Superintendent III

Cirks Construction•Tempe, AZ

11d•$107,000 - $135,000

About The Position

The Superintendent III is a senior field leader responsible for directing KDC’s most complex, high-profile, or strategically important commercial construction projects. The role leads large-scale ground-up work, complex phased programs, occupied remodel environments, accelerated schedules, and assignments requiring advanced planning, sequencing, coordination, risk management, and independent judgment. The Superintendent III serves as KDC’s senior on-site representative and an extension of Operations Leadership for assigned projects. The role anticipates and resolves complex field challenges, recovers threatened projects, protects safety, quality, schedule, cost, and client outcomes, and develops Superintendent I and II personnel through coaching, technical guidance, and consistent field standards. Cirks Construction Inc. (CCI), doing business as KDC Construction, operates in the grocery, retail, and restaurant construction industry. The company describes its culture as focused on helping employees grow personally and professionally and notes that it received Orange County Register Top Workplaces recognition in 2022, 2023, and 2024. The position directs field operations from mobilization through turnover, develops execution and recovery plans, leads safety and quality efforts, manages complex stakeholder coordination, protects project profitability, supports client relationships, and ensures complete project documentation and closeout. It also serves as a senior field resource and mentor to Superintendent I and II personnel and supports Operations Leadership with planning, staffing input, leadership development, lessons learned, and consistent field practices. A high school diploma or equivalent is required; a bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field is preferred. The role requires at least ten years of commercial construction superintendent experience and demonstrated success with complex ground-up, tenant improvement, and remodel projects. The listed salary/hourly range is $107,000 to $135,000, considering the candidate’s experience. A comprehensive benefits package is offered to full-time employees.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent required.
Minimum of ten years of commercial construction superintendent experience.
Demonstrated success leading highly complex ground-up, tenant improvement, and remodel projects.
Extensive ground-up construction experience, including successful completion of multiple large-scale commercial projects.
Proven experience managing complex phasing, occupied construction environments, accelerated schedules, and challenging project conditions.
Experience recovering threatened or troubled projects and resolving significant field execution issues.
Experience mentoring and developing field leadership personnel and managing senior-level client and stakeholder relationships.
Expert knowledge of commercial construction means, methods, materials, sequencing, logistics, and project execution.
Advanced understanding of structural, civil, architectural, and mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems.
Ability to develop comprehensive execution strategies, phasing and logistics plans, baseline and look-ahead schedules, and schedule-recovery initiatives.
Ability to anticipate and manage complex technical, operational, contractual, schedule, cost, and stakeholder risks.
Ability to lead complex coordination involving subcontractors, clients, tenants, inspectors, utilities, design partners, and public agencies.
Advanced understanding of how field planning, manpower, temporary facilities, material handling, rework, schedule performance, and subcontractor issues affect project profitability.
Strong leadership, coaching, mentorship, conflict-resolution, communication, negotiation, and decision-making skills.
Ability to establish field standards, provide practical staffing and execution input, and contribute to continuous improvement across projects.
Advanced proficiency in scheduling software, construction management platforms, Microsoft Office Suite, and project reporting systems.
Valid driver’s license, acceptable driving record, and reliable transportation.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field preferred.
An equivalent combination of education and extensive commercial construction experience may be considered.

Responsibilities

Lead comprehensive preconstruction and constructability reviews of plans, specifications, addenda, permit corrections, deferred submittals, client and landlord requirements, logistics constraints, utilities, and existing conditions; identify and mitigate technical, schedule, cost, and operational risks.
Develop advanced project execution strategies, phasing plans, site logistics and sequencing plans, and schedule-recovery approaches for complex, accelerated, occupied, or high-risk assignments.
Direct field operations from mobilization through turnover for the company’s most complex or strategically significant projects with minimal oversight.
Establish a proactive project safety culture, lead risk planning and required meetings, enforce applicable requirements, coach field leaders and subcontractors in incident prevention, and maintain required safety and field-operations training.
Develop and manage baseline, milestone, three-week look-ahead, and daily execution plans; secure project-team and subcontractor commitments and hold responsible parties accountable for recovery actions and milestones.
Lead complex coordination among subcontractors, design partners, utilities, inspectors, agencies, tenants, permits, special inspections, deferred approvals, and long-lead requirements; resolve escalated conflicts that threaten execution or final approval.
Anticipate and resolve complex technical, sequencing, access, logistics, manpower, material, and operational challenges; lead field stabilization or schedule recovery when projects are threatened.
Establish project quality standards, lead preinstallation and quality-planning activities, direct corrective action for complex deficiencies, and enforce accurate, continuous redline and as-built documentation.
Establish standards for timely project reporting and direct documentation and response strategies for significant decisions, RFIs, delays, incidents, subcontractor defaults, damages, cleanup failures, potential back charges, and other contractual or financial exposures.
Protect project profitability through strategic planning, cost-conscious field decisions, disciplined resource management, and early mitigation of schedule, manpower, rework, material, temporary-facility, and subcontractor-related cost exposure.
Develop trusted relationships with key clients and stakeholders; represent KDC in challenging client, tenant, public-facing, and agency situations; and support client retention through reliable project delivery.
Establish closeout requirements at project startup and maintain turnover readiness, including redlines, as-builts, agency signoffs, certificates, equipment information, client-required forms, final photographs, project records, and lessons learned.
Mentor Superintendent I and II personnel and support Operations Leadership with project planning, staffing input, leadership development, lessons learned, and consistent field best practices.
Perform other related responsibilities consistent with the position’s purpose and level of authority.