Traveling Superintendent (Commercial)

LG Group•Austin, TX

12d•Onsite

About The Position

LG Group is seeking a Traveling Superintendent for its LG Builders team, a full-service construction company whose portfolio includes hospitality, retail, core and shell, residential, and multi-family projects. Reporting to the Director of Field Operations, the Traveling Superintendent leads the job site and oversees construction from pre-construction through project completion. The role travels to assigned project locations and serves as LG Builders’ primary field leader, ensuring work is completed safely, efficiently, on schedule, and to the company’s quality standards. The successful candidate is an experienced commercial construction superintendent who can take ownership of projects across different markets and environments. The role requires strong communication and critical-thinking skills, effective relationship-building with subcontractors, clients, project teams, and other stakeholders, and the ability to identify challenges proactively and keep projects moving forward. LG describes its culture as collaborative and focused on employee empowerment, mentorship, feedback, growth, and development.

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience as a construction superintendent or in a similar field leadership role.
Commercial construction experience.
Ability and willingness to travel and remain at project locations for extended periods based on project needs.
Ability to independently manage day-to-day field operations and coordinate multiple trades on an active construction site.
Strong scheduling skills, including understanding critical-path activities, long-lead items, sequencing, and schedule impacts.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.
Strong technical and communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with project teams, subcontractors, clients, ownership groups, and other stakeholders.
Ability to read and interpret architectural drawings, specifications, safety requirements, operating instructions, and other construction documents.
Ability to prioritize responsibilities, work with urgency, and communicate frequently and proactively.
Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills.
Critical-thinking and problem-solving skills, with a resourceful, detail-oriented, and process-driven approach.
Flexibility and adaptability as project conditions change, with a solution-oriented mindset and sound field decision-making.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Construction Engineering, Civil Engineering, or a comparable field; equivalent construction field experience will also be considered.
Experience in retail, hospitality, commercial interiors, core and shell, and/or ground-up construction.
Procore experience.
Experience implementing Pull Planning, Lean Construction principles, and collaborative scheduling practices.

Responsibilities

Supervise the total construction effort to ensure projects comply with design documents, project requirements, quality standards, and contracted schedules.
Travel to and remain onsite at assigned project locations as required throughout each project.
Lead daily onsite construction activities and act as the primary field-operations contact for safety, quality assurance, subcontractor coordination, and site logistics.
Create, maintain, and update project schedules using Microsoft Project and Procore, aligning subcontractors and trades with milestones and critical-path activities.
Coordinate sequencing and short-term planning with subcontractors to maintain progress and address potential schedule impacts.
Identify bottlenecks, constructability issues, and project risks, and drive solutions that minimize delays and maintain commitments.
Manage subcontractor relationships and follow up on scheduling, RFIs, change orders, quality, safety, and work completion.
Review drawings, specifications, scopes of work, and other construction documents to ensure work meets project requirements.
Participate in project meetings and collaborate with Project Managers and other team members on schedules, progress, cost impacts, field conditions, and priorities.
Maintain productive client relationships through professional communication, expectation management, and solution-oriented responses to concerns.
Promote a strong jobsite safety culture and ensure safety requirements and procedures are followed.
Maintain organized and accurate field documentation, including daily reports, progress tracking, and project-related communications.
Identify opportunities to improve jobsite productivity, field operations, safety processes, and internal systems.
Represent LG Builders professionally as an onsite company leader in different markets.