TFO Superintendent

Applied Digital; Fargo (ND); Presencial; USD 110.000 - 150.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Applied Digital seeks a field-focused TFO Superintendent to provide owner-side leadership for Tenant Fit-Out construction at an active data center campus. This role drives field readiness, trades coordination, installation sequencing, quality execution, and turnover readiness to meet project milestones.

You will work with the TFO Project Manager, coordinating with general contractors, trade partners, and campus teams to ensure activities are sequenced, documented, and turned over per project

Formación

• 10+ years of commercial or industrial construction field experience.
• 5+ years in a superintendent, general superintendent, field manager, or owner's representative role.
• Field leadership experience on data center, mission-critical, industrial, or complex MEP-intensive projects preferred.
• OSHA 30 or comparable construction safety training preferred.

Responsabilidades

• Provide daily field leadership and coordination for assigned TFO work.
• Manage daily/look-ahead schedule to ensure milestones are met.
• Oversee quality assurance, inspections, punch lists, and turnover readiness.
• Coordinate logistics, equipment, and site readiness for uninterrupted progress.
• Support commissioning, testing, and turnover activities with field readiness.

Conocimientos

Field leadership

Site coordination

Schedule management

QA/QC

Safety compliance

Communication skills

Bluebeam

MS Office

Reading drawings

Problem-solving

Educación

High school diploma or equivalent

AS/BA in Construction Management or Engineering

OSHA 30 training

Herramientas

Field management platforms

Scheduling software

Photo documentation tools

Descripción del empleo

Applied Digital is seeking a field-focused TFO Superintendent to provide daily owner-side oversight and coordination for Tenant Fit-Out (TFO) construction at an active data center campus.

The TFO Superintendent is Applied Digital's field execution leader and is accountable for the day-to-day delivery of assigned work scopes. The role owns field readiness, trade coordination, installation sequencing, quality execution, turnover preparation, and achievement of short-interval production goals required to meet project milestones. The role will work closely with the TFO Project Manager while maintaining a constant field presence and a detailed understanding of the work in place and upcoming constraints.

The TFO Superintendent will coordinate with general contractor field leadership, trade partners, Commissioning, Safety, Design, Operations, equipment vendors, and tenant representatives to ensure the work is sequenced, installed, documented, and turned over in accordance with project requirements.

The position ultimately ensures that daily field execution supports the approved weekly schedule, quality standards, safe operations, and tenant readiness milestones.

Key Responsibilities

Daily Field Leadership & Coordination

• Maintain a consistent onsite presence and serve as Applied Digital's daily field lead for assigned TFO work.
• Lead daily field coordination efforts necessary to achieve planned production, resolve constraints, and maintain progress against project milestones.
• Hold contractors accountable for staffing, productivity, material readiness, access, and sequencing required to achieve planned field progress.
• Drive alignment across TFO work, base building activities, commissioning, Operations, technology deployment, and campus stakeholders to prevent execution conflicts and maintain schedule continuity.
• Lead resolution of field constraints, conflicts, quality concerns, and schedule risks within assigned authority and escape issues requiring management intervention.

Daily & Look-Ahead Schedule Management

• Ensure assigned work scopes are fully prepared for execution by validating labor, materials, access, equipment, permits, inspections, and predecessor activities.
• Drive contractor planning efforts and validate that upcoming work activities are properly sequenced and adequately resourced to achieve planned milestones
• Evaluate planned versus actual production and drive corrective actions necessary to recover delays and maintain milestone commitments.
• Coordinate upcoming shutdowns, energization activities, deliveries, inspections, testing windows, and tenant access requirements.
• Provide the TFO Project Manager with accurate field status and schedule observations for weekly reporting and decision-making.

