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Assistant Superintendent - Commercial - Roanoke

Harper General Contractors
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 11 Feb 2026

About the role

Company Mission Statement: To build up our communities, our clients, and each other by building trust in everything we do.

Summary/Objective: Promote the company mission statement by joining the Project Manager (PM) and Superintendent (SUP) as a team who work together to create a safe work environment, build a quality project, and keep projects on schedule while earning a fair and reasonable profit.


Essential Functions:

  • Learn what it means to be the main contact for the project at the jobsite.
  • Assist in and learn to oversee the project to ensure proper project decisions (ensure PM is making timely and appropriate decisions to provide information and items necessary for the project.)
    • Scheduling.
    • Delivery.
    • Logistics, staging and phasing.
    • Quality control.
    • Employee staffing levels.
  • Ability to communicate with Owner and Architect/Engineer relating to field issues.
    • Investigate and resolve issues.
    • Know when to involve Owners and Arc/Engineers.
  • Demonstrate leadership regarding Harper Commercial Team Big 6:
    • Safety/SOAR.
    • Core.
    • Procurement/Scheduling.
    • Pre-Install meetings.
    • Exterior skin systems meetings.
    • Utility strike prevention plan.
  • Assist and understand the Project Safety Requirements.
    • Ensure Harper safety requirements are explained, implemented, and demonstrated.
    • Develop and implement working relationships with the Safety Manager.
      • Project specific safety pre-planning.
      • Coordinate with Safety Manager to develop a project-site specific SOAR Orientation Document.
      • Soar Implementation (if allowing other Harper staff to conduct orientations ensure proper message and execution of the document).
      • OSHA standards are understood and followed based on the actions of on-site workers.
      • Perform weekly Toolbox Talks with all active trades.
      • Conduct Safety Stand Down training as necessary.
      • Participate in the timely and effective investigations of all incidents including injuries, property damage, behavioral issues and near misses.
      • Conduct weekly site safety inspections in Procore.
  • Learn to understand the importance of an accurate and up-to-date procurement log.
  • Assist the SUP/PM to create Schedules as well as determine sequencing of work.
  • Understand project QAQC:
    • QA example: Pre-installation meetings.
    • QC example: Visual and documents inspections of work in place.
  • Assist in overseeing the coordination of all Trade Partners.
    • Project site specific logistics/use including associated rules.
    • Scheduling of each trade (who goes where and when to start; durations and commitments of durations.)
    • Develop and implement recovery strategies to maintain project schedule.
    • Clarity of design versus installation (RFI’s).
  • Supervise field staff to ensure staff development.
    • This includes Foreman, Field/Project Engineers and Interns.
    • Ability to manage timesheets for field staff.
  • Ability to manage and complete all daily reports.
  • Manage all jobsite equipment.
  • Recognize and understand the importance of compliance with local building and ADA codes.
  • Participate and recognize the importance of all required project inspections.
  • Document and execute a proper Harper punch list prior to inviting Owner and Design Team punch list.
  • Procore.
    • Fill-In Daily Log with assistance of PM/SUP as needed
    • Read commitment scopes of work and understand content.
    • Navigate and understand how to utilize Directory.
    • Utilize and understand all functions of the drawings tab.
      • Recent drawings.
      • Overlay function of previous drawings.
      • Attachments to drawings.
    • Create inspections.
    • Know where and how to utilize information from meeting minutes.
    • Create and track an observation.
    • Utilize the photos application.
    • Create and maintain the punch list.
    • Create an RFI for review by Superintendent/Project Manager and seek RFI information where applicable.
    • Know where to find the schedule, read and understand.
    • Understand how to navigate and seek information from Specs tool.
    • Understand how to navigate and seek information from Submittals.
    • Ability to enter timesheet.
  • Scheduling: Ability to understand material delivery dates and when they are required.
  • Demonstrate the ability to understand conflicts regarding design.
    • With Trade Partners.
    • With Arch/Engineers.
    • Knows when to RFI an issue or resolve effective

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