Superintendent - Healthcare Construction Job at USA Jobs in Austin

Superintendent

Our Superintendent manages daily on-site operations ensuring a safe, cost-effective and high-quality construction process while driving the project to exceed schedule expectations. The ideal candidate has a strong safety mindset, excels in strategic decision-making, demonstrates proven constructability expertise and effectively collaborates with trade partners.

With a background in healthcare construction, the Superintendent ensures jobsite compliance with strict regulations, infection control measures, and safety protocols while minimizing disruption in active facilities. Extensive experience with ICRA implementation, interim life safety measures, and coordination of specialized MEP systems supports safe and uninterrupted operations in sensitive healthcare environments. The Superintendent plays a key role in developing and leading field teams, proactively managing schedules, and sequencing work to avoid disruptions to patient care. Close coordination with hospital staff, subcontractors, and inspectors ensures clear communication and adherence to both construction and clinical priorities. By reinforcing best practices and fostering accountability on site, the Superintendent helps elevate the company's execution of complex healthcare projects.

What You'll Do

• Safety Management: Ensure compliance with safety regulations, develop project-specific safety plans, and promote safety awareness through regular meetings and huddles.
• Project Planning and Scheduling: Develop production budgets and schedules within the first seven weeks, lead Lean pull planning sessions, and manage timelines to meet milestones and deadlines.
• Site Management: Mobilize the site by establishing utilities, services, and security, maintain organized inventory, and optimize site utilization for efficiency.
• Subcontractor Coordination: Manage subcontractors to align with project goals, address conflicts promptly, and lead weekly coordination meetings with internal and external teams.
• Quality Control: Implement project-specific Quality Control plans, address conflicts in drawings before construction, and resolve quality issues quickly through documentation and corrective actions.
• Cost Management: Track productivity, manage budgets to minimize variances, and approve subcontracts and purchases to maintain cost control.
• Communication and Documentation: Maintain accurate daily logs in Procore, provide timely updates to the Project Manager, and lead site meetings to ensure clear communication of objectives and progress.
• Technical Oversight: Optimize construction techniques, ensure BIM compliance with fieldwork, and resolve discrepancies in methods and materials proactively.

What You Bring To The Team

• A degree in construction management, engineering technology or similar is a plus.
• Proven construction management experience.
• Proficiency with construction management software and Microsoft Office Suite (SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint).

Essential Functions

• Perform physical activities such as twisting, stooping, bending, squatting, kneeling, crawling, climbing ladders and stairs, walking on uneven ground, working on scaffolds above ground, and in ditches below ground. Up to seven hours of an eight-hour shift are spent standing.
• Work comfortably in confined spaces without fear and demonstrate the ability to read GHS labels on containers through color recognition.
• Have depth perception to identify hazards such as excavations and to hear horns or sirens from moving equipment.
• Exhibit good finger manipulation skills for precise tasks.
• Climb on light and heavy equipment, carry, and use hand tools effectively.