J. Benton Construction - Caribbean Construction Experts is more than a construction company. We're a team of builders that nurtures the needs of our clients while giving back to the Virgin Islands community where we live and work. Our goal is to be seen as one of the leading companies in the Caribbean by providing our clients with an unrelenting focus on customer service. We accomplish this by striving for excellence through continuous improvement and successfully completing projects without sacrificing quality. The project experience is just as significant to our team as the final product. We are proud to call the U.S. Virgin Islands our home.
Since 2019, J. Benton has been in a strategic partnership with Consigli Construction Co., Inc., one of the Northeast's top general contractors, allowing both companies to leverage their shared experience, complementary strengths and resources for a best-in-class approach to wide variety of projects.
General Superintendent
Provide overall administrative and technical support management at designated construction project sites. This requires a thorough knowledge of the company's policies and procedures as well as the project goals, project plans, specifications, and Contract requirements.
Required Skills
- Oversee and supervise total construction effort to ensure project is executed in accordance with design, budget and schedule. Includes interfacing with super or foreman, trades, project manager, client representatives, A/E representatives and other contractors in a professional manner as necessary. Primary communication is with the President, Sr. Field Operations Manager, Director of Operations, VP & Project Executives and Superintendents
- Ensure strong, consistent communication between field and office staff within the department
- Establish a rapport with field superintendents, foremen and management teams. Support field superintendents and foremen in their positions by exhibiting strong leadership in recruiting, training, mentoring, motivating. Primary measure is through increased field productivity and efficiency and increased harmony in the field
- Oversee the planning, coordination, and supervision of on-site functions (engineering, scheduling and coordination of material deliveries, subcontractors, equipment and manpower requirements)
- Ensure designated jobs are consistently aware of budget and cost. Progress measured through performance of superintendent at monthly cost meetings
- Ensure superintendent or foreman is planning for self-performed work and anticipating equipment and manpower needs. Requests to go through the administration. For scheduling (Operations Assistant)
- Assist in subcontractor related problems and communicate issues and concerns with project management department through project executive
- Assist in scheduling of any field engineering needs
- Oversee the operational efficiency of JBenton's self-performed work. Efficiencies and areas for improvement measured through labor production report
- Ensure updated job schedule and sub-schedules posted as required. Increase schedule awareness. Measured by reviewing the target data vs. actual data of substantial completion as well as through executive field visits
- Oversee planning, direction of company quality functions and activities as established by JBenton
- Provide a quality control audit on all jobs once per month to increase consistency and accountability of paper flow. Coordinate with accounting department to ensure no flow problems. Audits to be turned in once monthly to be reviewed by VP of Field Operations
- Ensure that the superintendent or foreman is scheduling and conducting weekly subcontractor meetings and recording minutes on designated projects. To be reviewed by project executive.
- Administrative project safety program to maintain a safe and healthy work environment in compliance with corporate safety plan, regulations by owner, state, and OSHA. Maintain jobsite safety, conduct safety meetings on a regular basis, maintain logs, and supervise safety with subcontractors. In the absence of another specifically designated person, the Field Superintendent is the "competent person" as defined by OSHA. Provide safety audit on all jobs once per month. Measured through success of safety plan and incidence rate.
- Provide technical assistance, interpret drawings, and develop construction methods consistent with contract documents, budget, and schedule on designated jobs
- Participate in purchasing and scheduling commitments with superintendent or project manager as necessary.
- Assist project in developing and implementing project procedures, and standards. Be a catalyst for project executives and management for strong, efficient, timely decision-making to ensure procurement, submittal, or other project management functions do not impede project flow
- Ensure that superintendent is maintaining a complete set of up-to-date drawings and shop drawing files. Record and maintain "as built drawings"
- Assist in improved close out procedures by ensuring RCL is utilized and other close out procedures are followed. Measured through chart of days from substantial completion to close out
- Improve rental/return/small tools cost. Measured through cost/volume at year end
- Review and initiate procedures and control for jobsite security and housekeeping and monitor on a regular basis.
Required Experience
- A bachelor's degree in a relevant field with a minimum of 10-15 years' experience.
- Minimum of 5 years' experience managing multiple large job Sites
- Familiar with construction management software
- Understands building plans and specifications
- Safety standards knowledge and enforced
- Self-starter with the ability to set goals and tasks with strong leadership goals.
An Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer
J. Benton Construction provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
