General Superintendent

General Superintendent

The General Superintendent leads the construction process and maximizes the teams' potential to safely deliver a successful project. The General Superintendent, as an extension to the Operations Manager, will act as an ambassador of the Manhattan brand who ensures clients, users, and the local community are proud of and satisfied with the development of our projects. Responsible for ensuring safety, schedule delivery, quality of work performed, and adherence to budget of multiple projects.

This position must demonstrate strong leadership, organizational, and time management skills and strong communication and client service skills.

Major duties and responsibilities include managing construction risks on assigned projects, developing and implementing remedies to address cost overruns or schedule slippages on assigned projects, assisting with the implementation and interpretation of Company safety programs on assigned projects, delivering a quality project that meets the client's agreed specifications to time and budget, ensuring the appropriate project reporting is completed within the agreed timeframe and providing clear direction to the project team, ensuring project schedule is built per company policies and ensuring all activities take place on or ahead of scheduled dates, taking part in the review of bid schedules and General Conditions estimates on assigned projects, attending and participating in project meetings, including subcontractor meetings on assigned projects, assisting with Pre Con/Estimating phase of the project on those projects assigned, attending project status report reviewing on assigned projects, responsible for conducting themselves in accordance with our Guiding Principles and exhibiting attributes matching the Way We Work, and other duties as assigned.

Manhattan way responsibilities include Safety, Health and Environmental, Client Focus, Risk Management, Change Management, Quality Management, and Project Closeout.

Job skills and abilities guidelines include a track record of working on large construction projects, experience with risk management and claim resolution, broad understanding of industry, strong written and verbal communication skills, functions effectively as a leader of a team, exhibits strong leadership qualities, strong decision-making/problem-solving skills, computer knowledge and efficiency, including Microsoft Office products, and excellent time management and organizational skills.

Minimum qualifications include a Bachelor's Degree
- Construction Management, Engineering or equivalent. May substitute required education degree with related experience on a one-to-one basis, 15 years of industry experience, and experience in healthcare, laboratories, and sports sectors preferred.

Working conditions and physical efforts include being adaptable to all types of weather conditions and traversing and inspecting all areas of a construction job site, including walking, climbing, reaching, bending, crawling, or stretching. Ability to physically stand, bend, sit for long periods, and squat throughout the day. Ability to repeat the same movements. Ability to communicate effectively to participate fully in meetings, video conferences, and phone calls.

Ability to compose, send, and reply to emails and written correspondence. Must be able to lift, pull, or move up to 50 pounds at a time. Travel may be required occasionally, primarily in the metropolitan area but sometimes domestically (must have a valid Driver's License). Exposure to characteristic construction site hazards.

About Manhattan:
Founded in 1896, Manhattan is a top-ranked national construction services firm that provides preconstruction, construction management, program management, general building, and design-build services. Manhattan's award-winning portfolio includes mission-critical, sports, healthcare, government, education, laboratory, aviation, transportation, convention, casino, and hospitality facilities. Manhattan is a 20-time Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Accredited Quality Contractor (AQC), ABC 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 Top Performing Contractor, Ten-time STEP Diamond Safety Award Winner, 2017, 2021, and 2022 National Safety Pinnacle Award winner, and 2023 Great Company To Work For (Oklahoma Magazine).

Under the fifth generation of Rooney family ownership and headquartered in Oklahoma, Manhattan focuses on building trust and building excellence. We pride ourselves on our uncompromising commitment to ethical conduct, safety, and making fiscally sound business decisions to support our clients' long-term goals, team members, and project partners. For the same reasons we have so many tenured team members, we also have been fortunate to work with many clients for decades, some for over half a century.