Field Operations Leadership - Talent Pool

About the role

Field operations leadership at Samet is where construction expertise meets executive impact. In these roles, you provide strategic oversight across multiple complex projects and the field teams that deliver them—driving safety, quality, schedule, and client satisfaction at a regional scale, and ensuring The Samet Way is lived consistently on every site. You’ll lead and develop senior field talent, partner with preconstruction and business development to win and deliver major work, and represent Samet with our most important clients.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership and executive oversight across multiple large-scale, complex projects, ensuring delivery excellence, safety performance, and client satisfaction.
• Develop and implement regional field operations strategy, standards, protocols, and best practices, reinforcing The Samet Way (TSW).
• Lead and develop senior field management — Field Executives, Senior Superintendents, Superintendents, and Assistant Superintendents — through hiring, coaching, performance management, and career development.
• Establish, monitor, and report field operations goals and performance metrics, identifying areas for improvement and implementing corrective action.
• Drive innovation and continuous improvement through advanced construction methods, lean principles, and technology adoption (BIM/VDC, digital field tools).
• Partner with preconstruction, project management, and business development on winning approaches, constructability reviews, and value engineering for major pursuits.
• Serve as the senior field operations interface with strategic clients and on high-profile project delivery.
• Lead complex problem-solving and crisis management — schedule recovery, quality issues, safety incidents, and stakeholder conflicts.
• Champion regional safety culture and zero-incident performance; ensure compliance with OSHA and corporate standards across all projects.
• Optimize resource allocation, schedule coordination, and cross-project knowledge sharing across multiple sites.
• Build strategic relationships with trade contractors, suppliers, and industry partners, and represent Samet at industry and client events.
• Drive workforce development and succession planning, building career pathways from Field Engineer through Field Executive.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, architecture, or a related field preferred; equivalent extensive experience considered.
• 12–18 years of progressive commercial construction field operations experience, with 5–7 years in senior field leadership (Senior Superintendent, Field Executive, or similar).
• Proven track record delivering multiple large, complex projects ($20M+) simultaneously, on time and within budget.
• Experience across multiple delivery methods (Design-Build, Design-Bid-Build, CM at Risk, IPD) and building types.
• Expertise in advanced construction technologies — BIM, VDC, and digital project and field management tools.
• Strong knowledge of construction regulations, OSHA safety standards, quality management systems, and environmental compliance.
• Exceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder-management skills with senior clients, architects, engineers, and officials.
• Established industry network and experience in succession planning and developing field talent at all levels.
• Professional certifications preferred (CCM, PMP, OSHA 30, LEED AP, or similar).

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, architecture, or a related field preferred; equivalent extensive experience considered.
• 12–18 years of progressive commercial construction field operations experience, with 5–7 years in senior field leadership (Senior Superintendent, Field Executive, or similar).
• Proven track record delivering multiple large, complex projects ($20M+) simultaneously, on time and within budget.
• Experience across multiple delivery methods (Design-Build, Design-Bid-Build, CM at Risk, IPD) and building types.
• Expertise in advanced construction technologies — BIM, VDC, and digital project and field management tools.
• Strong knowledge of construction regulations, OSHA safety standards, quality management systems, and environmental compliance.
• Exceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder-management skills with senior clients, architects, engineers, and officials.
• Established industry network and experience in succession planning and developing field talent at all levels.
• Professional certifications preferred (CCM, PMP, OSHA 30, LEED AP, or similar).

Skills

• Advanced proficiency in construction-specific software including project management systems, scheduling software (Primavera P6, MS Project), BIM/VDC platforms, and document management systems.
• Expert-level Microsoft Office 365.
• Comfort with mobile field-reporting and virtual collaboration tools.
• Advanced analytical capabilities, including complex project scheduling, resource optimization, cost analysis, and productivity calculations.
• Superior strategic thinking and problem-solving, with the ability to assess complex regional field operations scenarios, anticipate challenges, develop innovative solutions, and make sound judgments under pressure.

Benefits

• Award-winning safety culture.
• Team that genuinely looks out for one another.
• Structured development through Samet University and Builders Building Builders.
• Opportunities to learn directly from some of the best builders in the business.
• Meaningful projects.
• Integrity, commitment to quality, and belief that how we build matters as much as what we build.

Pay

Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience, qualifications, and scope of responsibilities. Please note that salary ranges are subject to change based on market conditions and individual qualifications.

Schedule

Regular travel between multiple project sites is required (40–60% for the Director of Field Operations).