
Senior Superintendent - Construction
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Job overview
Jacobs is seeking an experienced, collaborative Senior Superintendent for its Program Management and Construction Management team in Albany, New York. The role leads project work planning, monitors manpower and performance, coordinates design drawings across trades, and directs quality, safety, and daily operations. The superintendent also coordinates onsite schedules with client staff and manages multiple projects while supporting team safety and well-being.
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Full job description
At Jacobs, our Program Management and Construction Management (PM/CM) team works seamlessly with clients by delivering projects and programs to achieve our clients’ goals. Whether it’s managing construction or designing buildings, solutions are continuously being implemented. What we do is more than construction; we play a part in moving a vision from concept to reality. If you’re interested in a rewarding career working on ENR's #1 Construction Management-for-Fee firm, then Jacobs is where you belong.
We’re seeking an experienced and collaborative Senior Superintendent in Albany, NY, who thrives when people are in sync and projects are running not just on time but within budget.
As the Construction Superintendent, you’ll take the lead on developing and communicating the project work plan, monitor manpower and performance against that work plan, and be able to perform a detailed comparison of the design drawings against each other to ensure coordination between each of the various project trades. You’ll provide direction to the team regarding quality, safety, and general day-to-day operations. Your ability to coordinate onsite work schedules with the client’s staff and manage multiple projects at a time will be critical to your success. Most importantly, you’ll take action to ensure the safety, health and well-being of your team.
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Related education, in the form of college credit or degree, or professional certification may be acceptable as partial or fulfillment of experience
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Minimum 10 years of experience in construction involving multiple phases of large-scale building/rehabilitation projects
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Minimum of 5 years’ experience shall be as Superintendent on large-scale, multi-contract building projects
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Ability to develop and communicate a project work plan, monitor manpower and performance against the work plan, and perform a details comparison of the design drawings against each other to ensure coordination between each of the various project trades
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Proficient level of knowledge relative to all aspects of construction supervision
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Full-cycle construction background resolving issues in the field
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Ability to travel to multiple job sites
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Demonstrated working knowledge of pre-design and pre-construction, building systems/components and technology, contract management, project delivery methods, team building and client relationship building required
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OSHA 30 or ability to be obtained within 30 days of start date
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Jacobs is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, medical condition, marital or domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression and transgender status, mental disability or physical disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, citizenship, low-income status or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable law. Learn more about your rights under Federal EEO laws and supplemental language.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,312 open Construction Superintendent jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- New York median$115–160K/yr36 salary ranges
- US median$45–57/hr106 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 72 open Construction Superintendent jobs in New York and 1,312 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New York
- Gilbane Building Company12 open
- Consigli Construction Co., Inc.9 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience — more than three in four Construction Superintendent postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 1,065 postings).
- Education
- 47 of the 1,312 open Construction Superintendent jobs (4%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 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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