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Assistant Superintendent - Commercial - Roanoke
Harper General ContractorsUnited 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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