
Field Superintendent
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The Field Superintendent / Assistant Superintendent supports the General Superintendent by overseeing daily construction activities, monitoring subcontractor crews, coordinating work sequencing, and ensuring safety, quality, and schedule compliance on site. Responsibilities include tracking progress, identifying issues, communicating needs, and participating in field meetings while maintaining strong relationships with crews.
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Job Description
The Field Superintendent / Assistant Superintendent will be responsible for supporting the General Superintendent with the day-to-day oversight of construction activities in the field. This individual will serve as an additional set of eyes and ears across the jobsite, monitoring subcontractor activities, tracking progress, identifying field issues, and helping ensure work is being completed safely, efficiently, and according to project plans and specifications.
Day to day:
- Maintain a consistent presence in the field, overseeing daily construction activities across assigned areas of the project.
- Monitor subcontractor crews to ensure work is progressing according to project plans, specifications, schedule, and expectations.
- Coordinate daily activities between subcontractors and help ensure trades are working efficiently around one another.
- Work directly with subcontractor foremen and field leadership to address construction issues and keep work moving forward.
- Monitor manpower, equipment, materials, and overall field progress and communicate needs or concerns to the General Superintendent.
- Review ongoing work in the field and help identify constructability issues, conflicts, or potential rework before they impact the project.
- Coordinate closely with the project's Safety and Quality Control teams to ensure field activities are being performed according to project requirements.
- Participate in daily field meetings, subcontractor coordination meetings, and planning discussions as needed.
- Assist with documenting daily field activities, progress, delays, and significant construction issues.
- Build strong working relationships with subcontractor supervision and crews while maintaining expectations around safety, quality, schedule, and productivity.
Skills and Requirements
- Minimum 7 years of progressively responsible construction field supervision experience (Superintendent, Construction Manager, or Foreman titles can work)
- Federal, data center, or large civil commercial experience works (Residential experience will not work)
- Experience supervising multiple crews and subcontractors
- Must be capable of reading plans and specifications and coordinating daily production, sequencing, safety, and quality requirements
- 3–5 years of heavy-civil or linear infrastructure experience preferred
- Strong background in earthwork, roadway construction, drainage, concrete, structures, utilities, and heavy-equipment operations preferred
- Federal and design-build experience preferred but not required
- Bilingual in English and Spanish
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].
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