Assistant Field Superintendent

Job Summary:

The Assistant Field Superintendent is responsible for construction field installation activities with an emphasis on labor productivity, quality, timely installations, and employee morale. This requires close coordination with project and division managers. Position is responsible for jobsite safety.  Directs activities of workers concerned with construction by performing the following duties personally or through subordinate supervisors.

Responsibilities:

• Study specifications to plan procedures for construction on basis of starting and completion times and staffing requirements for each phase of construction.
• Ensure that an adequate field work force is maintained on each project through input from project managers and/or division manager.
• Monitor field labor productivity to meet job cost budget.
• Monitor and assist in scheduling fabrication shop activities and including ship dates and accuracy of shipments.
• Coordinate project and material needs to maintain piping and sheet metal field labor productivity.
• Provide "hands on" assistance at jobsite for field crews to ensure maximum productivity of high quantity field labor tasks.
• Assist on-site field mechanics with development of work sequence and material needs.
• Provide "hands on" assistance at jobsite with the setting of all equipment, specifically boilers, chillers, pumps, air handling devices, fans, and other critical equipment.
• Assist in developing new field mechanics through on site and classroom training.
• Assist in troubleshooting and service calls on installed systems when required.
• Monitor equipment rentals for optimum use.
• Assist project manager and field mechanics in establishing room and board rates, and travel arrangements, if required; with management assistance, ensure vehicle expense budget is met.
• Schedule, monitor and correct, as needed, subcontractor progress and performance.
• Prepare written evaluations for all field personnel.
• Make salary adjustment recommendations to division manager for review.
• Review and approve weekly field time sheets.
• Hire and terminate field employees as required.
• Procure tools and materials to be delivered at specified times to conform to work schedules.
• Manages 8 to 10 subordinate supervisors who supervise a total of 1 to 5 employees in the Construction. Is responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of these units. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Qualifications:

• Associate degree (A. A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school. o Six months to one-year related experience and/or training.
• Equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to read and interpret documents.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardizations exits.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability an statistical inference, and fundamental of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

Work Environment:

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is frequently exposed to outside weather conditions. The employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts and high, precarious places.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts and the risk of electrical shock. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; outside weather conditions, including wet, humid, cold, or hot environments; and vibration.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly uses hands and arms for tasks requiring handling, reaching, and coordination, and engages in a combination of standing, walking, sitting, and occasional postural movements such as bending, kneeling, crouching, or balancing. The position involves verbal communication and the ability to hear.

The employee may frequently lift, carry, or move items weighing up to 50 pounds and may occasionally lift or move heavier items up to 100 pounds, with the ability to carry items for extended periods of time as needed.