documents that is viewed by industry as an effort that is consistent with best-practices standards
• Establishing and maintaining all dimensional controls for the project to include the use of third party survey and layout personnel when appropriate
• Verifying that all work is installed in a workmanlike manner (i.e.: plumb, level, straight, etc.)
• Manage and look-ahead no less than two weeks to proactively identifying issues that could lead to problems and facilitate solutions
• Obtaining all inspections and ensuring that the quality aspects of the physical work are fully documented
• Ensuring all aspects of the project are compliant with all contract terms and legal requirements that govern the project and the community in which the project(s) takes place
• Administering client specific programs, such as CQC, Safety, Environmental Stewardship, etc.
• Conducting and/or attending pre-construction, progress and other project and staff meetings
• Conducting and/or participating in regularly held meetings involving TMG internal staff and external stake holders such as owners, subcontractors, etc.
• Meeting with client representatives on a regular basis to discuss the status of projects, to proactively identify and resolve problems and to assure that the client is kept knowledgeable about the status of the work
• Managing self-performed activities to ensure that work is being performed within the established project budget
• Managing changes in project scope to ensure that the most contemporary contract documents are being used at all times to prevent avoidable rework
• Administering contracts, subcontracts, purchase orders and other agreements to ensure that the scope, terms and conditions are consistently and proactively being met
• Managing the punch list and project closeout process to assure timely completion
• Maintaining daily paperwork such as timecards, field reports, schedule updates and E-mail correspondence
• Providing timely and cordial interaction with supporting work groups, such as accounting, HR, ICS, etc.
• Directing and managing the work loads of supporting staff to include training, mentoring and follow up
• Participating in and encouraging staff to seek out life-long learning opportunities and professional development

Construction Skills

• Has a passion for construction, a desire and a natural instinct to build
• Understands means and methods of construction associated with the renovation of commercial and institutional buildings and site work related thereto
• Can create a 3d visualization of the end product and knows how to get there
• Understands the sequencing of work and the strategy of creating effective project schedules
• Understands project control and change order management

Critical Thinking Skills

• Has strong math and analytical skills
• Has strong problem solving skills that involve a bias to work within established systems and the agility to work outside of the system when necessary to get timely results
• Has a natural curiosity of technical, physical and spatial matters

Action Oriented

• Is goal oriented and can react quickly to challenging circumstances to achieve the desired end results
• Is proactive, plans well and addresses problems promptly
• Is committed to doing quality work the first time with little or no need for re-work
• Works to meet or beat schedules and is driven to bring closure to avoid long punch lists

Results Oriented

• Works to meet deadlines and is driven to closure
• Has a bias toward action and an impatience towards those that lack focus and/or the ability to get results
• Is proactive, looks for problems that could impede progress and relentlessly takes responsibility for solving them
• Is deadline driven, punctual and respects other peoples' time

Leadership and Interpersonal Skills

• Has the ability to build effective teams, to inspire others to their best, and to coach and mentor
• Is aggressive, however fair and reasonable in all business dealings involving clients, subcontractors and co-workers (understands win-win contracting)
• Is an effective communicator, active-listener, recognizes diverse perspectives and is capable of facilitating synergy and collaboration
• Has the ability to confront difficult situations and manages them to a successful conclusion
• Is polite, conversational, self-confident, comfortable to be with and non-assuming
• Is organized and produces a paper trail that can be easily understood by a third party
• Embraces life-long learning, strives to stay current with new industry trends and practices and willingly participates in industry events and networking functions

Certification:        Current safety credentials to include OSHA 30 1, 1st Aid and CPR

                            Current CQC certification issued by USACE / NAVFAC

Education:           High School or equivalent. AS degree in Construction Management or similar or a Journeyman status in a building trade (i.e. Carpenter) AND no less than 5 years of progressive responsibility supervising construction

Experience:         Minimum 10 years experience in the construction industry with a commercial and/or 

                            Institutional general contractor engaged in general building and civil construction

                            A minimum of 5 years of experience in government contracting

                            Advanced knowledge of construction management processes means and methods, required

                            A demonstrated understanding of construction means and methods associated with the renovation and construction of commercial and institutional buildings and sitework related and a working knowledge of civil, architectural, mechanical and electrical work

                            The ability to effectively communicate both in the English written and spoken word

Special skills:      Proficiency with spreadsheets, Email and other software used in the construction industry

The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands and fingers to handle, feel or operate objects, tools or controls; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, talk, hear and smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move objects up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.