Superintendent, Healthcare

Suffolk Construction; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Suffolk Construction in Los Angeles seeks an experienced Superintendent to lead day-to-day on-site activities, coordinate trade partners, and ensure safety and quality standards.

You will manage field teams, align the schedule with the Project Manager, document progress, and communicate issues promptly to keep projects on time and within budget. The role demands proactive leadership on complex commercial builds.

Responsibilities

• Oversee, manage, and document all day-to-day job site activities including OSHA safety compliance
• Direct field personnel according to the project plan and Suffolk supervisory principles
• Communicate issues, events, performance, and progress daily to the Project Manager
• Report any problems promptly to the Project Manager to facilitate the most cost-effective solutions
• Establish effective working relationships with clients and Suffolk team members
• Request advice and assistance from the General Superintendent on matters pertaining to materials, sequencing, scheduling and personnel
• Identify pre-mobilization activities and develop start-up schedule with Project Manager
• Assist in formulating and implementing construction schedules in the field
• Establish and implement the Project Baseline Schedule and maintain it in line with contract requirements
• Update Project Schedule monthly and provide two-week look ahead reports
• Ensure subcontractors participate in safety meetings and maintain safety documents
• Review safety and quality inspections and ensure adherence to project plans
• Mobilize the field office and manage site documentation and subcontractor performance
• Attend project meetings including turnover, safety, weekly foreman, and coordination meetings
• Maintain daily reports and shop drawings; manage material deliveries and logs

Job description

Overview

The Superintendent is responsible for overseeing and managing all day-to-day job site activities, including project team performance, site conditions, safety and quality standards, compliance with scope, and effective management of trade partners.

Suffolk is seeking people who are bold. Curious. Innovative. Caring. Looking for the career opportunity of a lifetime. We'll challenge and inspire you to be your very best. We'll embrace what makes you unique and lift you up as you take chances. Here, you'll find a place where you can act with purpose and integrity, bringing intelligence and grit to every aspect of your job. Join us for the chance to leverage your inherent curiosity and proven capabilities to catapult you to the next level.

Responsibilities

• Oversee, manage, and document all day-to-day job site activities including OSHA safety compliance
• Direct field personnel according to the project plan and Suffolk supervisory principles
• Communicate issues, events, performance, and progress daily to the Project Manager
• Report any problems promptly to the Project Manager to facilitate the most cost-effective solutions
• Establish effective working relationships with clients and Suffolk team members
• Request advice and assistance from the General Superintendent on matters pertaining to materials, sequencing, scheduling and personnel

Project Start-Up/Turnover Meeting:

• Identify pre-mobilization activities in conjunction with the Project Executive, General Superintendent, and the Project Manager
• Develop start-up schedule with Project Manager and send it to the Project Executive and General Superintendent for review

Scheduling:

• Assist in formulating and implementing construction schedules in the field
• Establish and implement the Project Baseline Schedule based on the project contracts and subcontractor input, taking into account any elements that might impact the schedule
• Maintain the schedule and ensure that work performed is consistent with the contract and will meet or exceed client expectations
• Update Project Schedule monthly
• Provide progress report with the two-week look ahead of schedule to the Project Manager and the field staff

Safety:

• Ensure that all subcontractors participate in a safety pre-construction meeting prior to starting work on the project
• Ensure that all subcontractors have a full set of MSD sheets on the project, as well as their site specific safety plan and current insurance certificate or OCIP/CCIP enrollment ID
• Review the project daily to ensure that all activities are being performed in accordance with all OSHA and governing requirements and the project site specific safety plan
• Review safety reports and injury data to assess safety performance on assigned projects
• Ensure project(s) are budgeted & staffed appropriately to support safety programs
• Communicate clear expectations for safety to project teams
• Perform safety inspections using predictive solutions software IAW SCCI safety program
• Adhere to all Suffolk Safety program requirements

Quality Management:

• Ensure that all pertinent benchmarks for the project are established and inserted into the baseline schedule
• Ensure that all appropriate individuals become members of the Q-Team
• Ensure that all 1st delivery inspections and Benchmark inspections occur per the baseline schedule so as not to impact the progression of the subsequent work
• Ensure that the inspections are approved, documented, and communicated to the project team

Subcontractor and Site Management throughout the Project:

• Manage site pre-construction including pre-construction survey, job site utilization and staging plans
• Mobilize the field office and maintains the job site to Suffolk standards
• Organize documentation of the job site for easy access and review
• Manage subcontractor performance to quality and ethical standards
• Work with PM to identify and resolve personnel issues and construction process revisions
• Manage all phases of the construction process including documenting and reporting site activities and progress, manage excavations and assist with Job Site Utilization Plan

Meeting Management:

• Attend project turnover, mobilization, and project coordination meetings
• Attend/chair safety pre-construction meetings
• Attend/chair weekly foreman and safety meetings
• Attend/chair monthly schedule review meetings
• Attend closeout meetings
• Attend owner meetings
• Attend/chair subcontractor meetings and any others necessary to monitor and manage the project

Administrative Management:

• Complete and implement construction office checklists including emergency phone lists
• Complete daily reports and maintains logs of key activities, files, and shop drawings
• Manage the quality and condition of all material deliveries
• Maintain required safety reporting and all other required files to Suffolk standards
• Insure that as-built working drawings are maintained as well as the current drawing log and revision log, communicating this to the subcon