Senior Project Superintendent

christmanco; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Christman Company is seeking a Senior Project Superintendent in the Grand Rapids region. The role involves overseeing all field activities for large projects, coordinating subcontractors, and ensuring the project stays on schedule and meets safety and quality standards.

You will lead site activities, review construction documents for constructability, develop site safety programs, and manage daily progress reports.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of senior field supervision on large projects
• Experience coordinating multiple trades and subcontractors
• Strong knowledge of safety, quality control, and scheduling processes

Responsibilities

• Oversee all field activities for large projects or multiple smaller projects
• Coordinate subcontractors and sequencing of work activities
• Maintain project schedule, quality control, and safety compliance
• Review plans for constructability and phasing, site logistics, and temporary protections
• Develop and communicate safety programs and conduct site orientations
• Plan site logistics, traffic patterns, and equipment placement
• Collaborate with Project Manager and client to align on work plans and milestones
• Approve submittals, manage daily reports, and track progress against the schedule

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Field supervision

Safety compliance

Scheduling

Education

Construction management degree

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

The Christman Company Job Description:

Build More with Your Career at Christman

Are you interested in becoming an employee-owner with a leading national general contractor that will provide you with opportunities to Build More in your professional career? The Christman Company is looking for Senior Project Superintendent candidates in our Grand Rapids region.

The Senior Project Superintendent is responsible for overseeing all field activities for large projects or multiple smaller projects and have a good understanding of all work activities taking place on these projects. This role also manages the coordination of subcontractors, sequencing of work activities, maintaining the project schedule, quality control, and enforcement of project safety rules to assure a successful project completion.

What You Will Do:

As a Senior Project Superintendent, your primary daily responsibilities of this role include, but are not limited to:

Ensures Christman is represented at the project site every day work is being performed by setting expectations, responsibilities, and maintaining commitments.

Review conceptual, schematic, and design development documents for constructability, phasing options, temporary protection requirements, site logistics, and other field construction issues. Recommend or evaluate construction options and efficiencies based on these reviews.

Establish project site expectations for safety, quality, unforeseen conditions, housekeeping, and general conduct.

Create project-specific safety program highlighting key or unique hazards introduced by site conditions or work methods and scheduled adjacencies. Develop and communicate leadership approach for addressing hazards on the project.. Define safety expectations by providing a safety orientation for every individual who enters the site. Emphasize the importance of not sacrificing safety for speed. Discuss relevant safety topics with trade contractor on a weekly basis or more frequently if needed.. Address early offenses to clarify expectations and reinforce commitment to safety, recognize and correct common work area hazards.

Promptly report and investigate accidents and safety-related incidents, disciplining repeat or extreme violations, up to and including, permanently removing individuals from the project site.

Plan and coordinate site logistics, including traffic patterns, equipment locations, and storage and staging.

Partner with Project Manager, client, and trade contractors to develop a work plan for the project. Coordinate project team's preparation for upcoming work through scheduling and progress meetings.

Plan and coordinate timely initiation, momentum, and completion of all trade contract work on the project site according to the project schedule.

Oversee technical interpretation of construction documents and drawings, recommend construction methods, and equipment as required. Assure consistency with contractual specifications and requirements for the project.

Discuss quality expectations with trade foremen prior to installation (pre-bid, post-bid, and pre-installation meetings).

Arrange pre-installation coordination meetings for all work areas that involve overlapping work by multiple trade contractors.

Prioritize and review critical submittals for dimensional control and constructability.

Maintain rolling punch list defining final quality expectations and ensure completion.

Verify and authorize trade contractor timesheets for extra work performed on a time and material basis.

Authorize purchase requisitions for material, equipment, and labor as agreed with Project Manager, Executive, or Director prior to the project startup or in the event emergency situations arise and is required to keep the project and team members safe.

Complete thorough and accurate daily reports of progress and concerns or challenges, including daily weather and safety inspections, violations, and accidents.

Continuously assess and analyze project's actual status against goals, develop contingency plans, and revise construction strategy as required.

When conflicts and disputes arise during the course of the project, focus all parties on developing mutually acceptable solutions aligned with the contractual agreements.

Compile fair and honest reports of the project team's experience with each trade contractor using the trade contractor evaluation survey.

Complete assigned and required training for this role.

Promote Professional Development

Establish an environment that supports questions and learning in the context of project goals and schedules.

For all project team members, promote development of knowledge base, leadership skills, and partnership by modeling effective performance, encouraging discussion and debate over solutions and approaches, connecting project team members with learning opportunities and other team members who could serve as mentors, and prompting team members to recognize challenges early and plan ahead for important pr