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Senior MEP Superintendent - Mega Healthcare

Gilbane Building Company

Rochester, MNFull-time$160–250K/yrSeen todayStill listed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$160–250K/yr
Location
Rochester, MN
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

OSHA 30-Hour Certification, required

Job overview

The Senior MEP Superintendent leads mechanical, electrical, and plumbing field work on a large healthcare project, coordinating contractors and a team of superintendents. The role oversees scheduling, budget, safety, quality, logistics, and customer satisfaction, while maintaining contract-document knowledge and communicating project updates. Gilbane seeks a candidate with healthcare construction experience and extensive experience on large, complex projects; an engineering or construction management degree is highly preferred.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Mechanical Experience, nice to haveBusiness Insights, nice to haveStrategic Thinking, nice to haveEmotional Intelligence, nice to haveTeam Building, nice to haveAccountability, nice to haveCoaching, nice to haveCommunication, nice to haveOrganization, nice to haveProblem Solving, nice to haveAdaptability, nice to haveSales Presentations, requiredTeamwork, nice to haveMicrosoft Office, nice to haveProcore, nice to haveConstruction Documents, nice to haveConstruction Drawings, nice to haveConstruction Methods, nice to haveConstruction Materials, nice to haveScheduling, nice to haveCost Control, nice to haveConstruction Safety, nice to haveSafety Plan Enforcement, nice to haveProject Supervision, nice to haveLabor Relations, nice to have

Qualifications

Completed Related Apprenticeship, nice to haveBS or MS in Engineering or Construction Management, nice to haveHealthcare Construction Experience, required15+ Years Complex Project Experience, requiredOSHA 30-Hour Certification, required

Benefits

Medical Insurance
401(k) Match
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

Overview

The Senior MEP Superintendent is responsible for the overall MEP field work on a mega project, initial one being a $5B healthcare project, leading a large team of superintendents and ensuring that company policies and procedures are met in regard to safety, scheduling, budget, quality and customer satisfaction.

Who are we?

As a Top-10 ENR Contractor, Gilbane is a family-owned business with 45 offices that has been shaping communities since 1870. Consistently recognized as one of the most reputable construction management firms in the country, Gilbane is committed to delivering projects safely and on-time. You will have the opportunity to build schools, labs, hospitals, corporate offices, sports arenas and more!

We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Who are you?

You are a coach/leader who leads with an inclusive and empathetic mindset. You provide feedback and guidance to help others excel in their current or future roles. You determine priorities, delegate work, and effectively communicate progress. You establish measures to assess the impact, quality, and timeliness of results while praising successes and sharing lessons learned. You build high performing teams by attracting, engaging, developing, and retaining talented individuals through motivation and discipline to maximize impact on the organization and the individual.

You leverage business insights by understanding industry trends, local market/economic conditions, and Gilbane’s business model to make critical decisions and create competitive advantage. You deploy a strategic mindset when considering solutions to long-term opportunities and risks that may develop in the future.

Your core values match Gilbane’s: Integrity, Caring, Teamwork, Toughmindedness, Dedication to Excellence, Discipline, Loyalty, and Entrepreneurship.

What’s in it for you?

Gilbane offers employees multi-dimensional training opportunities through a number of resources. While managing your responsibilities to projects, you will be able to enroll in trainings through our award-winning Gilbane University to build leadership and technical skills. In addition, you would work with an experienced team which provides you with the opportunity to learn new industry skills every day. You will protect and promote the interests of both Gilbane and the client in all matters as well as demonstrating the personal characteristics of a developing leader.

