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Traveling Superintendent

Actalent · Chicago, IL · 1 mo ago
On-siteManufacturing$57.69–$96.15/hrContract
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    for prose. Do not repeat job title. Do not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate. Include only sections with real specific content. We need to extract content: Job Description: description paragraph: "This Traveling Superintendent role oversees complex mission critical, lab, and clean room construction projects across the country from preconstruction through commissioning and final turnover. You will lead on-site operations, coordinate critical mechanical and electrical systems, manage trade partners, and ensure projects meet strict quality, safety, and uptime requirements. The position is based out of Chicago with nationwide travel to project sites and requires extended stays on site for the full duration of each project." That's the About the role. Responsibilities: list of bullet points (the long list). We'll need to capture each bullet as

  • . Essential Skills: list of bullet points. Additional Skills & Qualifications: list. Work Environment: prose. Job Type & Location: maybe not needed as separate heading? Could be part of About? But we have headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We can map: Requirements could be Essential Skills? Or Qualifications could be Additional Skills & Qualifications. Skills could be maybe combine? But we need to avoid thin sections. We'll include sections with real content: About the role, Responsibilities, Essential Skills (maybe as Skills), Additional Skills & Qualifications (maybe as Qualifications), Work Environment (maybe as About? but we already have About). Pay And Benefits: we have Pay range and Benefits list. Schedule: we have work hours description. Thus sections: - About the role (description) - Responsibilities (list) - Qualifications (Essential Skills list) - Skills (Additional Skills & Qualifications list) maybe rename to Additional Qualifications? But we need heading from allowed list: Skills. Could put Additional Skills & Qualifications under Skills. - Benefits (list) - Pay (maybe just the pay range) - Schedule (work hours description) We must not include empty sections. Ensure we don't include filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. We need to remove boilerplate: EEO, accommodation, etc. Also remove "Application Deadline", "About Actalent", etc. Now craft HTML. We'll need to escape any special characters? Not needed. Let's extract responsibilities list exactly as bullet points (they start with verbs). We'll copy each line. Responsibilities list from posting: - Participate in project kickoff meetings with project executives and teams to understand project goals, critical systems requirements, commissioning milestones, client expectations, and operational constraints. - Host field kickoff meetings with trade partners, commissioning agents, vendors, and project managers to align on scope, schedule, and critical activities. - Manage day-to-day relationships with trade partners and vendors, with a strong focus on critical systems installation, startup, testing, and turnover. - Maintain effective relationships between site teams, facility operators, client representatives, commissioning teams, and ownership groups to support smooth project delivery. - Participate in project closeout meetings and provide detailed feedback on trade partner performance, quality, commissioning readiness, and turnover execution. - Host trade partner gatherings to review project closeout activities and lessons learned to drive continuous improvement. - Lead weekly toolbox talks on site with all trade partners and document the sessions in Procore. - Lead weekly on-site foreman meetings to review three-week lookahead schedules, commissioning activities, constraints, shutdowns, and critical path items. - Establish and manage site setup, including branding, safety signage, wayfinding, and ensuring personal protective equipment is available at all times. - Oversee site logistics, material flow, equipment deliveries, and storage of long-lead mission critical equipment such as generators, switchgear, UPS systems, PDUs, cooling equipment, and prefabricated assemblies. - Coordinate installation sequencing and access requirements for critical electrical and mechanical systems to avoid conflicts and maintain schedule. - Manage and coordinate construction activities within active mission critical projects, ensuring work proceeds safely and without disrupting operations. - Coordinate with the Warehouse team for site deliveries and train field staff on inventory systems when implemented. - Manage, track, and complete punch lists, commissioning deficiencies, and turnover items through project closeout. - Manage field tickets and on-site change order documentation, ensuring proper review and approval processes are followed. - Fully vet field claims in collaboration with the Project Manager and trade partners prior to ticket approval. - Track and document impacts to critical path activities, commissioning schedules, and equipment delivery milestones. - Review construction documents, drawings, specifications, and equipment submittals with a focus on critical systems and commissioning requirements. - Review and maintain the superintendent binder in Procore, ensuring all mission critical project documentation is current and organized. - Collaborate with project managers to develop and maintain detailed construction schedules focused on MEP rough-in, equipment installation, startup, testing, and turnover milestones. - Create and manage three-week lookahead schedules in Outbuild to guide daily and weekly field activities. - Monitor schedule performance and document schedule claims, delays, and recovery plans as needed. - Understand labor allocation, earned value, and production tracking in coordination with project managers to support project financial and productivity goals. - Draft field RFIs and submit them to project managers for resolution. - Lead field coordination efforts between mechanical, electrical, plumbing, controls, fire protection, and commissioning teams to ensure integrated systems performance. - Support commissioning activities including pre-functional testing, integrated systems testing, deficiency resolution, and final turnover. - Maintain on-site safety oversight with guidance and support from the Safety Director. - Ensure safety training, documentation, emergency response procedures, and mission critical operational protocols are implemented and followed on site. - Promote a culture of safety, quality, and operational reliability across all project activities. - Manage and upload progress photos in Procore or Sway to document site conditions and milestones. - Complete