National General Superintendent

Position Description:

The General Superintendent reports directly to the Vice President of Operations. This position is senior level, providing oversight, and executing the tasks necessary for proper implementation and management of steel erection related activities to assure job safety, quality and success for projects built outside a 150 mile radius of Tulsa, throughout the United States.

Essential Job Functions:

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  Comprehensive knowledge of methods in general construction practices.


• Comprehensive knowledge of general construction practices, occupational hazards and safety precautions of the metal building trade.


• Enforces customer GC and/or project owners safety regulations and requirements for all construction activities.


• Ensure that proper safety and incident reporting procedures are accurately followed.


• Participates in pre-construction meetings.


• Provides on site coordination and supervision of all employees and subcontracted field labor.


• The National General Superintendent will manage all on-site Superintendents in their region, who oversee on-site activities including but not limited to safety, scheduling, quality control, site cleanliness, monitoring, and contractor relations.


• Maintains and monitors job schedule as to crew, material, equipment, and coordinates requirements with management, weekly.


• Maintains project working schedules and develops detailed look ahead schedules for on-site coordination.


• Recommends corrective action should the project fall behind schedule, implements the actions as required to minimize delay.


• Maintains active contact with customer/GC so as to monitor customer satisfaction.


• Schedules and assure delivery of materials to maintain schedule requirements.


• Schedules sub-contractors when needed to maintain the schedule and coordinates/implements change-orders.


• Has ability to work directly and interact with customers, architects, engineers, subcontractors, suppliers, and office personnel.


• Provides quality control support with onsite inspections to confirm compliance with latest approved drawings, supplemental instructions, submittals and shop drawings.


• Responsible for schedules, quality and customer satisfaction of a particular project or multiple projects.


• Coordinates and expedites resolution of all construction related challenges on site.


• Assists with keeping the client informed as to job progress and schedules.


• Manages, coordinates and assists with the completion of final punch list.


• Represents the company's image and philosophy on the jobsite: i.e., professional conduct, fair solutions and customer service.


• Travels to job sites as needed.


• Works occasional evenings or weekends for special situations.


• Punctual, dependable and prepared for work each day.


• Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor. (Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.)

Temporary modifications to provide reasonable accommodations do not waive any essential functions for the job requirements.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Minimum of fifteen (15) years of construction experience is required.


• Must be 18 years or older


• Must be a willing learner.


• Specific skills needed for this position are as follows:

Business skills to address budget matters, coordinate and supervise workers.

Customer-service skills are necessary to form good working relationships with customers, sub-contractors and vendors.

Decision making skills are needed for choices on personnel for specific tasks and job. At times, these decisions must be made quickly to meet deadlines and budgets.

Initiative is needed to assess situations independently and act to get things done, accurately and effectively.

Leadership skills are needed to effectively delegate tasks to construction workers, subcontractors, and other lower level managers.

Speaking skills. Must give clear orders, explain complex information to construction workers and clients, and discuss technical details with other building specialists, such as architects.

Technical skills. Know construction processes and must be able to interpret contracts and technical drawings.

Time-management skills. Superintendent must meet deadlines. They ensure that construction phases are completed on time so that the next phase can begin as scheduled.

Writing skills. Must write proposals, plans, and budgets, as well as document the progress of the work for clients and others involved in the building process.

Supervisory Responsibility:

This position has supervisory responsibilities over on-site activities.