Superintendent - Healthcare (Construction)

Roncelli; Sterling Heights (MI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Roncelli, a leader in healthcare construction, seeks a Superintendent – Healthcare to lead onsite operations for projects in active and occupied environments. You will coordinate trades, infection control, life safety, and schedule while protecting patient care.

You will work closely with management, hospital teams, and vendors to deliver high‑quality, safe work on time, with minimal disruption to patients and staff.

Qualifications

• Minimum of eight years of progressive field-construction experience.
• Experience serving as the primary onsite field leader for a construction project.
• Strong ability to read and interpret drawings, specifications, schedules, and contract requirements.
• Strong knowledge of construction means, methods, sequencing, logistics, field planning, and schedule execution.
• Demonstrated leadership, communication, discretion, problem-solving, and client-coordination skills.
• Working knowledge of safety, quality, permitting, inspections, change documentation, and field reporting requirements.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and construction platforms such as Procore, Bluebeam, Microsoft Project, or similar systems.
• OSHA 30 required; valid driver’s license and ability to complete required drug, background, credentialing, health-screening, and driving-record requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily field operations, including safety, quality, schedule, productivity, logistics, manpower, and subcontractor coordination.
• Serve as Roncelli’s primary onsite field representative to hospital leadership, facility teams, inspectors, testing agencies, and project partners.
• Coordinate architectural, structural, MEP, fire-protection, medical-gas, low‑voltage, controls, and specialty healthcare scopes.
• Plan work within occupied healthcare facilities and protect patient care, clinical operations, staff and visitor access, and critical building systems.
• Implement Infection Control Risk Assessment requirements, containment measures, negative‑air controls, dust and noise controls, and housekeeping standards.
• Coordinate Interim Life Safety Measures, shutdowns, utility interruptions, temporary services, tie‑ins, after‑hours work, credentialing, and facility‑specific requirements.
• Develop and maintain short‑interval and three‑week lookahead schedules and identify constraints before they affect project milestones or clinical operations.
• Track daily progress, manpower, productivity, installed quantities, and subcontractor commitments and support recovery planning when needed.
• Lead implementation of jobsite safety requirements, pre‑task planning, high‑risk work controls, inspections, and corrective actions.
• Implement quality‑control processes, coordinate inspections and testing, and drive resolution of deficiencies and punch‑list items.
• Support systems startup, commissioning, phased turnover, owner training, and final acceptance.
• Document time‑and‑materials work, field directives, shutdown impacts, daily reports, infection‑control logs, photographs, and as‑built information.
• Lead and develop Assistant Superintendents, Foremen, Project Engineers, and field personnel while reinforcing Roncelli’s values and healthcare‑facility expectations.

Job description

Job Details:

Job Location: Main Office - Sterling Heights, MI 48312, Position Type: Full Time, Education Level: 4 Year Degree, Job Shift: Any, Job Category: Construction, Build Environments That Support Better Care with Team Roncelli

Roncelli is seeking an experienced Superintendent – Healthcare to lead onsite construction operations for healthcare projects in active and occupied environments.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on field leader who understands the sensitivity of healthcare construction and can coordinate people, trades, logistics, infection control, life safety, shutdowns, quality, and schedule while protecting patient care and facility operations.

About the Opportunity

The Superintendent – Healthcare is responsible for the overall field leadership and execution of assigned healthcare construction projects. Projects may include new medical facilities, additions, renovations within occupied hospitals and outpatient environments, infrastructure upgrades, equipment installations, clinical-space improvements, and utility shutdown or tie-in work.

Working closely with Project Management, Safety, hospital facilities teams, infection-prevention personnel, clinical stakeholders, design partners, subcontractors, and vendors, this role ensures work is delivered safely, with high quality, on schedule, and with minimal disruption to patients, staff, visitors, and facility operations.

