MEP Superintendent - Pharmaceutical

BE&K Building Group•Clayton, NC

About The Position

The MEP Superintendent provides overall direction on projects and develops and maintains strong working relationships with owners and architects throughout the project lifecycle. The role evaluates project performance, site conditions, safety and quality standards, scope compliance, and trade-partner management. The superintendent ensures constructability reviews, logistics plans, and baseline schedules support project turnover requirements. This position requires pharmaceutical experience and expertise in electrical and automation controls, and willingness to travel. The superintendent oversees daily job-site activities, directs field personnel, manages subcontractors and site operations, and coordinates with the Project Manager, General Superintendent, Project Executive, clients, and other project participants. The role supports project start-up, scheduling, safety, quality management, meetings, administrative documentation, and project closeout. The position requires physical activity, including climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, and handling materials. Work may take place in varied weather conditions, including extreme heat and cold, and requires extended periods of standing and walking and the ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds.

Requirements

Pharmaceutical construction experience and expertise in electrical and automation controls.
8 to 12 years of experience related to construction projects with an electrical focus.
Excellent team-development skills and leadership abilities.
Strong ability to partner with the Project Manager and staff.
Effective communication skills.
Ability to deal with ambiguity and close work oversight.
Business judgment to balance budget considerations and construction processes.
Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to take action confidently and decisively.
Ability to manage and embrace change, respond to new processes, and approach problems in new ways.
Must possess BE&K Core Values: Integrity, Teamwork, Respect, Discipline, Accountability, and Social Responsibility.
Ability to climb, lift, balance, walk, and handle materials; work in varied weather conditions, including extreme heat and cold; stand and walk for extended periods; and lift and carry up to 50 pounds.
Willingness to travel.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management or Engineering (not required).

Responsibilities

Oversee, manage, and document day-to-day job-site activities, including OSHA safety compliance.
Direct field personnel according to the project plan.
Communicate issues, events, performance, and progress daily to the Project Manager, and promptly report problems to facilitate cost-effective solutions.
Establish effective working relationships with clients, BE&K team members, and subcontractors.
Seek assistance from the General Superintendent or Project Executive on materials, sequencing, scheduling, logistics, and personnel matters.
Identify pre-mobilization activities with project leadership and develop a start-up schedule with the Project Manager for review by the Project Executive and General Superintendent.
Assist in formulating and implementing field construction schedules; establish and maintain the project baseline schedule based on contracts and subcontractor input.
Update the project schedule monthly and provide progress reports with a six-week look-ahead to the Project Manager and field staff.
Ensure subcontractors attend safety pre-construction meetings and have required safety documentation, including MSD sheets, site-specific safety plans, and current insurance certificates.
Review daily site activities for compliance with OSHA, governing requirements, and the project-specific safety plan.
Establish project quality benchmarks and include them in the baseline schedule.
Ensure first-delivery and benchmark inspections occur as scheduled, are approved and documented, and are communicated to the project team.
Manage site pre-construction, including surveys, site utilization, and staging plans; mobilize the field office and maintain the job site to company standards.
Organize job-site documentation for easy access and review, and manage subcontractor performance to quality and ethical standards.
Work with the Project Manager to identify and resolve personnel issues and construction-process revisions.
Manage construction phases, document and report site activities and progress, manage excavations, and assist with the Job Site Utilization Plan.
Attend project turnover, mobilization, coordination, closeout, and owner meetings; attend or lead safety, foreman, schedule review, Pull Plan, six-week make-ready, and subcontractor meetings.
Complete and implement construction office checklists, including emergency phone lists; complete daily reports and maintain logs, files, and shop drawings.
Manage the quality and condition of material deliveries and maintain required safety reports and other files to BE&K standards.
Maintain as-built working drawings and current drawing and revision logs, and communicate them to subcontractors.
Manage subcontractor closeout, utility transfers, owner training, work lists, and punch lists.