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Job overview
Insight Global’s client, a construction management firm, seeks an experienced Construction Superintendent to oversee commercial projects from pre-construction through closeout. The role manages day-to-day execution, coordinates subcontractors and vendors, maintains client relationships, and ensures safe, timely, on-budget delivery. The superintendent works autonomously with minimal owner involvement and serves as the primary onsite contact for clients, subcontractors, and vendors.
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Job Description
Our client, a growing construction management firm, is seeking an experienced Construction Superintendent to oversee commercial construction projects from pre-construction through closeout. This individual will be responsible for managing day-to-day project execution, coordinating subcontractors and vendors, maintaining client relationships, and ensuring projects are completed safely, on time, and within budget. This is a highly autonomous role requiring someone who can successfully run projects with minimal owner involvement while serving as the primary point of contact onsite for clients, subcontractors, and vendors.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead construction projects from initial planning through final completion.
- Manage all onsite construction activities, including demolition, MEP (Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing) coordination, renovations, and new construction work.
- Serve as the primary onsite representative for clients, owners, subcontractors, and vendors.
- Develop and maintain project schedules, ensuring milestones and deadlines are achieved.
- Coordinate, supervise, and hold subcontractors accountable for quality, safety, and productivity.
- Conduct regular project meetings with clients, subcontractors, and stakeholders.
- Review drawings, specifications, scopes of work, and project documents to ensure accurate execution.
- Partner with external estimating firms during pre-construction and budgeting phases.
- Identify and recommend qualified subcontractors and trade partners when needed.
- Proactively resolve construction issues, schedule conflicts, and field challenges.
- Monitor project budgets, change orders, material procurement, and cost controls.
- Ensure compliance with all local building codes, safety regulations, and quality standards.
- Perform punch list management and oversee project closeout activities.
Skills and Requirements
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5+ years of experience as a Construction Superintendent, Construction Manager, Project Manager, or similar role.
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Proven experience managing projects independently from start to finish.
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Strong background in commercial, retail, mixed-use, multifamily/apartment, or renovation projects.
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Experience coordinating MEP trades and managing demolition and construction activities.
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Ability to effectively manage clients, subcontractors, vendors, and project stakeholders.
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Strong understanding of construction sequencing, scheduling, budgeting, and field operations.
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Excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills. Valid driver's license and ability to travel regularly to project sites.
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Experience overseeing apartment complex, multifamily, retail, and commercial construction projects.
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Existing network of reliable subcontractors and trade partners.
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Familiarity with construction management software and project scheduling tools. Experience working within a construction management or owner-representative environment.
We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [email protected].
How this job compares
Set against the 1,422 open Construction Superintendent jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$110–154K/yr441 salary ranges
- US median$43–55/hr103 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 13 open Construction Superintendent jobs in New Jersey and 1,422 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- Kiewit115 open
- J.E. Dunn Construction Company110 open
- Actalent75 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Construction Superintendent postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (1,172 postings).
- Education
- 53 of the 1,422 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 4, 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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