Senior Superintendent – MBTA Transit Project

About the role

Suffolk is seeking a Senior Superintendent to lead projects in complex, active environments. This role oversees, manages, and documents all day-to-day job site activities, ensuring OSHA safety compliance, and developing strong relationships with clients, subcontractors, and authorities having jurisdiction.

Responsibilities

• Oversee, manage, and document all day-to-day job site activities including OSHA safety compliance
• Direct field personnel according to the project plan and Suffolk supervisory principles
• Communicate issues, events, performance, and progress daily to the Project Manager
• Report any problems promptly to the Project Manager to facilitate the most cost-effective solutions
• Evaluate project performance, site conditions, safety and quality standards, compliance with scope, and effective management of trade partners
• Evaluate and establish effective working relationships with Clients, Suffolk team members, subcontractors, and Authorities Having Jurisdiction
• Maintain effective working relationships with trade union business agents and managers
• Request advice and assistance from the General Superintendent or Project Executive on matters pertaining to materials, sequencing, scheduling, logistics, and personnel
• Assist in formulating and implementing construction schedules in the field
• Establish and implement the Project Baseline Schedule based on the project contracts and subcontractor input, considering any elements that might impact the schedule
• Maintain the schedule and ensure that work performed is consistent with the contract and will meet or exceed client expectations
• Update Project Schedule monthly
• Provide progress report with the six-week look ahead of schedule to the Project Manager and the field staff
• Lead Pull Planning meetings and 6 week make ready plan meeting in conjunction with the Project Manager
• Ensure that all subcontractors participate in a safety pre-construction meeting prior to starting work on the project
• Review the project daily to ensure that all activities are being performed in accordance with all OSHA and governing requirements and the project site specific safety plan
• Ensure that all pertinent benchmarks for the project are established and inserted into the baseline schedule
• Ensure that all appropriate individuals become members of the Q-Team
• Ensure that all 1st delivery inspections and Benchmark inspections occur per the baseline schedule so as not to impact the progression of the subsequent work
• Ensure that the inspections are approved, documented and communicated to the project team
• Manage subcontractor performance to quality and ethical standards
• Work with PM to identify and resolve personnel issues and construction process revisions
• Manage all phases of the construction process including documenting and reporting site activities and progress, manage excavations and assist with Job Site Utilization Plan Meeting Management
• Attend project turnover, mobilization, and project coordination meetings
• Attend/chair safety pre-construction meetings
• Attend/chair weekly foreman and safety meetings
• Attend/chair monthly schedule review meetings
• Attend/chair Pull Plan Meetings and 6 Week Make Ready Plan Meetings
• Attend closeout meetings
• Attend owner meetings
• Attend/chair subcontractor meetings and any others necessary to monitor and manage the project
• Complete and implement construction office checklists including emergency phone lists
• Complete daily reports and maintains logs of key activities, files and shop drawings
• Manage the quality and condition of all material deliveries
• Maintain required safety reporting and all other required files to Suffolk standards
• Insure that as-built working drawings are maintained as well as the current drawing log and revision log, communicating this to the subcontractors
• Manage subcontractor closeout, transfer of utilities, owner training, work list and punch list
• Recognize the importance of participating in training program by contributing both in class and as a SME

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in applicable discipline and experience relative to project size/scope
• 8 to 12 years of experience related construction fields
• Direct experience managing MBTA projects is strongly preferred
• Candidates with experience on rail, transit, transportation, tunnel, bridge, airport, heavy civil, or other complex infrastructure projects will also be considered
• Applicable area licenses
• Excellent team development skills and leadership abilities
• Strong ability to partner with the Project Manager and staff
• Effective communication skills
• Capable of dealing with ambiguity and tight work oversight
• Able to constantly multi-task and handle competing priorities between Suffolk business needs and organizational issues while maintaining excellent customer relations
• Business judgment to negotiate the critical balance between budget and construction processes
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to take action confidently and decisively
• The ability to manage and embrace change

Skills

• Effective communication skills
• Team development skills and leadership abilities
• Business judgment to negotiate the critical balance between budget and construction processes
• Problem-solving skills and the ability to take action confidently and decisively
• The ability to manage and embrace change

Benefits

At Suffolk, we believe in providing our employees with a total rewards program that supports you and your family's needs. Our benefits include competitive salaries, auto allowances and gas cards for certain roles, access to market leading medical and emotional and mental health benefits, dental, and vision insurance plans, virtual care options for physical therapy and primary care, generous paid time off, 401k plan with employer match and access to expert financial resources, company paid and voluntary life insurance, tax deferred savings accounts, 10 backup daycare days each year, short- and long-term disability, commuter benefits and more.