Commercial Superintendent

Sachse-Careers; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Role-Specific Training + Mentoring

Award-Winning ‘Project:U’ Wellness

Social Mission Committee + Philanthrop

Weekly Professional Massages

Financial Lunch and Learns

Job summary

Sachse Construction is seeking a Superintendent to focus on schedule, quality, and safety to keep projects moving efficiently. Headquartered in Detroit, Sachse has delivered diverse spaces across the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico, with a culture built on integrity and excellence.

The role involves enforcing safety, coordinating trades, monitoring schedules, and ensuring project quality while mentoring junior staff. A strong emphasis on safety, training, and project governance is expected.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience as a superintendent.
• Project experience with ground-up, K-12, Hospitality, Multifamily, urban and suburban locations.
• Commitment to safety and quality management.

Responsibilities

• Enforce safety policies on jobsite and conduct toolbox talks.
• Oversee quality assurance/quality control and ensure adherence to schedules.
• Plan and coordinate trades, prepare site logistics, and manage project documentation.
• Support cost management and review contractor quotations.
• Mentor interns, project engineers and assist superintendents.

Skills

Superintendent experience

Safety leadership

Project coordination

Job description

Overview

The Superintendent’s main focus is managing the schedule, quality and safety in order to keep the project moving forward quickly and efficiently.

Founded in 1991 and headquartered in Detroit, Sachse Construction has built millions of square feet of commercial, retail, multifamily, and institutional space throughout the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico.

Our signature asset is our unmatched reputation of integrity, quality, and reliability. Our commitment to our core values — do the right thing, have passion and enthusiasm, pursue excellence by constantly raising the bar, and do whatever it takes — has earned the trust of clients from national retail chains to private and institutional owners.

In addition to providing a unique and exceptional customer service experience to our clients, we strive to provide an engaging atmosphere for our team members. Our team members have access to all of the essential benefits and perks, plus:

• Unlimited PTO
• Role-Specific Training + Mentoring
• Award-Winning ‘Project:U’ Wellness Program
• Social Mission Committee + Philanthropic Activities
• Weekly Professional Massages
• Financial Lunch and Learns

We have been repeatedly recognized with several national and local awards, including:

• Best and Brightest Company to Work For
• Best and Brightest in Wellness
• Top Workplace
• Certified Great Place to Work

Responsibilities

• Must demonstrate and model Sachse Construction’s core values
• Safety
  • Enforce corporate and OSHA safety policies on jobsite, providing key responsibility for safety compliance in the field
  • Implement proactive pre-task safety planning for all work activities
  • Coordination of Shut Downs/Tie-ins
  • Conduct weekly Toolbox Talks with Trades
• Quality Assurance/Quality Control
  • Observe and interface with contractors or trades to monitor work performance and productivity of trades
  • Enforce compliance with project schedule
  • Ensure project rules and procedures are maintained
  • Enforce contractors’ responsibilities and scope of work
  • Oversee creation and completion of punchlist process
  • Assist with any commissioning activities
  • Verify that approved products are being installed on site
• Planning
  • Monitor and support trade harmony, including jurisdiction compliance with local practice
  • Facilitate Mechanical/Electrical overhead coordination
  • Supervise, coordinate and sequence contractors’ work to minimize interference between various contractors on the project
  • Develop site logistics plans for entire project with assistance to maximize productivity and minimize impacts to building occupants
  • Initiate setup of a project schedule and creation of activities and logic. Maintain project schedule through updates, implementing logic modifications, and adding activities
  • Mentor interns, project engineers and assistant superintendents
  • Run weekly sub-contractor coordination meetings
  • Prepare constructability reviews to determine completeness of documents; review details for buildability
  • Assist with initiation of set up of jobsite
  • Submissions of drawings to city and state agencies and inspection process leading to Certificate of Occupancy
  • Attend weekly team and OAC meetings
• Document Control
  • Appropriately file documentation using the project electronic filing system as it relates to field paperwork
  • Assist Engineer with RFI review requests for information, including resolution of issues involving multiple trades
  • Perform surveillance of contractor documents to ensure they are building from the latest document set
  • Coordinate project changes with trades and contractors
  • Assist with review of submittals and shop drawings. Coordinate with construction documents and field/constructability issues. Use submittals to verify work or materials in the field
  • Prepare detailed and timely daily reports. Incorporate/review subcontractor’s daily reports for issues, coordination and claim avoidance
  • Assist with maintenance and updating of record set of documents
  • Assist Engineer with material/ submittal log to ensure timely submission by completing document review as required
• Cost Management
  • Assist with management of overall budget by helping to control cost and monitoring potential changes from contractors
  • Assist with management of general conditions budget
  • Identify contractor changes to purchased scope
  • Review contractor quotations for changes

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience as a superintendent
• Project experience with ground-up, K -12, Hospitality, Multifamily, urban and suburban work locations.

RECOMMENDED TRAINING / CERTIFICATIONS:

• OSHA 30 hour
• CPR / First Aid / AED Training
• Lead / Asbestos Awareness
• LEED Accreditation

Disclosure

Our company is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace that is strives for inclusion. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, or any other protected group. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by contacting our VP of People, Myra Ebarb, [e-mail] People and Perks with any questions or requests for accommodation.