Senior Superintendent, Data Centers

Suffolk Construction•Frederick, MD

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 ensures constructability reviews, logistics plans, and baseline schedules support project turnover requirements. The Senior Superintendent oversees daily job-site operations, directs field personnel, manages schedules and subcontractors, and coordinates safety, quality, administrative, and closeout activities. The position works closely with the Project Manager, Project Executive, General Superintendent, clients, subcontractors, and authorities having jurisdiction. The role also contributes to training as a subject matter expert and participates in classroom training. The work takes place in an office environment with quiet to moderate noise, as well as on the job site. Physical duties include extended periods sitting, talking or hearing, keyboard and writing tasks, frequent standing, walking, and reaching, and job-site walking.

Requirements

8 to 12 years of experience in related construction fields; precise experience and industry knowledge depend on project size, complexity, and sector.
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 tight work oversight.
Ability to multitask and manage competing business and organizational priorities while maintaining strong customer relations.
Business judgment to balance budget considerations with construction processes.
Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to act confidently and decisively.
Ability to manage and embrace change, adapting to new processes and approaches to existing problems.
Must demonstrate Suffolk’s Core Values: Passion, Integrity, Hard Work, Professionalism, and Caring.
Ability to perform the described duties, including extended sitting, frequent standing and walking, reaching, fine-motor keyboard or writing tasks, and job-site walking; vision abilities include close and distance vision, depth perception, and adjusting focus.

Responsibilities

Oversee, manage, and document day-to-day 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; promptly report problems to support cost-effective solutions.
Build effective working relationships with clients, Suffolk staff, subcontractors, authorities having jurisdiction, and, on union projects, trade union business agents and managers.
Seek guidance from the General Superintendent or Project Executive on materials, sequencing, scheduling, logistics, and personnel matters.
Identify pre-mobilization activities with project leadership, develop the start-up schedule with the Project Manager, and submit it for review.
Help formulate and implement field construction schedules; establish and maintain the Project Baseline Schedule using contract requirements and subcontractor input.
Update the Project Schedule monthly and provide progress reports, including the six-week look-ahead, to the Project Manager and field staff.
Lead Pull Planning and six-week make-ready plan meetings with the Project Manager.
Ensure subcontractors attend safety pre-construction meetings and provide required safety plans, MSD sheets, and insurance or OCIP/CCIP documentation.
Review site activities for compliance with OSHA, governing requirements, and the project-specific safety plan.
Establish project quality benchmarks, ensure appropriate Q-Team participation, and coordinate, document, and communicate first-delivery and benchmark inspections.
Manage site pre-construction, including surveys, utilization and staging plans; mobilize the field office and maintain the site to Suffolk standards.
Organize job-site documentation and manage subcontractor performance against quality and ethical standards.
Work with the Project Manager to address personnel issues and construction-process revisions; manage construction phases, document and report progress, and manage excavations.
Attend or chair turnover, mobilization, coordination, safety, foreman, schedule review, Pull Plan, make-ready, closeout, owner, and subcontractor meetings as needed.
Complete and implement construction-office checklists, daily reports, logs, files, and shop-drawing records.
Manage the quality and condition of material deliveries and maintain required safety reports and other records to Suffolk standards.
Maintain as-built working drawings, the current drawing log, and revision log, and communicate updates to subcontractors.
Manage subcontractor closeout, utility transfers, owner training, work lists, and punch lists.
Participate in the training program by contributing in class and as a subject matter expert.