Superintendent

Talentrust; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

L2 Construction is seeking a Superintendent in Virginia to lead field execution on healthcare renovation projects, coordinating trade partners and maintaining safety, quality, and on-schedule delivery from mobilization through punch list and closeout.

The role requires directing daily field operations, managing three-week lookaheads, and ensuring documentation and compliance with contract documents and L2 standards. Strong leadership and communication skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 4–6 years of field supervision experience in healthcare, occupied renovation, or similarly complex construction environments.
• Ability to read, interpret, and implement plans, specifications, shop drawings, contracts, RFIs, submittals, and other construction documents.
• Strong knowledge of construction scheduling, site logistics, estimating, cost control, field supervision, and project financial fundamentals.
• Ability to build and maintain a three-week lookahead and understand baseline schedule logic, constraints, sequencing, and recovery planning.
• Excellent organization, communication, conflict-resolution, and decision-making skills, with ability to escalate when needed.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365, Procore, Outbuild, and web/mobile construction management tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead onsite mobilization and field readiness, including site logistics, access, temporary conditions, permits, inspections, and required jobsite documentation.
• Own daily field execution and coordinate labor, trade partners, vendors, materials, equipment, and sequencing to maintain milestones and efficient workflow.
• Create and maintain the three-week lookahead; identify schedule risks early and communicate recovery needs or constraints to the Project Manager and team.
• Lead project safety execution in the field; enforce safety requirements, conduct toolbox talks, address unsafe conditions, and ensure incident documentation.
• Lead field quality control; verify work against plans and submittals, coordinate inspections, and correct deficiencies before work is concealed or advanced.
• Coordinate and document field changes; communicate impacts and obtain PM approval before directing out-of-scope work.
• Maintain current stamped drawings, as-builts, RFIs, submittals, permits, inspection records, daily reports, and other field documentation in Procore or project system.
• Lead and participate in project kickoff, progress, coordination, and owner/trade partner meetings; provide updates on progress, constraints, staffing, safety, and quality.

Skills

Field supervision

Safety leadership

Reading plans

Scheduling

Communication

Cost control

Procore

Microsoft 365

Education

OSHA 30

ASHE

CHC

CCHM

Tools

Procore

Outbuild

Web-based CM tools

Job description

Job Title: Superintendent

Location: Fredericksburg, Richmond and Northern VA

L2 Construction Overview

L2 Construction provides high-quality preconstruction and construction management services throughout the Washington Metropolitan area, specializing in technical, occupied, and complex healthcare renovations where safety, infection prevention, quality, and coordination are critical.

Core Values: Deliver Exceptional Outcomes | Live with Integrity | Treat Others with Respect | Success Through Collaboration | Honor Our Commitment | Be Healthy, Be Safe | Focus on the Details

Position Overview

The Superintendent is L2’s field leader and primary point of contact on the jobsite, accountable for safe, high-quality, on-schedule execution of assigned projects from mobilization through punch list and closeout. This role directs daily field operations, coordinates trade partners, maintains short-term schedules and site logistics, leads quality and safety execution, and communicates field conditions that affect scope, cost, staffing, or schedule. The Superintendent works closely with the Project Manager and project team to ensure work is properly sequenced, documented, and delivered in accordance with contract documents and L2 standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead onsite mobilization and field readiness, including site logistics, access, temporary conditions, permits, inspections, and required jobsite documentation.
• Own daily field execution and coordinate labor, trade partners, vendors, materials, equipment, and sequencing to maintain project milestones and efficient workflow.
• Create and maintain the three-week lookahead; identify schedule risks early and communicate recovery needs or constraints to the Project Manager and project team.
• Lead project safety execution in the field. Enforce L2 safety requirements, conduct required toolbox talks, address unsafe conditions, and ensure incident documentation is completed promptly.
• Lead field quality control. Verify work against plans, specifications, approved submittals, codes, and L2 standards; coordinate inspections and correct deficiencies before work is concealed or advanced.
• Coordinate and document field changes. Identify potential scope conflicts or changes, communicate impacts, and obtain Project Manager approval before directing out-of-scope work.
• Maintain awareness of field-driven cost impacts, material usage, staffing, and productivity; communicate conditions that may affect project cost or forecast.
• Maintain current stamped drawings, as-builts, RFIs, submittals, permits, inspection records, daily reports, and other required field documentation in Procore or the designated project system.
• Lead and participate in project kickoff, progress, coordination, and owner/trade partner meetings as appropriate; provide clear updates on progress, constraints, staffing, safety, and quality.
• Supervise, coach, and develop assigned field staff. Set clear expectations, monitor performance and workmanship, and provide input on staffing and resource needs.
• Coordinate trade partner punch lists and remain accountable for punch list completion; support final cost reconciliation, turnover, and warranty activities as requested.

Project Team Collaboration

The Superintendent is the field owner for execution while partnering closely with the Project Manager and other project leaders.

• Preconstruction: Provide field input on pursuit strategy, estimating/budgeting, ICRA requirements, logistics, and schedule planning when consulted.
• Project Setup: Participate in kickoff and lead onsite mobilization and field implementation.
• Construction: Accountable for daily field execution, safety, and quality; responsible for field change management and field-related cost/material tracking; consulted on pay applications.
• Monitoring & Control: Provide input on labor allocation and WIP/cost forecasting based on field conditions and production.
• Closeout: Accountable for punch list completion and consulted on final cost reconciliation and project turnover.

Qualifications

• 4-6 years of field supervision experience, preferably in healthcare, mission-critical, occupied renovation, or similarly complex construction environments.
• Demonstrated ability to lead field teams and trade partners while maintaining strong standards for safety, quality, schedule, professionalism, and accountability.
• Ability to read, interpret, and implement plans, specifications, shop drawings, contracts, RFIs, submittals, and other construction documents.
• Working knowledge of construction scheduling, site logistics, estimating, cost control, field supervision, and project financial fundamentals.
• Ability to build and maintain a three-week lookahead and understand baseline schedule logic, constraints, sequencing, and recovery planning.
• Strong organization, communication, conflict-resolution, and decision-making skills, including the ability to escal...
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365, Procore, Outbuild, and web/mobile construction management tools.
• General knowledge of AIA contract documents. OSHA 30, First Aid/CPR, ASHE, CHC, and CCHM certifications are preferred.

Work Environment & Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, talk, drive, kneel, stoop, reach, bend, climb; touch and grasp, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include: close vision, depth and peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment, particularly when in the field, can vary significantly and at times be very loud.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by the individuals assigned this position and are not intended to be exhaustive of all duties, responsibilities, knowledge, skills, abilities, physical job demands, and working conditions. Flexibility with hours is required.