- Provide continuous onsite supervision while construction activities are underway.
- Manage daily field operations from project startup through turnover.
- Coordinate subcontractors, manpower, sequencing, materials, equipment, and deliveries.
- Hold subcontractors accountable for schedule, quality, manpower, safety, and performance.
- Conduct regular subcontractor and project coordination meetings.
- Maintain effective communication with Project Management and other project team members.
- Identify field issues early and develop practical solutions.
Scheduling and Project Planning
- Develop, maintain, and drive the overall construction schedule.
- Update schedules weekly and prepare two-week look-ahead schedules.
- Coordinate trade sequencing and upcoming manpower requirements.
- Anticipate material, equipment, inspection, and subcontractor needs.
- Track critical deliveries and long-lead items.
- Maintain project milestones and proactively address potential delays.
Preconstruction and Construction Coordination
- Review construction drawings, permit drawings, specifications, revisions, shop drawings, and subcontractor scopes.
- Verify existing field conditions, dimensions, utilities, and tie-ins.
- Coordinate project layout with subcontractors.
- Identify constructability, sequencing, and coordination issues before they affect construction.
- Coordinate permitting requirements and inspections.
- Prepare and communicate Requests for Information (RFIs) when field conditions or construction documents require clarification.
- Communicate drawing discrepancies and field concerns to the project team.
Quality Control and Inspections
- Monitor subcontractor installations for compliance with plans, specifications, codes, and project standards.
- Identify deficient work and coordinate corrective action.
- Inspect rough-ins, finishes, dimensions, equipment locations, and other critical details.
- Coordinate required building and trade inspections.
- Maintain an ongoing punch list throughout construction.
- Ensure completed work meets client expectations before turnover.
Safety and Jobsite Management
- Maintain a safe, clean, organized, and professional jobsite.
- Enforce applicable safety requirements and jobsite procedures.
- Conduct weekly safety meetings and toolbox talks.
- Maintain required permits, schedules, and safety documentation onsite.
- Document and promptly report accidents, incidents, or property damage.
- Protect existing conditions and completed work throughout construction.
Project Documentation
- Complete accurate daily construction logs.
- Document manpower, inspections, deliveries, and daily jobsite activities.
- Maintain progress photographs and weekly project reporting.
- Track RFIs, submittals, changes, and other project documentation.
- Use Procore for drawings, schedules, daily logs, photographs, inspections, and reporting.
- Maintain required weekly safety documentation.
Project Completion and Closeout
- Coordinate final building, fire, health, and other required inspections.
- Manage punch-list items and incomplete work through final completion.
- Coordinate subcontractors during final corrections and closeout.
- Support Temporary Certificate of Occupancy and Certificate of Occupancy requirements.
- Coordinate as-built drawings, permits, inspection records, and turnover documentation.
- Ensure outstanding project items are clearly documented and resolved.
Required Qualifications
- Proven experience as a Commercial Construction Superintendent working for a General Contractor.
- Demonstrated ability to independently manage a commercial construction project and multiple subcontractors.
- Strong knowledge of construction sequencing, scheduling, and field operations.
- Ability to read and interpret construction drawings, specifications, shop drawings, and subcontractor scopes.
- Experience coordinating RFIs, submittals, inspections, quality control, punch lists, and project closeout.
- Strong understanding of construction safety and jobsite management.
- Ability to proactively identify problems and develop practical field solutions.
- Strong leadership, communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to serve as the primary onsite leader throughout the assigned project.
- For local positions, ability to work at projects throughout Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach counties.
- For traveling positions, willingness and ability to travel to assigned project locations.
Preferred Qualifications
- Restaurant construction experience with a General Contractor.
- Experience using Procore or comparable construction management software.
- For traveling opportunities, candidates based in the Dallas, Texas area are currently preferred.
Work Environment
- Onsite commercial and restaurant construction environment.
- Daily coordination with subcontractors, project teams, inspectors, and suppliers.
- Primary responsibility for field execution, scheduling, safety, quality, and documentation.
- Local assignments throughout the South Florida tri-county area.
- Traveling assignments outside the South Florida tri-county area.
- Support from executive leadership, Senior Superintendents, and the General Superintendent.
- Ownership of assigned projects from mobilization through final turnover.
Key Competencies
- Construction field leadership
- Subcontractor coordination and accountability
- Restaurant and commercial construction
- Construction scheduling and look-ahead planning
- Trade sequencing
- Drawing and specification interpretation
- Constructability review
- Quality control and inspections
- Jobsite safety
- RFIs and project documentation
- Procore
- Punch-list management and closeout
- Proactive problem-solving
- Communication and organization
- Project ownership
Compensation and Travel Arrangements Local Superintendent
- Base salary of $115,000–$125,000 annually.
- Fluctuating workweek (FWW) overtime premium for eligible hours worked over 40 in a workweek.
- Mileage reimbursement according to company policy and the applicable IRS mileage rate.
- For qualifying home-to-jobsite travel, the current company policy reimburses mileage above the first 20 miles driven per day.
Traveling Superintendent
- Base salary of $120,000–$130,000 annually.
- FWW overtime premium for eligible hours worked over 40 in a workweek.
- Per diem for qualifying business travel according to company policy.
- Current travel policy provides allowances for qualifying meals and lodging expenses.
- Candidates may reside outside Florida.