Superintendent (Ground Up)

Responsibilities

• Manage development, updates, and maintenance of project schedules, including master, 60-day, and two-week look-ahead schedules for assigned trades.
• Implement and maintain corporate safety programs, site safety, and logistics plans daily.
• Monitor material delivery dates and inform the project superintendent for scheduling.
• Prepare, attend, and document weekly foreman and superintendent meetings; manage weekly safety meetings, toolbox talks, and pre-task safety meetings.
• Produce timely daily construction reports and ensure risk controls are maintained.
• Attend weekly project team meetings to update fieldwork status and communicate issues requiring action.
• Maintain document control to ensure compliance with current design documentation and approved shop drawings.
• Communicate design-related issues to the project manager for timely RFI issuance.
• Absorb and prepare monthly client status reports and ensure sufficient job progress photos are taken.
• Secure, post, and renew all necessary permits before work begins.
• Collaborate with project manager in preconstruction on constructability, scope, scheduling, and buy-out.
• Research and address owner, landlord, and regulatory requirements to avoid delays and ensure client satisfaction.
• Develop thorough understanding of project strategy, financial goals, scheduling, logistics, phasing, milestones, and inspections.
• Oversee daily field operations to ensure safety, progress, quality control, and cleanliness.
• Partner with project manager to keep schedules accurate and aligned with project cost and timelines.
• Foster positive subcontractor relations and maintain open communication regarding work changes and conditions.
• Manage punch list process to ensure timely completion.
• Participate actively in company-wide training and development initiatives.

Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of ground-up construction experience, including experience with concrete high-rise and superstructure construction.
• Proven ability to manage full project life cycle from foundation through Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
• Knowledge of construction disciplines, union agreements, cost control, scheduling, safety regulations, engineering drawings, and documentation.
• Understanding of construction contracts, retention, and release processes.
• Skilled in reviewing shop drawing submittals and interpreting building plans and specifications.
• Strong site safety knowledge with ability to identify and resolve safety issues.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, adaptable for senior leadership.
• Strong leadership, time management, organizational skills, with attention to detail, dependability, and discretion.
• Certified in 10-Hour and 30-Hour OSHA Construction Safety and Health.
• Certified 4-Hour Supported Scaffold User.
• Computer Systems: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook), and Procore.