Fireproofing General Superintendent

Job Description:

With projects throughout the Midwest, Christman Constructors, Inc. (CCI) is a great place to begin, continue or grow your career. We’re searching for the next generation of innovative minds who want to shape the world and live to build. is looking for a Fireproofing General Superintendent in Michigan!

What You Will Do:

As Fireproofing General Superintendent, your primary daily responsibilities of this role include, but are not limited to:

• Coordinates and assists in managing field operations within a region or company division.
• Reviews regional field resource needs and assign available resources to current projects.
• Projects resource needs via lookahead schedule to predict upcoming manpower requirements.
• Assists regional leadership with recruiting, hiring, and performance management of personnel as required.
• Monitors the health of every project within a region.
• Provides regular status updates of field operations to regional leadership as it relates to the team, subcontractor performance, quality control, project budgets, and schedules.
• Maintains and promotes positive relationship with partners, contractors, customers, building officials, and suppliers.
• Provides input and consultation with regional leadership regarding staffing considerations on projects as required.
• Provides expert technical support to partners as required to determine constructability, schedule, means and methods, and to resolve any related issues.
• Assists the estimating and procurement teams by reviewing documents for manpower productivity, constructability, phasing options, scheduling, temporary protection requirements, site logistics, and other field construction issues.
• Contributes to the development of and maintenance of updated general instructions, procedures, and guidelines for field construction methods utilizing current industry and company practices.
• Assists project teams with review of specifications and other bid documents to ensure compliance with technical and code requirements.
• Participates in constructability reviews of project documents to help determine the most cost effective and schedule efficient method of construction.
• Assists in resolving site operations issues (lack of productivity, sequencing of trades, responsiveness of subcontractors, internal staffing issues, investigation into client call backs for work deficiencies) as required.
• Partners with Superintendents to ensure proper manpower and equipment requirements. sequencing of trades, quality of work, budget controls, adherence to project schedule, and permitting of work.

Expected Hours of Work and Travel: Full time position. Extended hours and weekends may apply. Travel to and from the construction site is required; majority of the work will be done at the site. Most of the travel will be local, but some long-distance and overnight travel may be required depending on the project.

Required Education and Experience

• High School Diploma.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in commercial construction, including at least 10 years of experience in a supervisory role.
• -or- Equivalent combination of the above education, training, and experience.
• Must have successfully performed the role of a Christman Superintendent for a minimum of 3 to 5 years with proven experience leading other superintendents and project team(s) and a minimum of 5 years total experience as a Senior Superintendent in the commercial construction industry.

Preferred Education and Experience

• Trade related training and experience

• Ten (10) years of work experience in commercial construction in a Project Superintendent role.