Senior Superintendent

Timberline Construction Corporation; Canton, Northern (MA, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Health and 401(k) benefits

Tuition reimbursement

Career development

Wellness programs

Team events

Job summary

Timberline Construction Corporation is seeking a seasoned Superintendant to lead commercial construction projects across MA, NH, and RI. You will coordinate with subcontractors, manage schedules, and ensure safety and quality on-site.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of construction management, strong plans/ specs knowledge, and proven leadership abilities to drive complex projects in occupied spaces. Excellent communication and decision-making are required.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of commercial construction management experience.
• Ability to read and understand plans and specifications; knowledge of methods, materials, and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate weekly schedule meetings with subcontractor foremen and distribute three-week look ahead schedules.
• Drive project schedule and notify management of performance issues; anticipate problems.
• Provide daily job reporting with manpower, weather, activities and deliveries.
• Manage Company Safety program and ensure subcontractor safety compliance.
• Coordinate inspections with local and state officials and ensure project quality.

Skills

Construction management

Schedule coordination

Communication skills

Problem solving

Leadership

OSHA training

CSL license

Job description

Build Something Exceptional. No Exceptions.

Timberline Construction Corporation is a full-service construction management firm. Our team provides construction management, preconstruction and design-build services to the region's leading institutions, corporations and developers. We are a local builder with a comprehensive portfolio focused on science and technology, corporate, commercial, academic and multi-family residential market sectors. Our team is accustomed to fast-track, logistically complex projects. We excel at executing these sensitive jobs through proactive planning, communication, and coordination with our clients and design partners. Our mission is to be exceptional. This is our professional aspiration for every client, every day. In the business of construction management, this requires an experienced team with focus, drive, empathy, and intelligence. No exceptions.

Construct Your Career With Us (About The Job)

Are you looking for a career in the Commercial Construction field? Timberline Construction Corp is looking for Superintendents all over MA, NH, and RI. In this very sophisticated marketplace, Timberline is the expert of choice for science and technology, corporate, commercial, academic, and institutional projects, including the complex challenges of renovation in occupied spaces.

What You'll Build (Responsibilities)

• Have weekly schedule coordination meetings with all subcontractor foremen to outline requirements of work completion, and other issues as may be required including but not limited to manpower requirements, interference coordination, inspections, and sequence of work. Distribute three-week look ahead schedules and communicate schedule requirements with all subcontractors.
• Implement, monitor and drive the project schedule. Promptly notify management team of schedule and performance issues, be proactive in anticipating potential problems that may impact the project performance.
• Provide daily job reporting on company forms to include manpower counts, weather conditions, activities performed, and material deliveries.
• Manage the Company Safety program as outlined in the Company Safety manual and provide safety and accident reporting as required.
• Ensure total subcontractor compliance with all jobsite safety requirements. Maintain a clean jobsite and communicate with appropriate members of the project team if there are repeat offenders.
• Initiate RFI's to address issues with interpretation of plans and specifications, missing information, incorrect details, incomplete information and other issues that require the direction of the Architect and Engineers.
• Notifies subcontractors and material suppliers far enough in advance to assure materials are delivered in a timely manner and subcontractors arrive on schedule.
• Solves problems and makes quick, accurate decisions and takes responsibility for decisions.
• Responsible for all coordination and scheduling of all inspections with local and state officials having jurisdiction over the project.
• Responsible for quality control in monitoring the work and it's adherence to the construction documents, and project requirements.
• Motivates subordinates, subcontractors and others to top performance. Delegate's responsibilities to subordinate and is responsible for their performance.
• Orders, inspects and verifies quality and quantity of all materials and supplies.
• Maintains a high degree of integrity and loyalty toward the Company and client. Maintain a neat and professional appearance, presenting a professional image consistently.
• Maintains a good cooperative relationship with the architect, engineers, subcontractors, materials suppliers, town officials and the client.
• Coordinates work of client subcontractors and vendors to ensure necessary requirements are met and that work outside of our scope may proceed unencumbered towards a successful project completion.
• Maintain on site project files for work scopes, submittals, RFI's, bulletins, drawing logs, sketches and as-built drawings.
• Aggressively pursue the completion of project punch list once issued. This is the last phase of the project and the one the client tends to remember the most.
• Work with the Project Manager and appropriate subcontractors to coordinate, schedule and otherwise manage the various utility companies for any utility relocations, and/or new service required for the project such that these critical services are available when required.

Skills You'll Nail (Requirements)

• Minimum of 5 years of commercial construction management experience. 5+ years of construction management experience.
• Must understand plans and specifications and be knowledgeable about construction methods, materials, and regulations.
• Flexible and work effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Must be decisive and work well under pressure, particularly when faced with unexpected occurrences or delays.
• The ability to coordinate several major activities at once, while analyzing and resolving specific problems, is essential, as is an understanding of engineering, architectural and other construction drawings.
• Must have good oral and written communication skills.
• Must be able to establish a good working relationship with many different people, including clients, PM's, subcontractors, and crew.
• Ability to lead projects, manage resources and build teams.
• 10 hour OSHA training required, 30 hour preferred.
• Construction Supervisor's license (CSL).

Blueprint Bonus Skills (What Sets You Apart)

• 10 hour OSHA training required, 30 hour preferred.

Why Timberline - What You'll Gain (Benefits)

Timberline is Exceptional. No Exceptions. We're proud to be named Boston Business Journal 2025 Best Place to Work, Top 20 Construction Manager, and ENR Top New England Contractor. Our people are our greatest asset-and we invest in them accordingly.

• Competitive salary with performance-based incentives
• Robust benefits: health, dental, vision, and 401(k) with company match
• Tuition and education reimbursement
• Career advancement and leadership development opportunities
• Wellness programs
• Culture club-team events

Timberline Construction is an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy to assure equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants by prohibiting discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.