Assistant Superintendent

Katerra is a technology company transforming property development, design, and construction—from start to finish. We are building an entirely new kind of company that brings together expertise in design, technology, material sourcing, manufacturing, and construction as a single integrated offering.

With this unique approach, we have the opportunity to design and build beyond compromise. Beautiful, efficient, sustainable–we can do it all. The era of design concessions is over.

At Katerra, we lead from every seat. Our ideal team members are self-starters that embrace ambiguity, think big, and bring their own uncompromising standards of excellence.

One of Katerra’s cultural principles is Diversity. We believe different backgrounds, ideas, and skillsets result in better outcomes. Katerra does not discriminate in employment based on race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, marital status, disability, religious or political affiliation, age, sexual orientation, or gender identity. Katerra encourages people of all backgrounds to apply, including people of color, immigrants, refugees, women, LGBTQIA, people with disabilities, veterans and those with diverse life experiences.

Location: Various projects across the United States. Willing to consider candidates based in all locations. Katerra Affordable Housing specializes in affordable multifamily housing renovations. We are experts at temporary relocation. We know the sensitivity of occupied buildings and the urgency of finishing on time.

Traveling Assistant Superintendent - Affordable Housing

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Supervise field personnel, schedule, direct efficient upright construction under budget, renovation of occupied units, turn units quickly, low resident impact, reports to General Superintendent. Responsibilities include but not limited to, the following:

• Takes direction from Superintendent and Project Manager, informs of problems, communicates solutions
• Promotes safety, adheres to company policies, job site safety meetings, satisfies client, management and residents
• Assists Superintendent and Project Manager in development and refinement of schedules and updates
• Assists with planning and coordination of field construction activities, motivates and encourages excellence
• Provides backup to Superintendent when necessary, and directs sub-contractors, material suppliers, vendors, inspection agencies as needed
• Maintains efficient production, proper project completion and profitability, meets deadlines and schedules
• Broad knowledge and understanding of the contract, drawings, specifications, addenda, subcontracts
• Proactively reduces and resolves problems and disputes, supervises to eliminate potential cost impacts and risks
• Identifies and remedies design deficiencies, unworkable details, potential code violations
• Use constructability thru construction means, methods, materials, interrelated cost variances to preserve the budget
• Completes: RFI, AWA, CO, addenda, daily reports, Procore, red lines, as-builts, code compliance, pay applications
• Cross-functions with Project Manager, Superintendent, Onsite Management, Architects, Engineers
• Continually upholds build-ability, project execution and assures acceptable work flow and smooth running project
• Reviews subcontractor daily reports and materials and imposes consistent completions from daily job walks
• Substantially minimizes owner punch lists and goes above and beyond the call of duty regarding customer service
• Remains committed to the property, project, client and KATERRA AFFORDABLE HOUSING and whatever it takes to get the project completed
• Maintains subcontractors contractual requirements as condition precedent to beginning their work
• Ensures field staff, subcontractors, vendors and suppliers stay safe, productive, and avoid all work stoppages
• Cross-functions effectively to support quality relationships with KATERRA AFFORDABLE HOUSING teams from project start-up through closeout
• Provides leadership that maintains a healthy and harmonious worksite always and strives for positive project morale
• Demonstrated commitment to diversity, learning and successfully working in multicultural environments.
  
  

Required Skills & Experience

• Experience in working with occupied renovation projects preferred.
• Blueprint reading, cost analysis, computer skills in Microsoft suite (Excel, Word, Project, Outlook)
• High school diploma or equivalent required. College degree preferred. 30 hr OSHA training. CPR certification.
• Experience: 3+ years of residential or multi-family superintendent experience directly related to this job description.
• Constant travel required, flexible as workload dictate.
• May include weekdays, weekends and or holidays. Position performed at jobsite Conditions and locations will vary.
• While performing duties of this job, would regularly be required to stand, walk, sit, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop or kneel, talk and hear, and use fingers and hands to feel objects, tools or controls, occasionally lift or move up to fifty pounds.
• Use time management, critical thinking, communication, public awareness, and computations, systematic. Requires a high degree of independent decision making and professionalism.
  
  

Notice To Third Party Agencies

Please note that KATERRA does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Recruitment Fee Agreement, KATERRA will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement, KATERRA explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of KATERRA.