Superintendent - Advanced Manufacturing

About the Role

The Superintendent is responsible for overseeing and managing all day‑to‑day job site activities, including project team performance, site conditions, safety and quality standards, compliance with scope, and effective management of trade partners. Suffolk seeks bold, curious, innovative, and caring individuals ready for a career‑defining opportunity.

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 cost‑effective solutions.
• Establish effective working relationships with clients and Suffolk team members.
• Request advice and assistance from the General Superintendent on materials, sequencing, scheduling, and personnel matters.
• Project Start‑Up/Turnover Meeting: Identify pre‑mobilization activities with the Project Executive, General Superintendent, and Project Manager.
• Develop start‑up schedule with the Project Manager and submit for review.
• Assist in formulating and implementing construction schedules in the field.
• Establish and implement the Project Baseline Schedule based on contracts and subcontractor input.
• Maintain the schedule and ensure work aligns with contract requirements and client expectations.
• Update Project Schedule monthly and provide a two‑week look‑ahead report to the Project Manager and field staff.
• Ensure all subcontractors participate in a safety pre‑construction meeting and possess required MSD sheets, site‑specific safety plans, and insurance documentation.
• Review daily project activities for compliance with OSHA, governing requirements, and site‑specific safety plans.
• Review safety reports and injury data to assess safety performance.
• Ensure projects are budgeted and staffed appropriately to support safety programs.
• Communicate clear safety expectations to project teams and perform safety inspections using predictive solutions software per SCCI safety program.
• Adhere to all Suffolk Safety program requirements.
• Ensure project benchmarks are established and inserted into the baseline schedule.
• Ensure appropriate individuals become members of the Q‑Team.
• Coordinate 1st delivery and benchmark inspections per the baseline schedule.
• Approve, document, and communicate inspections to the project team.
• Manage site pre‑construction, including surveys, job site utilization, and staging plans.
• Mobilize the field office and maintain the job site to Suffolk standards.
• Organize documentation of the job site for easy access and review.
• Manage subcontractor performance to quality and ethical standards.
• Work with the Project Manager to identify and resolve personnel issues and construction process revisions.
• Manage all phases of the construction process, including documenting and reporting site activities, progress, excavations, and Job Site Utilization Plan.
• Attend and chair project turnover, mobilization, coordination, safety pre‑construction, weekly foreman, monthly schedule review, closeout, owner, and subcontractor meetings as needed.
• Complete and implement construction office checklists, including emergency phone lists.
• Complete daily reports and maintain 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.
• Ensure as‑built working drawings, drawing logs, and revision logs are maintained and communicated to subcontractors.
• Manage subcontractor closeout, utility transfers, owner training, work list, and punch list.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an applicable discipline and experience relative to project size/scope.
• 4+ years of experience in related construction fields or advanced manufacturing projects.
• Ability to manage and embrace change, adapting to new processes and problem‑solving approaches.
• Applicable area licenses.
• Excellent team development, leadership, and partnership skills with the Project Manager and staff.
• Commitment to excellence, self‑motivation, and confidence.
• Effective communication skills and ability to handle ambiguity and tight oversight.
• Capacity to multitask and manage competing priorities while maintaining excellent customer relations.
• Business judgment to balance budget and construction processes.
• Strong organizational skills for detailed construction management.
• Judgment to know when to appropriately escalate issues.
• Management skills to ensure high‑quality subcontractor performance.
• Problem‑solving ability with decisive action.
• Alignment with Suffolk’s Core Values: Passion, Integrity, Hard Work, Professionalism, and Caring.

Working Conditions

The role involves prolonged periods of sitting, frequent standing, walking, and reaching with arms or hands. Vision requirements include close, distance, and depth perception. Work is performed in an office environment with quiet to moderate noise levels and includes regular job‑site walking.

About Suffolk

Suffolk is a national enterprise that builds, innovates, and invests across the entire project lifecycle. Through construction management services, real‑estate investment, design, self‑perform construction, and technology start‑up investment (Suffolk Technologies), Suffolk integrates data, artificial intelligence, and advanced technology via its Seamless Platform. With over $9 billion in annual revenue, 3,000 employees, and 17 offices nationwide, Suffolk delivers complex, transformative projects for clients in healthcare, life sciences, education, gaming, aviation, transportation, government, mission‑critical, and commercial sectors. Suffolk is privately held, led by founder, chairman, and CEO John Fish, and is ranked #8 on ENR’s list of “Top CM‑at‑Risk Contractors.”

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• Auto allowances and gas cards for certain roles
• Market‑leading medical, dental, and vision insurance plans
• Virtual care options for physical therapy and primary care
• Comprehensive mental and emotional health benefits
• Generous paid time off
• 401(k) plan with employer match and access to expert financial resources
• Company‑paid and voluntary life insurance
• Tax‑deferred savings accounts
• 10 backup daycare days per year
• Short‑ and long‑term disability coverage
• Commuter benefits