Installation Superintendent

Job Description

Digital Building Components, a part of the DPR family of companies, is looking for a highly motivated, experienced, hardworking, and organized Installation Superintendent to help lead an installation crew of metal panel facades. The opportunity is ideal for a candidate that is looking to be a part of a movement in the construction industry towards prefabrication. This person needs to be ready and willing to travel across the nation to aid in the installation of Digital Building Components (DBC) panels and be involved in everything from safety, planning, production, cost, scheduling, logistics, communication, and organization. Successful candidates will possess strong management skills, with the ability to lead a team, gain commitments, and hold team members accountable to their mutual success.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Manage DBCs held subcontractors in field (metal panel, caulking, cranes, deliveries, etc).
• Manages crew to achieve productivity and stay on schedule.
• Holds traveling crew to the correct code of conduct while representing DBC.
• Solve field problems, know how and when to escalate to engineering/management group.
• Schedule and mange jobsite inspection process, interaction with inspectors.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Daily reports.
• Manage site logistics, craning, rigging.
• Identify and document field issues using measurements, digital photos, email.
• Responds to issues/questions raised in meetings and emails in a timely manner or escalates issues when the response isn’t clear.
• Understand, track, and interpret job schedules as well as track work progress on daily/weekly basis.
• Understand recognition and elimination of job site hazards and unsafe work practices.
• Hold jobsite safety meetings with DBC crews.
• Help develop an injury free environment on all job sites for DBC crews.
• Attend and participate in overall jobsite safety meetings.
• Review, comment, and mark-up drawings/spool sheets.
• Manages crew traveling plans.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• General understanding of welding.
• General understanding of waterproofing systems exterior skin systems.
• Ability to identify and resolve complex issues.
• Ability to read and interpret drawings, sections, details and navigate a model.
• Ability to develop, complete and communicate pre-task plans, job hazard analysis, crane packages, etc.
• Communicates professionally with GC team and other subs/consultants.
• Excellent listening skills and have strong communication skills as well as the ability to use technology for communication (tablet, computer, phone, etc).
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail and accuracy.
• Dependable with strong work ethic and ability to meet deadlines and respond to changes in priorities.

Education and Experience:

• 15+ years of experience with metal stud framing and drywall
  • Layout and control
  • Framing & hanging
  • Fire ratings & STC ratings
  • Fire caulking & fire safing
• Experience supervising of crew of 15 or more.
• Experience with panelized construction experience, or concrete formwork systems (layout, flying, setting, anchoring, bracing).
• Experience with leading edge work.
• OSHA 10 & 30
• Certified Rigging (must achieve in first 2 months)
• First Aid & CPR trained (must achieve in first 2 months)
• Experience with multi-story load bearing framing systems (wood or gauge steel) is a plus.
• Experience using BlueBeam, Trimble and Total Station is a plus.
• Bi-lingual in Spanish is a plus.

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds at times.
• Must be ready and able to travel throughout the US to installation sites.

DPR Construction is a forward-thinking, self-performing general contractor specializing in technically complex and sustainable projects for the advanced technology, life sciences, healthcare, higher education and commercial markets. Founded in 1990, DPR is a great story of entrepreneurial success as a private, employee-owned company that has grown into a multi-billion-dollar family of companies with offices around the world.

Working at DPR, you'll have the chance to try new things, explore unique paths and shape your future. Here, we build opportunity together—by harnessing our talents, enabling curiosity and pursuing our collective ambition to make the best ideas happen. We are proud to be recognized as a great place to work by our talented teammates and leading news organizations like U.S. News and World Report, Forbes, Fast Company and Newsweek.

Explore our open opportunities at www.dpr.com/careers.