Superintendent, Tenant Improvements / ICI – Vancouver

Medium sized General Contractor seeking a Superintendent to focus on tenant improvements of ICI buildings in Vancouver. Salary range is $90,000 – $110,000. Outpost Recruitment is excited to work with our client on this full-time permanent role.

Tasks and Responsibilities of Superintendent:

• General Site Operations:
• Demonstrate leadership in health, safety, and environmental protection on site.
• Self-starter able to work off their own initiative.
• Manage schedules, costs, pre-construction, subcontractors and invoicing.
• Maintain job site diary/daily log and prepare a record of the workday daily, including inspections (track them in Procore).
• Participate in project and trade meetings to monitor and support the project’s ongoing progression.
• Study, understand and be ready to talk about plans, drawings, specifications, contract documents, addenda and all the contract conditions set by the client.
• Ensure the project is built according to approved plans, specifications, shop drawings, and applicable building codes, maintaining high quality standards.
• Maintain inventory of materials and equipment on site and record day in/day out and use/location in Procore.
• Participate in preparation of construction operations plan, site safety plan and traffic control plans.
• Demonstrate knowledge of standard units and methods of measuring site work concrete, formwork, masonry, and carpentry.
• Calculate quantities of the materials required, order materials and ensure quality of the materials specified in the contract.
• Mediate conflicting interests of contractors on site, maintain cooperative relations with the site crews.
• Know and understand by-laws affecting construction, types of permits and information required by regulatory agencies.
• Safety:
• Know and understand the “Safety Manual”, health and safety legislation, and best industry practices.
• Adhere to contractual safety requirements and health and safety legislation.
• Provide disciplinary action and/or dismissal of the subtrade and/or worker if necessary, in accordance with WorkSafeBC regulations and/or safety policies.
• Support and promote continuous improvement of the safety program.
• Assign safety responsibilities to the site staff, and review daily safety inspections with the site safety officer(s).
• Participate in monthly corporate safety meetings and site safety inspections.
• Project Start up:
• Ensure trades/subcontractors perform a project start up safety and orientation meeting.
• Evaluate staff requirements in relation to size, duration, complexity of the job, and type of client.
• Establish contract milestones and project strategy, and communicate contract objectives to the site team.
• Quality Control:
• Identify and understand the client’s needs and expectations, and standards and benchmarks to be achieved for each scope of work.
• Learn and understand the “Quality Control and Quality Assurance Program”.
• Administer checklist controls in accordance with the QC/QA program.
• Ensure all deficient and non-compliant work is identified and recorded.
• Promote continuous improvement of the quality assurance program.
• Schedule:
• Prepare, discuss, involve, and distribute site look ahead schedule in accordance with the master schedule.
• Identify critical operations of the project that require extra cooperation or special attention.
• Record all progress, milestone dates, delays, change orders and communicate those to the project manager.
• Verify subcontractors’ monthly progress and communicate any schedule deviations.
• Plan the mobilization of the project in accordance with the schedule.
• Procurement:
• Assess reliability and quality of subcontractors, and determine their scope of work.
• Issue and confirm purchase orders for materials, equipment and miscellaneous supplies.
• Research, understand and communicate alternative products and materials if needed.
• Cost Report:
• Learn, understand, and follow monthly draw cycle and associated submittal timelines.
• Maintain written and photographic records of all potential claim situations.
• Project Close-Out:
• Assess deficiencies and ensure that all work is according to specifications, and government codes and regulations.
• Carry out final commissioning of completed systems to the client.
• Participate in occupancy inspections, walk-throughs, and coordination meetings.
• Participate in planning occupancy and deficiencies inspections.

Experience of Superintendent:

• Minimum 5 years of construction site supervision experience (preferably with a Construction Manager or General Contractor).
• Excellent knowledge of the Lower Mainland construction industry, and construction techniques and materials.
• Recent proven relevant experience.

Ideal Candidate:

• Only candidates with authorization to work in Canada for consideration.
• Please clearly highlight relevant work experience, project overviews and project scale ($) in your resume.