Assistant Superintendent

Assistant Superintendents for Butler-Cohen maintain a full-time on-site presence at the Project Site to guarantee our commitment to building the right way and by the most cost-effective, schedule-conscious means possible. They are responsible for implementing and enforcing Butler-Cohen’s safety culture on the project site, as well as continuous field supervision, coordination, completion of the Work, and management of the Site. Other tasks include but are not limited to, organization and coordination of Subcontractors.

Keeping cost records on Work performed and materials supplied, controlling costs in materials and wages; exercising control over the rate of construction progress to ensure completion of the Project within the Project Schedule; inspecting or observing the Work to enforce conformity to the Contract Documents; and supervising trades, subcontractors, clerical staff, and other personnel employed in the construction of the Project.

• Participating and learning from other project team members for the creation and maintenance of the project’s site logistics plan. Superintendent may rely on assistant superintendent to document and/or update the drawing to create the logistics plan.
• Monitor the cleanliness of the project site, and report to project team members when housekeeping needs to be addressed. Work with trade partners to ensure that they are cleaning up after themselves to ensure the job site remains in a constant state of cleanliness.

• Work with the superintendent to ensure that the project has a smooth flow of work to facilitate the project schedule. Learn sequencing and ancillary work activities associated with the primary activity and how it could impact other activities. This will be important in learning how to forecast schedules.
• Learn how to identify supplementary “parking lot” work that can be worked, without impacting other work activities, but that may not be critical.

• The jobsite trailer is an extension of Butler-Cohen’s home office. Assistant Superintendent should ensure the trailer and facilities remain clean and are presentable at all times.

• Participation and assistance with documentation of daily huddles.
• Participation and assistance in subcontractor preconstruction meetings.
  
  Assistant Superintendent may also be asked to prepare agendas and/or document these meetings.

• Look Ahead
• Assistance with preparation and dissemination of look ahead.

• Assistance with preparation and participation within pull planning meetings.
  
  Assistant Superintendent should pay close attention to understanding the sequencing of work.
• Assistance in monitoring the production of the actual work onsite as it relates to the pull plan. Communicate with other team members when production doesn’t seem to match the plan (for both over/under production concerns)

• Participating in the creation of the master schedule and updates. Begin to learn/understand how to read a Gant chart.
• Record keeping of actual start/finish dates of activities identified in the master schedule.

• Assistance with communication of “needed onsite” dates for long lead items.

• Assistance with the identification of items that have the potential too or are impacting our ability to put work in place.

• Verification of material deliveries conformance to approved submittals/specifications.
• Learning how to read/coordinate various shop drawings.
• Review manufacturer requirements as they pertain to necessary storage, inspections, testing, and installation requirements.

• Review specifications to document and track required testing and/or inspections.

• Assist project team for scheduling testing/inspections, including third party

• JHA
• BC Focus 6
• Audits
• Reporting

• Assistance with the creation of daily logs. Assistant superintendent should be thorough with all items that they are assisting with and document accordingly. This includes, but is not limited to, production tracking, testing/inspections, material deliveries, etc.
• Most current and accurate drawings are…