General Superintendent

Title: General Superintendent
Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Relocation Offered)
Job Type: Direct Hire, Full-Time
Salary: $225K-$350K (based on experience)

SUMMARY
Kelly Engineering is seeking a qualified General Superintendent to join our client's team in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. This opportunity is with a leading national enterprise renowned for its building, innovation, and investment capabilities. As an end-to-end business, they deliver value across the entire project lifecycle by integrating core construction management services with diverse vertical service lines. These include real estate capital investment, design, self-perform construction solutions, technology start-up investments, and forward-thinking research and development initiatives. Our client is known for managing some of the most complex and ambitious projects nationwide, serving major sectors like healthcare, life sciences, education, gaming, transportation/aviation, government, mission-critical, and commercial sectors. In this capacity, you will lead field operations and manage the execution of assigned projects.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Oversee the progress of projects, ensuring they align with schedules, quality expectations, and internal Standard Operating Procedures.
• Collaborate with architects and clients through the project lifecycle, fostering strong relationships that enhance client satisfaction.
• Recruit and mentor skilled talent through training, ensuring appropriate talent alignment with project needs, including roles like Superintendents, Assistant Superintendents, Field Engineers, Career Start Project Engineers, and Co-ops.
• Offer leadership and assistance to field personnel regarding materials, construction sequencing, scheduling, personnel, and methodologies.
• Act as a champion for Field Operations.
• Contribute actively to business development efforts by supporting the related department.
• Pre-construction/Estimating:
  • Engage in sales presentations and pre-construction services.
  • Review constructability and formulate construction plans.
  • Develop baseline schedules by suggesting logic and durations for key activities to schedulers.
  • Ensure baseline schedules meet project delivery requirements.
  • Develop site access, staging, and sequencing plans and conduct technical evaluations.
  • Offer input on budgeting and determine field staff requirements.
  • Attend project turnover meetings.
  • Provide project team insights on scope reviews and Exhibit Bs.
• Construction:
  • Implement all relevant policies and procedures, including field staff assignments and performance evaluations.
  • Conduct weekly site visits to assess safety conditions and general presentation.
  • Ensure field staff meet established performance standards.
  • Guide the creation and monitoring of baseline schedules for compliance.
  • Lead the monthly update and narrative process.
  • Confirm that workmanship and materials match plans and specifications.
  • Review project schedules during weekly visits, identifying potential challenges.
  • Provide innovation in addressing challenges to complete projects on schedule and within budget, when feasible.
  • Oversee the completion of punch lists.
  • Participate in warranty walkthroughs, ensuring all matters are resolved promptly and records are kept.
• Client Relationships and Meeting Management:
  • Attend meetings to oversee and manage projects.
  • Participate in meetings with the owner and project teams at least twice monthly.
  • Maintain continuous client engagement to gauge their perceptions.
  • Relay pertinent information to project teams.
  • Foster strong working relationships within the team.
• Training:
  • Organize field and safety-specific training.
  • Ensure staff receive training aligned with company standards.
  • Engage in the creation and delivery of company-focused training.

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Construction Management and relevant experience relative to project size and scope.
• At least 15 years of experience in general contracting.
• Each project's attributes regarding size, complexity, and sector dictate the specific years of experience and relevant industry knowledge needed for success, beyond generic construction experience.
• Necessary local licenses.
• Ability to multitask constantly and prioritize business needs, organizational issues, and maintaining client relationships.
• Business acumen to negotiate crucial budget and construction process balances.
• Excellent organizational skills for managing diverse construction details.
• Sound judgment for escalating issues within the chain of command.
• Strong sense of urgency, initiative, and ability to promptly grasp complex issues.
• Exceptional problem-solving abilities and the capacity to take decisive, confident actions.
• Excellent communication and diplomatic skills for effective interaction with senior management and resolving conflicts fairly but firmly.
• Must embody the company's core values: Passion, Integrity, Hard Work, Professionalism, and Caring.

As part of our promise to talent, Kelly supports those who work with us through a variety of benefits, perks, and work-related resources. Kelly offers eligible employees voluntary benefit plans including medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, term life, whole life, accident insurance, critical illness, a legal plan, and short-term disability. As a Kelly employee, you will have access to a retirement savings plan, service bonus and holiday pay plans (earn up to eight paid holidays per benefit year), and a transit spending account. In addition, employees are entitled to earn paid sick leave under the applicable state or local plan. Click here for more information on benefits and perks that may be available to you as a member of the Kelly Talent Community.

Why Kelly Engineering?

Your engineering skills are in demand, but how do you find the right fit? Easy. At Kelly Engineering, our team creates expert talent solutions to solve the world's most critical challenges. We connect you with leading organizations where you can collaborate on innovative projects, work with cutting-edge technologies and accelerate your growth. Whether you prefer the variety and flexibility of short-term projects or are looking for a long-term opportunity, we're here to guide you to the next step in your engineering career.

About Kelly

Work changes everything. And at Kelly, we're obsessed with where it can take you. To us, it's about more than simply accepting your next job opportunity. It's the fuel that powers every next step of your life. It's the ripple effect that changes and improves everything for your family, your community, and the world. Which is why, here at Kelly, we are dedicated to providing you with limitless opportunities to enrich your lifejust ask the 300,000 people we employ each year.

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