Senior Project Superintendent
About The Position
Provide senior-level leadership and operational oversight for multiple projects or large, highly complex construction projects. Guide and mentor Project Superintendents, Assistant Superintendents, Field Engineers, and Foremen. Oversee construction execution to ensure compliance with company standards, specifications, budgets, and schedules, including means, methods, sequencing, and constructability. Review project schedules, manpower plans, production goals, and recovery plans, and resolve critical path issues and field conflicts. Promote and enforce a zero-incident safety culture, including audits, inspections, and OSHA compliance across assigned projects. Review labor, material, and equipment budgets and forecasts, flag cost impacts early, and support Project Managers with budget updates. Support coordination with clients, engineers, inspectors, and subcontractors during critical phases, inspections, commissioning, and closeout. Support staffing, hiring, succession planning, and field leadership development, and help establish field standards and best practices.
Requirements
- 12 or more years of construction or construction management experience, with demonstrated success on large, complex, or multimillion-dollar projects.
- Advanced knowledge of construction methods, sequencing, scheduling, production planning, quality control, safety requirements, and field documentation.
- Proven ability to lead large field teams and manage competing priorities across multiple projects.
- Strong leadership, decision-making, and communication skills, including handling difficult conversations and resolving conflicts with executives, project managers, clients, subcontractors, and inspectors.
- Current Competent Person certifications in trenching and excavation, scaffolding, rigging, confined space, and fall protection.
- Current First Aid and CPR certifications.
- Training in silica safety, risk management, and accident investigation.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and standard computer systems.
- Ability to work in active construction environments in heat, cold, rain, noise, and dust, and to meet the physical demands of the role, including climbing, standing, and lifting up to 50 lbs.
- Willingness to travel occasionally within the company’s operating territory.
Nice To Haves
- Five or more years in a senior field leadership or Project Superintendent role, including overseeing multiple projects and mentoring field leaders.
- OSHA 30-Hour certification.
Responsibilities
- Provide senior-level leadership and operational oversight for multiple projects or large, highly complex construction projects.
- Guide and mentor Project Superintendents, Assistant Superintendents, Field Engineers, and Foremen.
- Oversee construction execution to ensure compliance with company standards, specifications, budgets, and schedules, including means, methods, sequencing, and constructability.
- Review project schedules, manpower plans, production goals, and recovery plans, and resolve critical path issues and field conflicts.
- Promote and enforce a zero-incident safety culture, including audits, inspections, and OSHA compliance across assigned projects.
- Review labor, material, and equipment budgets and forecasts, flag cost impacts early, and support Project Managers with budget updates.
- Support client, engineer, inspector, and subcontractor coordination during critical phases, inspections, commissioning, and closeout.
- Support staffing, hiring, succession planning, and field leadership development, and help set field standards and best practices.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
