Traveling Superintendent - Food Processing & Manufacturing

About You

ARCO Design/Build has an exciting opportunity for a Superintendent. The ideal candidate will have five plus years working as a lead Superintendent on Food Processing & Manufacturing construction projects.

Responsibilities

• Attend the post award review meeting to receive project information and details for preplanning prior to construction.
• Participate with the project manager in preparing a schedule of construction activities and their sequence, the organization structure, staff selection, and the manpower and construction equipment requirements of the project.
• Assure that adequate manpower is provided as required to meet construction schedules.
• Analyze construction equipment requirements and provide necessary equipment as required to utilize manpower efficiently, and release equipment when not required.
• Direct and control the total construction project to meet specifications and within the allotted time schedule in an efficient manner to produce the expected profit.
• Determine and convey to subordinates the most efficient construction techniques to be employed to assure quality and efficiency in construction.
• Avoidance of construction schedule changes.
• Review all request for change orders with the project manager to assure adequate provisions for direct costs, overhead, profit and time extensions are accounted for and are properly documented as well as that they are submitted promptly.
• Avoidance of construction schedule changes.
• Review and approve all requisitions, field purchase orders, invoices, progress payment requests, and other significant reports and documents.
• Cooperate with the owner and his representatives, keeping them informed of construction progress.
• Cooperate with architects or owner representatives on an amicable basis, but in the long term interest of the company.
• Report regularly to the project manager to keep them constantly informed on job progress, plans, and problems that could significantly affect costs or schedules.
• Maintain a daily diary to permanently record all significant project facts, events, conditions, visitors, owner representative contacts, commitments, agreements and approvals.
• Direct adherence to the company’s safety program in all phases and areas of the project.
• Become familiar with all company policies and adhere strictly to them in all activities and dealings, and require all employees to be aware of them and conform to them in their activities.
• Carry out any additional responsibilities assigned by the project manager.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years of experience as a lead superintendent on food and beverage projects, preferably projects of at least 100,000 square feet.
• Experience should include all phases of facility construction, including sitework, building shell construction, process equipment installation, commissioning, start-up, and operational turnover.
• Experience coordinating multiple vendors, process equipment suppliers, subcontractors, and owner representatives throughout construction, equipment installation, commissioning, and start-up.
• Demonstrated experience managing food safety requirements throughout construction and enforcing compliance with food safety design criteria across all project phases.
• Preferred experience with both greenfield food manufacturing projects and work within operational facilities, including process line additions and other modifications.
• Demonstrated understanding of the sequencing and phasing required to execute projects safely and efficiently while maintaining ongoing operations.
• Ability to make decisions under tight deadlines.
• Ability to organize people, tools, and equipment and plan and manage multiple activities to accomplish desired results.
• Demonstrated leadership skills, with the ability and willingness to face challenges, direct others, and effectively address conflict.
• Exhibit commitment to quality by evaluating project-related processes and making necessary changes, using customer input to make improvements, and meeting/exceeding internal and external customer expectations.
• Computer proficiency, including Word, Excel, Outlook, and project scheduling programs.
• Acts with integrity and supports the company, its values, and its employees while maintaining a consistent focus on meeting or exceeding customer requirements and expectations.

What We Can Offer You

• Vehicle allowance, per diem, and living expenses on traveling jobs
• An airplane ticket home every 2 weeks when traveling
• Business expenses and mileage reimbursement
• Industry-leading performance-based bonus program
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• Traditional and Roth 401k
• Tuition reimbursement for associates
• Scholarship for associates’ children up to $28,000 per child
• 1-month paid sabbatical after every five years of employment, plus $5,000 for travel
• 1-week paid volunteer leave each year
• 100% charitable match
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage
• 100% paid 12-week maternity leave

What We Can Offer You

• We are dedicated to the well-being of our associates and are proud to be consistently recognized as a Best Place to Work.
• Our compensation and benefits package not only supports our associates and their families but benefits local communities and communities around the world.
• We hire the best and the brightest from across the country – constructing a team of experts in architecture, design, engineering, project management, and business services.
• MAKE YOUR MOVE
• We are proud to be one of the fastest-growing, privately-owned companies in America, celebrating over 30 years of experience as design-build experts.
• We have completed over 7,500 design-build projects nationwide.
• We ranked #9 on ENR’s Design-Build Firms list and #34 on ENR's Top 400 Contractors list of 2026.
• Most importantly, our clients like us, trust us, and want to do business with us.
• We are looking for people with the same enthusiasm, passion, and respect for the hard work that brought us to where we are today.

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