Assistant Superintendent/Inspector

WSP; City of Syracuse (NY); On-site; USD 40,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP in Syracuse, NY is seeking a Full-Time Assistant Superintendent/Inspector to join our Construction Management Team. The role involves coordinating multi-trade inspections and ensuring projects meet contract requirements across phases.

You will monitor quality, track progress, maintain daily logs, coordinate with safety officers, and travel as needed to site locations. OSHA-30 certification and strong leadership are highly valued.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma.
• Minimum 5 years of construction management experience with multi-phase projects, including supervision.
• Ability to develop and communicate a project work plan, monitor manpower and performance, and coordinate trades.
• Strong communication and collaborative approach with client and contractors.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• OSHA-30 certification.
• Willingness to travel as required.
• Ability to work beyond typical workweeks when needed.

Responsibilities

• Provide construction management inspection for multi-trade contracts to ensure conformance with contract requirements.
• Monitor work and materials to ensure quality control standards and coordinate with Regional Code Officer.
• Ensure timely decisions to keep projects on schedule and within budget.
• Perform inspections, prepare construction reports and expedite execution of contracts while supervising inspectors.
• Maintain a written daily log of project progress, actions performed, contractor's workforce, materials approvals and deliveries and issues on site.
• Identify and resolve problems and conflicts, conduct meetings and communicate with team members as necessary.
• Monitor contractor safety operations and coordinate with Regional Safety Manager as needed.
• Travel may be required.
• Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct, and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.
• Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.

Skills

Construction supervision

Project planning

Coordination across trades

Communication

Leadership

OSHA-30

Safety compliance

Travel readiness

Education

High School Diploma

Job description

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Full-Time Assistant Superintendent /Inspectorfor our client's Syracuse, NY Field Office. Other locations include Albany and Cortland. Be involved in projects with our Construction Management Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges.

Your Impact

• Provide construction management inspection for multi-trade contracts to ensure the project is constructed in conformance with the contract requirements.

• Monitor work and materials to ensure quality control standards are met at various stages of the project and coordinate with Regional Code Officer.

• Ensuring that timely decisions are made to keep projects on schedule and within budgeted costs while meeting clients' needs.

• Perform inspections, prepare construction reports and expedite the execution of contracts and supervise inspectors.

• Maintain a written daily log of project progress, actions performed, contractor's workforce, materials approvals and deliveries and issues on the job site.

• Identify and resolve problems and conflicts, conduct meetings and communicate with team members in various roles as necessary.

• Monitor contractor safety operations and coordinate with Regional Safety Manager as needed.

• Travel may be required.

• Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct, and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.

• Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• High School Diploma.

• Minimum (5) years of experience in construction involving multiple phases of large-scale building/rehabilitation projects, including supervision.

• Ability to develop and communicate a project work plan, monitor manpower and performance against that work plan, and be able to perform a detailed comparison of the design drawings against each other to ensure coordination between each of the various project trades.

• Strong communications skills and a collaborative approach working with both client and construction contractor/subcontractors.

• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.

• OSHA – 30

• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.

• Ability to work schedules conducive to project-specific requirements that may extend beyond the typical workweek.

• Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements

This position is subject to and contingent upon client approval of candidates put forth for consideration by WSP.

WSP Benefits

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Compensation

Expected Rate (all locations): $29.24 - $41.80

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law