What You Will Do

• Lead daily field operations, including safety, quality, schedule, productivity, logistics, manpower, and subcontractor coordination.
• Serve as Roncelli’s primary onsite field representative to hospital leadership, facility teams, inspectors, testing agencies, and project partners.
• Coordinate architectural, structural, MEP, fire‑protection, medical‑gas, low‑voltage, controls, and specialty healthcare scopes.
• Plan work within occupied healthcare facilities and protect patient care, clinical operations, staff and visitor access, and critical building systems.
• Implement Infection Control Risk Assessment requirements, containment measures, negative‑air controls, dust and noise controls, and housekeeping standards.
• Coordinate Interim Life Safety Measures, shutdowns, utility interruptions, temporary services, tie‑ins, after‑hours work, credentialing, and facility‑specific requirements.
• Develop and maintain short‑interval and three‑week lookahead schedules and identify constraints before they affect project milestones or clinical operations.
• Track daily progress, manpower, productivity, installed quantities, and subcontractor commitments and support recovery planning when needed.
• Lead implementation of jobsite safety requirements, pre‑task planning, high‑risk work controls, inspections, and corrective actions.
• Implement quality‑control processes, coordinate inspections and testing, and drive resolution of deficiencies and punch‑list items.
• Support systems startup, commissioning, phased turnover, owner training, and final acceptance.
• Document time‑and‑material work, field directives, shutdown impacts, daily reports, infection‑control logs, photographs, and as‑built information.
• Lead and develop Assistant Superintendents, Foremen, Project Engineers, and field personnel while reinforcing Roncelli’s values and healthcare‑facility expectations.

Qualifications: What You Bring

• Minimum of eight years of progressive field‑construction experience, including responsibility for subcontractor coordination and daily jobsite leadership.
• Experience serving as the primary onsite field leader for a construction project or major project scope.
• Strong ability to read and interpret construction drawings, specifications, schedules, approved submittals, and contract requirements.
• Strong knowledge of construction means and methods, sequencing, logistics, field planning, and schedule execution.
• Demonstrated leadership, communication, discretion, problem‑solving, and client‑coordination skills.
• Working knowledge of safety, quality, permitting, inspections, change documentation, and field reporting requirements.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and construction platforms such as Procore, Bluebeam, Microsoft Project, or similar systems.
• OSHA 30 required; valid driver’s license and ability to complete required drug, background, credentialing, health‑screening, and driving‑record requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with hospital, healthcare, medical‑office, laboratory, outpatient, occupied‑facility, or other sensitive operational construction.
• Experience with Infection Control Risk Assessments, infection‑control permits, Interim Life Safety Measures, phased renovations, and healthcare containment requirements.
• Experience coordinating shutdowns, temporary services, medical equipment, medical‑gas, complex MEP systems, controls, or commissioning activities.
• Healthcare ICRA training, MUST, Certified Storm Water Operator, CPR and First Aid, or other project‑specific credentials.

Why Join Team Roncelli?

• Competitive, market‑informed compensation
• Performance‑based incentive opportunities for eligible positions
• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits for eligible Team Members
• Paid time off and company holidays
• Training, mentorship, and professional‑development opportunities
• Clear career paths and opportunities for advancement
• Exposure to complex projects across diverse construction markets
• Approachable leadership and a collaborative, people‑first culture
• A workplace grounded in Safety, Family, Integrity, Adaptability, and Community

Compensation

Actual compensation within the posted range will be determined based on relevant qualifications, experience, demonstrated competencies, role complexity, market expertise, and internal equity. Eligible positions may also participate in applicable incentive, vehicle, travel, or project‑related programs in accordance with company policy.

Working Environment and Physical Requirements

This position operates primarily on active healthcare construction sites, including occupied hospitals, outpatient facilities, laboratories, medical offices, and areas adjacent to patient care. Work may involve electrical and mechanical hazards, noise, dust, temporary barriers, infection‑control measures, and varying indoor and outdoor conditions.

The employee must be able to stand and walk for extended periods, navigate uneven terrain and unfinished structures, climb stairs and ladders, bend, kneel, crouch, wear required personal protective equipment, and occasionally lift or move materials weighing up to 50 pounds. Evening, overnight, weekend, or off‑shift work may be necessary to support shutdowns, clinical operations, commissioning, and facility requirements. Strict compliance with safety, infection‑control, patient‑protection, and facility rules is mandatory.

Work Authorization

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States. Roncelli does not provide or take over employment visa sponsorship now or in the future for this position.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Roncelli, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or any other status protected by applicable law.