Ambassador Group completed this search for a custom residential general contractor that serves multiple large national markets, for its operation in Montana. The firm builds tight-tolerance, architecturally significant residences, many widely published, with budgets from $3 million to more than $80 million. It has a culture of craftsmanship, performance, and humility, cares for its people and their families, focuses on community outreach, and invests for the long term, including in a career mentorship program.
Role SummaryThe Superintendent is the professional communicator on the site, collaborating with the project manager, lining out self-perform crews, and managing subcontractor crews and schedules. They set the safety standards and attitude of the project and mentor naturally throughout the day.
Key Outcomes- Highly complex residences are built to tight tolerances with large teams, guided by an intimate understanding of the work.
- Design problems and ambiguities are spotted in plan sets and refined before they reach the field.
- Self-perform and subcontractor crews are lined out and scheduled, with a three-week look-ahead and a daily log maintained.
- Project safety standards and attitude are set and held.
- Counterparts reach mutual success through calm, even-tempered problem solving.
- Comprehensive knowledge of plans, shop drawings, and architectural detail reading.
- An intimate understanding of highly complex residences built with large teams.
- The ability to mentor throughout the day.
- Computer skills, with MS Office (Outlook, Excel, Word), Bluebeam and or Adobe Acrobat, and Smartsheet of particular value.
- The ability to put together a three-week look-ahead schedule.
- A willingness to embrace challenges and growth in a long-term opportunity in the market.