Senior Superintendent, Data Centers

Suffolk Construction•Ashburn, VA

About The Position

The Senior Superintendent provides overall direction on data center projects and develops and maintains strong working relationships with owners and architects throughout the project lifecycle in support of Suffolk’s Mission Critical Center of Excellence. The role evaluates project performance, site conditions, safety and quality standards, scope compliance, and trade partner management. It also ensures that constructability reviews, logistics plans, and baseline schedules support project turnover requirements. The Senior Superintendent manages daily field operations, directs field personnel, coordinates subcontractors and project stakeholders, and partners closely with the Project Manager, General Superintendent, and Project Executive. The position oversees project start-up and turnover, scheduling, safety, quality management, site and subcontractor management, project meetings, administrative records, and closeout. The role also contributes to training as a subject matter expert when appropriate.

Requirements

8 to 12 years of experience in related construction fields; the precise experience and industry knowledge needed may vary by project size, complexity, sector, and other characteristics.
Applicable area licenses.
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.
Ability to multitask and manage competing Suffolk business needs and organizational issues while maintaining excellent customer relations.
Business judgment to balance budget requirements with construction processes.
Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to act confidently and decisively.
Ability to manage and embrace change and adapt to new processes and new ways of approaching problems.
Commitment to Suffolk’s Core Values: Passion, Integrity, Hard Work, Professionalism, and Caring.

Responsibilities

Oversee, manage, and document daily job-site activities, including OSHA safety compliance.
Direct field personnel in accordance with the project plan and Suffolk supervisory principles.
Communicate issues, events, performance, and progress to the Project Manager daily, and promptly report problems to support cost-effective solutions.
Establish effective working relationships with clients, Suffolk team members, subcontractors, authorities having jurisdiction, and, on union projects, trade union business agents and managers.
Seek advice and assistance from the General Superintendent or Project Executive on materials, sequencing, scheduling, logistics, and personnel matters.
Identify pre-mobilization activities with the Project Executive, General Superintendent, and Project Manager; develop the start-up schedule with the Project Manager and submit it for review.
Assist in developing and implementing field construction schedules; establish and maintain the project baseline schedule using contract requirements and subcontractor input.
Monitor schedule performance to ensure work complies with the contract and meets or exceeds client expectations; update the project schedule monthly.
Provide progress reports and a six-week look-ahead schedule to the Project Manager and field staff; lead pull-planning and six-week make-ready planning meetings with the Project Manager.
Ensure subcontractors attend safety pre-construction meetings and have required safety data sheets, site-specific safety plans, and current insurance or OCIP/CCIP enrollment documentation.
Review the project daily for compliance with OSHA and other governing requirements and the site-specific safety plan.
Establish project quality benchmarks and include them in the baseline schedule; ensure appropriate team members participate in the Q-Team.
Coordinate first-delivery and benchmark inspections according to the baseline schedule, and ensure inspections are approved, documented, and 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 Suffolk standards.
Organize job-site documentation for access and review, and manage subcontractor performance against 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 job-site utilization planning.
Attend or chair project turnover, mobilization, coordination, safety pre-construction, weekly foreman and safety, monthly schedule review, pull-plan, six-week make-ready, closeout, owner, and subcontractor meetings as needed.
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 project files to Suffolk standards.
Maintain as-built working drawings, the current drawing log, and the revision log, and communicate relevant information to subcontractors.
Manage subcontractor closeout, utility transfers, owner training, work lists, and punch lists.
Participate in training programs by contributing in class and serving as a subject matter expert.