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. The role requires pharmaceutical project experience and expertise in electrical and automation controls, and involves travel. The superintendent oversees daily field operations, directs field personnel, manages schedules and subcontractors, enforces safety and quality requirements, coordinates project meetings, maintains project documentation, and manages project closeout. The position works closely with the Project Manager, Project Executive, General Superintendent, clients, field staff, and subcontractors.

Requirements

Pharmaceutical project 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 tight work oversight.
Business judgment to balance budget considerations and construction processes.
Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to act confidently and decisively.
Ability to manage and embrace change, respond to new processes, and find new approaches to existing problems.
Ability to travel.
Ability to climb, lift, balance, walk, and handle materials; work in extreme heat and cold; stand and walk for extended periods; and lift and carry up to 50 pounds.
Adherence to BE&K Core Values: Integrity, Teamwork, Respect, Discipline, Accountability, and Social Responsibility.

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; promptly report problems to support cost-effective solutions.
Establish effective working relationships with clients, BE&K team members, and subcontractors.
Request guidance from the General Superintendent or Project Executive on materials, sequencing, scheduling, logistics, and personnel.
Identify pre-mobilization activities with the Project Executive, General Superintendent, and Project Manager; develop a start-up schedule for review.
Assist in developing 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 and a six-week look-ahead to the Project Manager and field staff.
Ensure subcontractors attend safety pre-construction meetings and have required 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 benchmarks in the baseline schedule and ensure required first-delivery and benchmark inspections take place, are approved and documented, and are communicated to the project team.
Manage site pre-construction activities, including surveys, utilization plans, and staging plans; mobilize the field office and maintain the job site to company standards.
Organize job-site documentation and manage subcontractor performance to quality and ethical standards.
Work with the Project Manager to address 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 or lead turnover, mobilization, coordination, safety pre-construction, foreman and safety, schedule review, Pull Plan, six-week make-ready, subcontractor, closeout, and owner meetings.
Complete construction office checklists, daily reports, activity logs, files, and shop drawings; manage the quality and condition of material deliveries.
Maintain safety reports and other files to BE&K standards, and ensure as-built working drawings, drawing logs, and revision logs are kept current and communicated to subcontractors.
Manage subcontractor closeout, utility transfers, owner training, work lists, and punch lists.