Senior Superintendent
GMi · Southlake, TX · 1 mo ago
On-siteManagementFull-time
About GMi
GMi is a 100% employee-owned, client relationship driven, turnkey drywall, framing, and acoustical commercial construction company that has been operating throughout the State of Texas since 1978 with offices in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, Austin, Houston and San Antonio. GMi's market sectors include multi-family, hospitality, medical, religious, entertainment, mission critical, retail and industrial.
What You'll Do
- Lead and audit company-wide safety initiatives across assigned projects, ensuring full compliance with GMI safety standards and site-specific requirements.
- Partner with the Safety Director and project leadership to proactively prevent incidents, conduct audits, oversee training certifications, and drive a culture of accountability.
- Oversee and enforce the Quality Control Program, ensuring all installations meet contract documents, specifications, and GMI standards.
- Conduct routine audits of Superintendents and Foremen to verify safety, quality, documentation, and production performance.
- Drive project success from turnover through completion — initiating kick-off meetings, aligning field leadership with budgets, scope, sequencing, manpower plans, and production goals.
- Monitor and audit project budgets, percent-complete tracking, unit costs, labor efficiency, and material usage to protect profitability.
- Lead manpower planning efforts, including hiring approvals, labor rate alignment, workforce performance audits, and supervision coverage.
- Build and assign high-performing project teams in collaboration with Project Managers and executive leadership.
- Ensure projects remain on schedule through proper sequencing, pull planning, and proactive identification of delays or inefficiencies.
- Maintain full oversight of personnel, equipment, subcontractors, vendors, and documentation for assigned projects.
- Conduct payroll audits and enforce proper time coding and labor accountability.
- Mentor and develop Superintendents and field leaders to elevate production, quality, and leadership standards.
- Build strong, credible relationships with General Contractors to support repeat business and long-term partnerships.
- Review monthly performance trends and take decisive action to improve safety, production, and profitability.
What We're Looking For
- Effective understanding and implementation of construction safety, including OSHA and other regulations, with a strong history of safety excellence.
- Must have or be enrolled in OSHA 30 hour.
- Team player capable of leading and managing an assigned team and working with other teams within GMi.
- Strong decision-making ability given complex operating, administrative, and procedural decisions with the ability to diagnose and quickly solve issues on the fly.
- Strong experience in the construction field specifically the drywall, metal framing, acoustical ceiling, and exterior cladding trades.
- Effective communication capabilities, both written and verbal, with the ability to follow through on documentation.
- Knowledge of architectural design, planning principles, and procedures with technical knowledge of building components and their function.
- Ability to read schematics and blueprints and/or technical manuals.
- Knowledge of the operating practices of construction, architectural, and building firms, including the understanding of federal, state, and local building codes, ordinances, and regulations.
- Knowledge of construction contract documents and specifications.
- Knowledge of construction budgeting, specifically able to work with GMi's budgeting procedures.
- Strong organizational skills including defining, acquiring, deploying, and managing resources and establishing priorities.
- Ability to perform site inspections and/or approve installations.
- Skill in the use of computers, specifically with a PC, Windows-based operating, e-mail, Excel, and Word.
- Effective management and leadership experience as it pertains to managing multiple large-scale projects simultaneously.
- Must demonstrate knowledge of all GMi protocols and be diligent in maintaining the standard and improving upon it.
- Ability to effectively recruit & train the workforce required to meet demands for projects.
Benefits
- 401K
- Medical, Dental, and Vision
- Profit-sharing & ESOP
- Project Performance Bonus Program
- Employee Development Programs
- Competitive & team-oriented culture
- Fast-paced career growth