Senior On-Site Superintendent – Government Projects

Coakley & Williams Construction; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Coakley & Williams Construction, LLC in Bethesda, MD, seeks a Senior Superintendent to lead on-site operations for federal, state, and local public-sector base-building projects.

The role requires extensive field leadership, safety oversight, schedule management, subcontractor coordination, and adherence to contract and agency requirements. This position is full-time and backed by a competitive salary.

Qualifications

• At least fifteen (15) years of experience managing construction projects valued in excess of $20 million.
• Demonstrated experience leading field operations for complex commercial, government, public-sector, institutional, or full base-building construction projects.
• Proven track record of client satisfaction, project profitability, safety performance, quality execution, and schedule management.
• OSHA 30-Hour, First Aid, and CPR certifications.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office 365, Procore, and Bluebeam.
• Understanding of Primavera scheduling and Building Information Modeling, or BIM.
• Ability to speak, read, write, and comprehend English as required to interpret contract documents, communicate safety information, coordinate field activities, and perform the essential responsibilities of the position.

Responsibilities

• Lead all on-site construction operations for government and public-sector base-building projects, including mobilization, logistics, subcontractor coordination, field staffing, inspections, turnover, and closeout.
• Enforce the Company's safety program and applicable local, state, and federal requirements while promoting a zero-incident culture across the project team.
• Partner with the Project Manager to structure the project team, establish project goals, assign responsibilities, and coordinate schedules, manpower, material deliveries, equipment, and site logistics.
• Participate in preconstruction, bidding, constructability reviews, procurement, project interviews, and presentations, providing field input on phasing, sequencing, agency requirements, logistics, and execution risk.
• Develop, maintain, and update the project schedule with the Project Manager and scheduler, including short-term planning, milestone tracking, recovery strategies, agency inspections, and phased turnover requirements.
• Review contract documents, subcontractor scopes, submittals, requests for information, supplemental instructions, and approved changes to identify conflicts, clarify requirements, prevent scope gaps, and minimize unnecessary change orders.
• Coordinate with public owners, agency representatives, architects, engineers, construction managers, inspectors, commissioning authorities, subcontractors, and internal project teams to resolve construction issues and maintain project progress.
• Anticipate and address field conditions, long-lead materials, access limitations, utility coordination, permitting, security requirements, stakeholder concerns, and other risks that could affect safety, quality, schedule, or budget.
• Implement the Company's quality control program, lead preparatory meetings before each major feature of work, and manage inspections, testing, commissioning, punch-list completion, as-built documentation, and final acceptance.
• Manage general conditions and field labor costs, participate in monthly Project Reviews, use required construction technology and software, and mentor project team members to support their growth and development.

Skills

OSHA 30-Hour

First Aid

CPR

Procore

Bluebeam

Primavera scheduling

BIM

MS Office 365

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Business, Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office 365

Procore

Bluebeam

Primavera P6

BIM

Job description

Coakley & Williams Construction, LLC in Bethesda, MD, seeks a Senior Superintendent to lead on-site operations for federal, state, and local public-sector base-building projects.

The role requires extensive field leadership, safety oversight, schedule management, subcontractor coordination, and adherence to contract and agency requirements. This position is full-time and backed by a competitive salary.