Responsibilities

  • Direct and coordinate Gilbane’s trade contractors and their sub-contractors, when required, toensure they turn out high-quality work that meets the approved project schedule

  • Strong mechanical experience

  • Supervise the construction of large project

  • Supervise and develop the project team

  • Manage the project budget for general conditions and site services

  • Develop, document and communicate the work plan regarding changes made in the field

  • Maintain a thorough understanding of contract documents to be able tocoordinate trades,plan ahead>and anticipate potential problems before they arise

  • Obtain or verify that the subcontractors obtain all necessary permits for construction purposes

  • Monitor safety performance and verifysafety compliance with all trades; actas primary safety representative in the field and enforcequality control policies

  • Conduct maintenance and planning of“work-arounds,” shutdowns and tie-ins

  • Leadcontractor meetings,oversee daily reports and documentusing Procore on a regular basis

  • Communicate schedule status, updates and changes to Project Team>and Trade>Contractors

  • Coordinate and manage jobsite logistics

  • Oversee project quality plan and implement necessary changes.

  • Resolvejurisdictional disputes

  • Establish credibility among Owners, trade contractors, unions etc. by maintaining a fair and trustworthy environment

Qualifications

KEY COMPETENCIES

  • Leverage Business Insights – Understand and act on industry trends, local market and economic conditions and our business model to make decisions and create competitive advantage.

  • Deploy a Strategic Mindset - Take a broad, global perspective when considering proactive solutions to long-term opportunities and risks that might develop in the future.

  • Display Emotional Intelligence - Demonstrate the capacity to recognize feelings and patterns of behavior and those of others. Manage emotions effectively in ourselves and our relationships.

  • Build High Performing Teams - Attract, select, develop, recognize, and retain talented individuals. Utilize motivation and discipline to maximize performance and impact on the organization.

  • Drive Team Accountability - Determine priorities and delegate work; monitor and communicate progress. Establish measures to assess the impact, quality and timeliness of results; praise success and learn from mistakes.

  • Coach and Develop Others - Provide feedback, instruction, and development guidance to help others excel in their current or future job responsibilities. Plan for and support development of individual skills and abilities.

EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION

  • Completed apprenticeship in related field, BS or MS degree in Engineering or Construction Management highly preferred

  • Healthcare construction experience required

  • 15+ years of experience on $200+ million healthcare or other related complex project

  • Or equivalent combination of education and experience

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

  • Strong technical and communication skills

  • Excellent organizational skills

  • Excellentproblem solvingskills and ability to adapt to changing needs

  • Must possess the ability to participate in sales process, interviews and presentations.

  • Ability to work in a team environment

  • Proficient in Microsoft Office, Procore

  • Construction-document and drawing literate, with knowledge of all phases of construction

  • Experience and proficiency in all divisions of work, methods, materials, scheduling, and cost control

  • Strong knowledge and appreciation of construction safety processes and ability to enforce the project safety plan

  • Ability to create an environment where “safety first” is the culture and all trades people work with an incidentand injuryfree attitude

  • Experience supervising a project team

  • Knowledge of labor relations

  • OSHA 30 hourcertified

Salary to be determined based on factors such as geographic location, skills, education, and/or experience of the applicant, as well as the internal equity and alignment with the team.

For Minnesota, this ranges from $160,000 - $250,000 plus benefits and retirement program.

Gilbane offers an excellent total compensation package which includes competitive health and welfare benefits and a generous profit-sharing/401k plan. We invest in our employees’ education and have built Gilbane University into a top training organization in the construction industry. Qualified applicants who are offered a position must pass a pre-employment substance abuse test.

Gilbane is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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How this job compares

Set against the 1,509 open Construction Superintendent jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$160–250K/yr
  • Minnesota median$116–164K/yr25 salary ranges
  • US median$111–157K/yr523 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $205K, is 44% above the Minnesota median midpoint ($143K) — in the top quarter of Construction Superintendent salary ranges in Minnesota.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 27 open Construction Superintendent jobs in Minnesota and 1,509 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Minnesota
Experience
This posting asks for at least 15 years of experience — more than three in four Construction Superintendent postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 1,283 postings).
Education
53 of the 1,509 open Construction Superintendent jobs (4%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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