daily logs in Procore to record work performed, manpower, inspections, and key events. - Prepare and submit weekly field reports in Procore to keep stakeholders informed of progress and issues. - Track commissioning progress, turnover documentation, and key project milestones to ensure timely completion. - Travel to project sites nationwide and remain on site for the full duration of each project, providing consistent leadership and oversight. - Mobilize quickly from the Chicago home base as project needs require, adapting to changing priorities and schedules. Now Essential Skills list: - 5–15+ years of experience as a Superintendent with significant experience delivering mission critical, lab, and clean room projects. - Proven experience managing mission critical projects from preconstruction through commissioning, turnover, and operational readiness, including sitework, structural work, major MEP systems, and critical equipment installation. - Demonstrated experience coordinating critical electrical infrastructure including switchgear, UPS systems, generators, PDUs, and associated distribution systems. - Demonstrated experience coordinating critical mechanical infrastructure including cooling systems, chilled water systems, CRAH/CRAC units, controls, and building automation systems. - Strong understanding of commissioning processes, startup procedures, integrated systems testing, turnover requirements, and outage management protocols within active mission critical environments. - Experience working within active data centers or operational facilities requiring strict uptime requirements is preferred. - Strong professional communication skills with clients, design teams, commissioning agents, trade partners, facility operators, and internal stakeholders. - Demonstrated proactive problem-solving skills, including early identification of design, constructability, and coordination issues during preconstruction and active construction phases. - Comfort representing the company in client presentations, interviews, and pursuit efforts. - Ability to mentor, coach, and support junior field staff, contributing to overall team development and consistency across traveling projects. - Ability to work flexible schedules and weekends, along with extended stays away from home as project needs require. - Familiarity with mission critical, lab, and clean room environments and their unique operational and safety requirements. Additional Skills & Qualifications list: - Experience using Procore for project documentation, daily logs, photos, reports, and superintendent binders. - Experience using Sway for progress photo management is beneficial. - Experience creating and managing three-week lookahead schedules in Outbuild. - Exposure to pharmaceutical, lab, or clean room projects is a plus. - Experience leading projects of $1M or more in construction value. - OSHA 30 certification is preferred; if not currently held, the company will sponsor completion. - No formal degree, specific software, or certification requirements are mandated, allowing experienced superintendents from diverse educational backgrounds to apply. Work Environment paragraph: "This is a traveling superintendent role focused on lab and clean room projects for a major healthcare and life sciences client, with multiple sites across states such as Georgia, Mississippi, and Kansas. The position is based out of Chicago, with nationwide travel and full-time on-site presence for each project. Superintendent hours are typically 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, and project team hours are generally 7:00–8:00 a.m. to 3:00–4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, totaling around 40 hours per week. A dedicated trailer is provided on site as the central hub for project coordination and administration. The work environment involves active mission critical, lab, and clean room facilities where strict uptime, safety, and cleanliness standards are essential. You will work closely with collaborative, hardworking professionals who value empathy, integrity, perseverance, curiosity, humility, and respect. The culture emphasizes doing what is right, asking questions, continuous improvement, and building an inclusive, innovative future for the construction industry, while delivering exceptional value and exceeding client expectations." Pay And Benefits: Pay range: "$57.69 - $96.15/hr." Benefits list: - Medical, dental & vision - Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital - 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available - Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) - Short and long-term disability - Health Spending Account (HSA) - Transportation benefits - Employee Assistance Program - Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave) We should keep as list. Schedule: maybe we can incorporate work hours from Work Environment? But we have separate Schedule section: we can put the hours description. But we already included hours in Work Environment; maybe we should not duplicate. However we need a Schedule section only if posting states schedule. It does: "Superintendent hours are typically 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, and project team hours are generally 7:00–8:00 a.m. to 3:00–4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, totaling around 40 hours per week." That's schedule info. We could put that in Schedule section, and Work Environment could omit the hours sentence. Let's adjust: Work Environment paragraph without the hours sentence. Then Schedule section with that sentence. Thus Work Environment paragraph: remove the hours sentence. Let's craft Work Environment paragraph: "This is a traveling superintendent role focused on lab and clean room projects for a major healthcare and life sciences client, with multiple sites across states such as Georgia, Mississippi, and Kansas. The position is based out of Chicago, with nationwide travel and full-time on-site presence for each project. A dedicated trailer is provided on site as the central hub for project coordination and administration. The work environment involves active mission critical, lab, and clean room facilities where strict uptime, safety, and cleanliness standards are essential. You will work closely with collaborative, hardworking professionals who value empathy, integrity, perseverance, curiosity, humility, and respect. The culture emphasizes doing what is right, asking questions, continuous improvement, and building an inclusive, innovative future for the construction industry, while delivering exceptional value and exceeding client expectations." Schedule section: "Superintendent hours are typically 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, and project team hours are generally 7:00–8:

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