Senior Superintendent

IPS-Integrated Project Services • Irvine, CA

12d • Onsite

About The Position

IPS is seeking a Senior Superintendent to join its Project Delivery and Construction team at a project site near Irvine, California. The role leads specific construction site activities and trades, manages parts of field operations, and supports project leadership with oversight of work progress, subcontractor manpower, trade coordination, and safe, contract-compliant, on-schedule work. The position also supports preconstruction, construction, and closeout planning; project scheduling and budget monitoring; change control; procurement; subcontractor and vendor coordination; and client relationships. The Senior Superintendent oversees quality, safety, and regulatory compliance, supports documentation and reporting, and oversees startup and commissioning activities for assigned trades when included in the project scope. This is a safety-sensitive field position involving construction sites and client sites. It includes 25% travel or travel as required by the assigned project, and may involve extended client-site assignments, overnight stays, and flexible shifts or weekend work. The employee must work indoors and outdoors, follow cleanroom gowning protocol, complete site safety training, and adhere to site safety rules.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline, or an equivalent technical degree.
• 10+ years of experience in Project Delivery or a related discipline.
• Ability to stand, sit, and walk for prolonged periods.
• Ability to stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl as required.
• Ability to lift and move objects weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to climb ladders as necessary.
• Ability to work in indoor and outdoor environments with varying working conditions.
• Ability to adhere to strict cleanroom gowning protocol.
• Access to reliable transportation and ability to travel and commute daily or routinely.
• Ability to complete site safety training and adhere to site safety rules.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule that may include first, second, or third shifts and weekends.

Responsibilities

• Lead assigned construction site activities, including specific trades, and manage portions of field operations.
• Support project leadership in monitoring work progress and subcontractor manpower and coordinating work among trades.
• Help ensure subcontractor and vendor work is completed safely and in accordance with contract documents and the project schedule.
• Collect and assemble on-site testing and inspection reports and Construction Completion Records for closeout documentation to the IPS Commissioning/Validation team and client.
• Take primary responsibility for activities associated with assigned trades at construction sites.
• Lead assigned vendors and subcontractors toward project goals.
• Ensure assigned projects meet safety objectives, corporate goals, and applicable quality requirements.
• Interact with clients at project sites and promote positive relationships.
• Support development and maintenance of preconstruction, construction, and closeout execution plans.
• Support development and maintenance of project schedules, including activity lists, durations, and sequencing logic.
• Develop working knowledge of assigned-trade budgets and identify budget exceptions during project execution.
• Support development of change-control and related financial documentation.
• Oversee assigned vendors and subcontractors to ensure compliance with quality requirements.
• Participate in constructability reviews of design documents.
• Support procurement and coordination of required project resources.
• Participate in pre-bid walk-throughs and descope meetings.
• Support evaluation of vendor and subcontractor invoices and payment requests against actual performance.
• Manage subcontractor and vendor field time-and-materials change requests and evaluate their contractual legitimacy and cost estimates.
• Facilitate and document communications among subcontractors, vendors, and project personnel.
• Support the request-for-information process.
• Conduct periodic site inspections and evaluations and report their results.
• Support daily reporting of site conditions, including weather, force levels, and safety issues.
• Review job safety analyses and other safety documentation with IPS Health and Safety Professionals, as required by the corporate safety program.
• Support periodic coordination meetings with trade subcontractors at the site.
• Work with Construction Management and Document Control to ensure submittals are distributed, reviewed, and stored according to project and corporate requirements; review submittals as needed.
• Support compliance of project activities with legal and regulatory requirements.
• Oversee startup and commissioning activities for assigned trades when included in the project scope.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior