Superintendent

The Superintendent’s primary responsibility is the successful completion of assigned projects. The Superintendent participates in overseeing job site safety, quality, project scheduling, and communications with the design team, vendors, and sub-contractors.

The Superintendent is expected to:

• Display a proactive resourcefulness to solving, anticipating, and preventing problems while working with a sense of urgency.
• Read and understand plans and specifications.
• Build high quality homes through the management of trade contractors, holding trades accountable to their contracts for service.
• Motivate trade contractors and suppliers to achieve the level of quality and performance required to meet Homes by Dickerson’s standards.
• Demonstrate the ability to manipulate a construction schedule to effectively complete the job safely, on time and on budget.
• Communicate with management to cut building costs and resolve current and future complications.
• Demonstrate the ability to work with clients in a professional manner.
• Set proper expectations and display an awareness of construction to ensure client confidence.
• Promote and have knowledge of other Homes By Dickerson communities, initiatives and standards.
• Attend seminars, training sessions, and company meetings on production related subjects.

Key Accountabilities:

• Learn to Manage individual job sites.
• General neighborhood upkeep.
• Material management.
• PO System/Budget/Invoices.
• Inspect all phases of construction for quality, per plans and specifications. Adjust and provide feedback on design and details that do not meet Homes By Dickerson’s standards.
• Learn how to compile, schedule and complete pre and post orientation punch lists (starting at front elevation continuing through attic). Pre-orientation punch list is required to be complete prior at time of trim outs. Post-orientation punch list is required to be complete prior to closing.
• Demonstrate the ability to manipulate a construction schedule while managing the day-to-day activities to effectively complete the job on time.
• Demonstrate knowledge and the implementation of the various components included in our construction of building high performance homes.
• Consult with engineers, architects, and designers on design problems.
• Price and expedite appropriate level of customer change orders.

Education, Skills & Expertise:

• B.S. in Construction or Related Field
• Engineering, Construction Management or Architecture related educational background preferred
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a deadline driven work environment.
• Hands-on team player.

• Strong organizational and people skills.
• 1 - 2 years of related construction project management experience preferred.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to stand and walk for 4 hours straight or up to a full 8-hour day; sit for extended periods; kneel and bend at the waist; climb, balance and stoop, crouch or crawl; walk up and down stairs; walk on unlevel terrain; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. Ability to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision and peripheral vision.