Lead Field Superintendent — Ground-Up Housing

Spruce Builders, LLC; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Spruce Builders, LLC seeks an experienced Construction Superintendent to lead field execution of ground-up workforce housing projects in Philadelphia. You will own daily site operations from mobilization through closeout, ensuring safety, schedule adherence, and quality per plans, budget, and standards.

You will manage multiple projects, coordinate subcontractors and city agencies, and communicate clearly with the project team, ownership, consultants, inspectors, vendors, and utility providers

Qualifications

• Five+ years of superintendent experience in ground-up residential construction.
• Experience with multifamily or workforce housing projects.
• Ability to read construction drawings and understand project lifecycle.
• Familiarity with Philadelphia permitting, inspections, and utilities.
• Strong leadership, communication, organization, and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency with Buildertrend or similar CM software and MS Office.
• Ability to manage multiple active job sites and own schedule and quality.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily field operations of multiple projects from mobilization through closeout.
• Develop and update detailed project schedules in Buildertrend.
• Prepare look-ahead schedules and communicate milestones to team and subcontractors.
• Coordinate subcontractors, vendors, deliveries, equipment, and site logistics.
• Review drawings, specifications, scopes of work, and field conditions.
• Inspect work for compliance with codes and quality standards.
• Verify surveys, layouts, and field dimensions for accuracy.
• Identify issues early and communicate next steps.
• Coordinate inspections and required approvals (L&I, eCLIPSE).
• Oversee utility coordination with PECO, PGW, PWD, ROW requirements.
• Maintain daily reports with photos, manpower, activities, deliveries, delays.
• Complete safety reports, QC checklists, RFIs, change-orders, punch lists.
• Enforce safety plans, OSHA requirements, site cleanliness, storage.
• Hold subcontractors accountable for manpower, schedule, safety, workmanship.
• Lead punch-list and closeout to finish on time.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem-solving

Organization

Reading blueprints

Site safety

Multi-site management

Tools

Buildertrend

Microsoft Office

Job description

Spruce Builders, LLC seeks an experienced Construction Superintendent to lead field execution of ground-up workforce housing projects in Philadelphia. You will own daily site operations from mobilization through closeout, ensuring safety, schedule adherence, and quality per plans, budget, and standards.

You will manage multiple projects, coordinate subcontractors and city agencies, and communicate clearly with the project team, ownership, consultants, inspectors, vendors, and utility providers