Senior Superintendent Federal Construction

NW Recruiting Partners; Spokane (WA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Paid time off

Retirement plan

Performance bonuses

Job summary

NW Recruiting Partners is seeking a Senior Superintendent to lead complex federal construction projects across Eastern Washington and Idaho, including Spokane. The ideal candidate brings at least 10 years of federal/government construction experience, strong field leadership, and the ability to manage project teams, schedules, safety, quality, and federal documentation from mobilization through closeout.

You will oversee RFIs, submittals, change documentation, and project closeout, while

Qualifications

• 10+ years of federal/government construction experience.
• Strong field leadership and accountability for schedules, safety, quality, and documentation.
• Experience with federal agencies such as USACE/NAVFAC preferred.
• Willingness to travel across Eastern Washington and Idaho; valid driver’s license.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall field leadership for large and complex federal construction projects.
• Develop and manage short-term and master schedules, site logistics, manpower, equipment, materials, and daily production.
• Coordinate self-perform crews, subcontractors, owners, inspectors, design teams, and government representatives.
• Ensure work is completed safely, on schedule, within budget, and per contract documents and federal requirements.
• Lead site safety, quality-control, and environmental-compliance efforts with proper reporting.

Skills

Federal construction

Leadership

Scheduling

Safety

Documentation

Job description

Senior Superintendent – Federal Construction

A growing commercial general contractor is seeking a Senior Superintendent to lead complex federal building projects across Eastern Washington and Idaho. This is a key field-leadership hire driven by a strong backlog and several large projects coming online in Idaho and Spokane

The right person will bring at least 10 years of federal/government construction experience, strong field leadership, and the ability to confidently manage project teams, subcontractors, schedules, safety, quality, and federal documentation from mobilization through closeout.

Senior Superintendent Responsibilities

• Provide overall field leadership for large and complex federal construction projects.
• Develop and manage short-term and master schedules, site logistics, manpower, equipment, materials, and daily production.
• Coordinate self-perform crews, subcontractors, owners, inspectors, design teams, and government representatives.
• Ensure work is completed safely, on schedule, within budget, and in accordance with contract documents, plans, specifications, and applicable federal requirements.
• Lead site safety, quality-control, and environmental-compliance efforts while maintaining accurate records and required reporting.
• Anticipate field challenges, resolve conflicts, and communicate risks and solutions proactively to the project team.
• Oversee RFIs, submittals, change documentation, inspections, punch lists, commissioning support, and project closeout.
• Lead, mentor, and hold field teams accountable while supporting a collaborative, team-oriented culture.
• Partner closely with project management, estimating, accounting, and executive leadership throughout the project lifecycle.
• Use construction technology to manage schedules, documentation, communication, and field reporting efficiently.

Qualifications

• At least 10 years of experience delivering federal or military vertical building projects in a superintendent or senior field-leadership capacity.
• Demonstrated success leading large, technically complex commercial projects from mobilization through turnover and closeout.
• Strong knowledge of federal contracting requirements, documentation, quality control, safety standards, and inspection processes.
• Experience working with federal agencies such as USACE, NAVFAC, or similar government clients strongly preferred.
• Proven ability to lead subcontractors and coordinate structural, architectural, building-envelope, MEP, life-safety, and finish scopes in active jobsite environments.
• Technologically proficient and comfortable learning and using scheduling, project-management, documentation, and field-reporting platforms.
• Strong planning, communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• Experience with ground-up commercial construction, renovations, occupied facilities, and technically demanding building systems is strongly preferred.
• Willingness to travel or work at project locations in Eastern Washington and Idaho, as required.
• Valid driver's license and ability to meet project-access requirements.

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive base salary, commensurate with experience.
• Performance bonuses paid twice annually.
• Top-tier union medical benefits, including dental and vision coverage.
• Paid time off and holidays.
• Retirement benefits.
• Long-term growth potential with an expanding contractor and stable leadership team.

Compensation: $175,000 - $200,000 + bonus