Lead Superintendent

Middleburg Communities; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & wellness benefits

401(k) match

Educational reimbursement

Paid time off

Job summary

Middleburg Communities seeks a Lead Superintendent to supervise all field construction activities, ensuring cohesive workmanship, timely completion, and quality. You will coordinate staffing, material flow, and information to align with project goals while promoting our mission and values.

The role requires a strong background in multi-family construction, subcontractor management, and safety program compliance, with a focus on delivering top quality on schedule.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive construction experience, with multi-family housing.
• Broad knowledge of design, cost accounting, and field management.
• Experience managing employees, vendors, subcontractors.
• Ability to work independently in a multitask environment and lead teams.
• Strong communication with all management levels; proficient in project tracking.

Responsibilities

• Generate and secure information to create and monitor progress schedules.
• Develop and refine the project schedule with the Project Manager.
• Coordinate bid package interfaces during scope reviews.
• Oversee site services, security, and facilities for construction operations.
• Ensure subcontractors have adequate workforce and hours to meet goals.
• Monitor safety program compliance on site.

Skills

Team leadership

Scheduling

Communication

Construction knowledge

Education

Bachelor's Degree in construction-related field

Tools

Scheduling software

Job description

Brief Description The Lead Superintendent is responsible for the supervision of all field activities related to the physical construction. The Lead Superintendent must assure that the combination of the Jobsite workforce components results in a cohesive product that achieves the required quality and is completed in the shortest possible time. To that end, the Lead Superintendent must continually work to assure adequate staffing of the workforce, sufficient supply of materials, and complete information as necessary to assemble the product, and must plan for all these things sufficiently enough in advance so as not to interfere with the progress of any one component. The Lead Superintendent participates in our Mission, lives by our Values, and promotes the Vision of Excellence.

Brief Description The Lead Superintendent is responsible for the supervision of all field activities related to the physical construction. The Lead Superintendent must assure that the combination of the Jobsite workforce components results in a cohesive product that achieves the required quality and is completed in the shortest possible time. To that end, the Lead Superintendent must continually work to assure adequate staffing of the workforce, sufficient supply of materials, and complete information as necessary to assemble the product, and must plan for all these things sufficiently enough in advance so as not to interfere with the progress of any one component. The Lead Superintendent participates in our Mission, lives by our Values, and promotes the Vision of Excellence.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Generating, securing, or otherwise confirming all information needed to create, monitor, and modify the progress schedule on a continuing basis.
• Developing the progress schedule with the Project Manager.
• Participating in scope reviews of the various bid packages to properly coordinate their respective interfaces.
• Working with the Project Manager to develop and administer the site utilization program, site services, security arrangements, and other facilities and arrangements necessary for appropriate service to the construction effort.
• Identifying field construction and work-sequence considerations when finalizing bid package purchases.
• Monitoring actual versus required performance by all parties.
• Monitoring and ensuring job site and subcontractor compliance with Safety Program.
• Determining whether subcontractors are providing sufficient workforce and hours of work to achieve performance commitments.
• Monitoring the performance of the company’s Purchasing and Project Engineering functions to ensure that all subcontracts, material purchases, submittals, deliveries, clarifications, and changes are processed in time to guarantee Jobsite arrival by, or before, the times needed.
• Directing any company field staff, providing positive leadership to ensure that the field staff is properly motivated and inspired with a sense of accomplishment and purpose.
• Establishing field office.
• Maintaining a clean project site.
• Being thoroughly familiar with the requirements of the subcontracts, thereby identifying changes, conflicts, etc., that are beyond the scope of responsibility.
• Establishing and verifying field control measures.
• Managing material deliveries and compliance with purchase agreements.
• Conducting weekly Subcontractor meetings to assess construction progress, quality, and safety.
• Preparing daily reports, job diaries, narratives, and all other regular and special documentation as determined by the company and by the project needs.

Requirements

Desired Knowledge and Experience

• Minimum of 10 years of progressive construction experience with emphasis on multi-family, production residential housing; Experience should also include a minimum of 5 years of experience in multi-family, wood framing, structural concrete, and construction projects.
• Comprehensive knowledge related to all disciplines and phases of construction experience with design, project cost accounting, and field experience inclusive of project management experience.
• Prior management of employees, vendors, subcontractors, and consultants is required.
• Proven experience to function independently in a multi-task environment, as well as part of a team.
• Comfortable in communicating with all levels of management and employees.
• Computer skills for scheduling project tracking
• Bachelor's Degree in a construction-related field preferred
• A highly entrepreneurial, self-motivated, and results-oriented individual.

Summary

What we can offer you

• Great benefits - We offer comprehensive health and wellness benefits tailored to meet your needs. Choose from two medical plan options, including a company-funded HSA plan with 100% premium coverage for employees. We also provide subsidized options for additional family members, as well as dental and vision plan choices. Other benefits include paid time off, paid volunteer time, and company-paid holidays, a 401(k) match, employer-paid Life and AD&D insurance, and educational reimbursement to support your growth.
• A job that challenges you - Middleburg strives for excellence in knowledge, service, and integrity. Excellence in knowledge means that Middleburg recruits and trains top-notch Team Members who are experts in their field and who continue to improve their industry knowledge. Team Members work together to provide excellent customer service that exceeds customers' expectations.
• Great Culture - We embrace a culture of responsible leadership at all levels of our organization that encourages initiative to advance our mission and vision. We honor the dignity of all people, embrace differences, value new ideas, demonstrate empathy, and strive to promote a caring and supportive environment for all. Our team is building a better world, one community at a time.

Who is Middleburg?

Middleburg is a vertically integrated developer, builder, and operator of rental housing — with $5.3B+ in completed transactions and 32,000+ homes delivered since 2004. The integration is not structural for its own sake. Our research team uses AI, GIS, and proprietary data to identify underserved markets and supply/demand imbalances before they are visible to the market. That front-end work feeds directly into our land acquisition discipline: we evaluate hundreds of sites to select a few. In-house construction allows us to control basis and timeline in ways that third-party build models don’t. Our property management platform closes the loop — giving us operating data that feeds back into our next acquisition model. Every function makes the others sharper.

At Middleburg, we share a vision for greater value creation through community impact. Our success is rooted in a genuine desire to serve our local communities in thoughtful and holistic ways. By enhancing the lives of others, we contribute positively to neighborhoods and maximize real returns for our partners.

https://middleburg.com/

Middleburg Communities is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We welcome qualified applicants from a variety of backgrounds inclusive of their race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, expression or orientation, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, or status as a disabled or Vietnam-era veteran.