Senior Superintendent

Rudolph and Sletten; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 250,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Rudolph & Sletten, a Tutor Perini Company, seeks a Senior Superintendent to join our Los Angeles, CA office. The role coordinates field operations on large healthcare projects, directing project teams, ensuring safety and quality, and delivering work per contract and schedule.

Ideal candidates have 15+ years of commercial construction leadership, strong OSHPD knowledge, and proficiency with Procore, Bluebeam, and Primavera P6.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required; bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or a related field preferred.
• 15+ years of commercial construction experience, including substantial field leadership experience as a Superintendent or Senior Superintendent.
• Proficiency with OSHPD/HCAI-regulated construction, inspections, documentation, testing, approvals, and safety requirements.

Responsibilities

• Leads field operations for large commercial healthcare projects, including new construction, additions, renovations, and work within occupied facilities, while maintaining accountability for safety, quality, schedule, and project execution.
• Develops, implements, and monitors jobsite safety plans, OSHA compliance, incident response procedures, emergency planning, pre-task planning, safety walks, meetings, audits, and subcontractor safety performance.
• Plans and manages complex phasing, site logistics, temporary conditions, utility shutdowns, tie-ins, patient/staff access, noise and vibration controls, hospital operational continuity, and OSHPD/HCAI-regulated requirements.
• Creates and manages master schedules, short-interval schedules, look-ahead schedules, manpower plans, recovery strategies, pull-planning, weekly work planning, constraint tracking, and Lean/Last Planner practices as applicable.
• Oversees subcontractors and field personnel, coordinates work across all trades and specialty healthcare systems, leads coordination meetings, and maintains collaborative relationships with owners, healthcare representatives, design teams, inspectors, trades, and unions.
• Manages quality control and closeout activities, including QA/QC plans, mock-ups, first-in-place installations, quality walks, deficiency tracking, as-built documentation, commissioning support, punch-list completion, and owner acceptance.
• Reviews contract documents, scopes, RFIs, submittals, coordination drawings, and field conditions; communicates project impacts; supports cost, labor, equipment, material, permitting, inspections, and site mobilization efforts; mentors field staff and represents Rudolph & Sletten professionally.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem-solving

Negotiation

Education

Bachelors in Construction Management/Engineering/Architecture

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Procore

Bluebeam

Primavera P6

OSHA 30

First Aid/CPR

Job description

Compensation Pay Range: $250,000-$300,000

Rudolph & Sletten, a Tutor Perini Company, is seeking a Senior Superintendent to join our office in Los Angeles, CA.

About Rudolph & Sletten

In the last six decades, Rudolph and Sletten has built thousands of projects across our five California offices, from research centers designed to curediseases to institutions that educate future generations to civic facilities and high-tech campuses that move our state forward. Just like the buildings we construct, our reputation is built to stand the test of time. Our success is due to our diverse, talented personnel, technological expertise, honest estimates, innovative schedules, and ethical business practices.

We’re excited to see where the future takes us. Between new building and construction technology, better earth-friendly materials and techniques, all our phenomenal employees, and the amazing people we work with, we’re looking forward to building more award-winning projects for decades to come.

Our client focus and technical expertise have made us a builder of choice for clients for over 6 decades. Notable clients include Johnson and Johnson, Gilead, Salk Institute, Western Digital, Oracle, Seagate, Intuit, San Diego Symphony, Kaiser Permanente, Cedars‑Sinai, the Judicial Council of California, and UC and CSU higher education systems.

At Rudolph & Sletten you will have the opportunity to work on a variety of large, high-profile, projects that impact your community.

Extraordinary Projects need Exceptional Talent… Let’s Build

Description

This role is responsible for coordinating field operations, directing project teams and trade partners, maintaining safe and high-quality construction processes, and delivering work in accordance with contract documents, project schedules, client expectations, and applicable OSHPD/HCAI requirements. This position reports directly to the Jobsite Project Manager, General Superintendent (if applicable), or other assigned supervisors.

• Leads field operations for large commercial healthcare projects, including new construction, additions, renovations, and work within occupied facilities, while maintaining accountability for safety, quality, schedule, and project execution.
• Develops, implements, and monitors jobsite safety plans, OSHA compliance, incident response procedures, emergency planning, pre-task planning, safety walks, meetings, audits, and subcontractor safety performance.
• Plans and manages complex phasing, site logistics, temporary conditions, utility shutdowns, tie-ins, patient/staff access, noise and vibration controls, hospital operational continuity, and OSHPD/HCAI-regulated requirements.
• Creates and manages master schedules, short-interval schedules, look-ahead schedules, manpower plans, recovery strategies, pull-planning, weekly work planning, constraint tracking, and Lean/Last Planner practices as applicable.
• Oversees subcontractors and field personnel, coordinates work across all trades and specialty healthcare systems, leads coordination meetings, and maintains collaborative relationships with owners, healthcare representatives, design teams, inspectors, trades, and unions.
• Manages quality control and closeout activities, including QA/QC plans, mock-ups, first-in-place installations, quality walks, deficiency tracking, as-built documentation, commissioning support, punch-list completion, and owner acceptance.
• Reviews contract documents, scopes, RFIs, submittals, coordination drawings, and field conditions; communicates project impacts; supports cost, labor, equipment, material, permitting, inspections, and site mobilization efforts; mentors field staff and represents Rudolph & Sletten professionally.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED required; bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or a related field preferred.
• 15+ years of commercial construction experience, including substantial field leadership experience as a Superintendent or Senior Superintendent.
• Proven experience leading large commercial healthcare projects, including acute-care hospitals, medical centers, occupied healthcare environments, phased construction, infection control, Interim Life Safety Measures, shutdowns, and operational coordination.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of OSHPD/HCAI-regulated construction, inspections, documentation, testing, approvals, safety requirements, quality control, contract documents, scheduling, closeout, and cost awareness.
• Comprehensive knowledge of civil, structural, architectural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire/life‑safety, and healthcare‑specific building systems.
• Strong ability to manage subcontractors, large field teams, complex schedules, concurrent work activities, and fast‑paced project demands.
• Excellent leadership, communication, organization, problem‑solving, negotiation, and interpersonal skills; proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and familiarity with Procore, Bluebeam, Primavera P6, and related construction technology preferred; OSHA 30‑hour and First Aid/CPR certifications preferred or required by company policy.

Our Mission

We build critical infrastructure that creates a better world.

Our Vision

We strive to deliver innovative projects while fostering a culture where employees thrive.

Rudolph & Sletten builds extraordinary projects with exceptional talent. Join us and together we will build the future

Equal Opportunity Employer