Quality Assurance, Quality Control & Inspections

• Ensure assigned work scopes are installed in accordance with approved quality requirements and hold contractors accountable for execution of inspection, testing, and first-in-place processes.
• Coordinate owner observations, mockups, first-work inspections, equipment receipt inspections, deficiency tracking, and punch list activities.
• Confirm current approved drawings, submittals, RFIs, and installation requirements are available to the field team.
• Identify nonconforming work, drive corrective action plans, and validate completion through final resolution.
• Ensure inspection readiness and successful completion of required inspections without impacting planned construction, commissioning, or turnover activities.
• Maintain photo documentation and field records that support issue resolution, progress validation, testing, and turnover.

Logistics, Equipment & Site Readiness

• Lead daily site logistics planning and execution to maintain safe, efficient, and uninterrupted progress of assigned work scopes.
• Ensure owner-furnished and contractor-furnished equipment is received, protected, staged, and available to support planned installation activities.
• Coordinate delivery timing and field access with the TFO Project Manager, Procurement, vendors, contractors, and campus teams.
• Deliver work areas in a condition that supports follow-on trades, commissioning activities, tenant deployment, and Operations turnover without avoidable delays.
• Promote disciplined housekeeping, protection of completed work, and timely removal of temporary materials and conditions.

Commissioning, Punch List & Turnover Support

• Lead field readiness efforts required to achieve construction completion, commissioning, integrated testing, and Ready for Service milestones.
• Drive closure of prerequisites, deficiencies, and corrective actions required to support successful commissioning and testing activities.
• Manage general contractor field-level punch list walkthroughs, assignment, validation, and closure tracking.
• Ensure turnover deliverables are complete, accurate, and accepted prior to release to commissioning, Operations, or tenant stakeholders.
• Support collection and validation of as-built information, equipment documentation, test records, and closeout evidence.

Safety & Role Boundaries

• Observe field conditions and immediately communicate unsafe conditions or noncompliance through established project safety channels.
• Support the campus safety program and reinforce contractor compliance with approved plans, permits, and critical-work procedures.
• This role provides owner-side oversight and does not direct contractor means and methods or replace the contractor's responsibility for safety, supervision, quality control, or trade labor.
• The TFO Project Manager owns the overall project budget, contracts, change management, tenant commercial coordination, and weekly schedule reporting.
• The TFO Superintendent is accountable for successful execution of assigned field work scopes, including short-interval schedule performance, contractor coordination, quality outcomes, logistics readiness, punch list completion, and turnover milestone achievement.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Understanding of field construction sequencing, trade coordination, short-interval planning, logistics, inspections, punch lists, and commissioning readiness.
• Strong knowledge of mission-critical and data center TFO installations, with emphasis on MEP systems, controls, support infrastructure, architectural completion, and equipment integration.
• Ability to read and interpret drawings, specifications, submittals, RFIs, schedules, inspection plans, and commissioning documents.
• Experience identifying field conflicts, quality deficiencies, access constraints, manpower concerns, and schedule risks before they affect milestones.
• Strong communication, documentation, and problem-solving skills with credibility among contractor field teams.
• Proficiency with Bluebeam, field management platforms, photo documentation tools, scheduling look-aheads, and Microsoft Office applications.
• Ability to work effectively in an active construction environment with changing priorities and extended work schedules.
• Visible, proactive, detail-oriented, and accountable field leadership style.

Education and Experience

• High school diploma or equivalent required; associate or bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field preferred.
• 10+ years of commercial or industrial construction field experience, including 5+ years in a superintendent, general superintendent, field manager, or owner's representative role.
• Field leadership experience on data center, mission-critical, industrial, advanced manufacturing, or complex MEP-intensive projects preferred.
• Experience with phased turnover, energization, commissioning, QA/QC, equipment installation, and active-site logistics strongly preferred.
• OSHA 30 or comparable construction safety training preferred.

Travel

• This is an onsite, campus-based role.
• The position may require early mornings, evenings, weekends, or alternate shifts based on project execution needs.
• Periodic travel may be required for vendor inspections, coordination, or support at other campuses.