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Construction Superintendent; Travelling

Job in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 60601, USA
Listing for: BW Filling & Closing
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-07-01
Job specializations:
  • Construction
    Operations Management
  • Management
    Operations Management, Program / Project Manager, Contracts Manager
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: Construction Superintendent(Travelling)

Construction Site Superintendent

The Construction Site Superintendent oversees the operations of a construction site, from planning to completion. Responsible for the performance of all subcontractors, ensuring that projects are completed on time and within budget.

Promote, execute, and adhere to the company's safety program, and encourage all employees and subcontractors to adopt safety as a culture.

Project Oversight:

  • Assume complete responsibility for project construction ensuring safe, high quality, timely and cost-effective execution of project work with minimal guidance from senior level leadership
  • Function as the sole Design Group job-site superintendent
  • Impart knowledge of principles of construction, including forming and placing of concrete, process piping, crane operations and erection of structural steel, installation of cladding on buildings, completion of roofing, plumbing, electrical and HVAC, interior finishes, and installation of manufacturing equipment
  • Impart knowledge of the materials, tools and equipment used in the industrial construction industry, industrial building and safety codes, rules, and regulations
  • Read and interpret construction plans; make real time updates to redline drawings and ensure subcontractors do the same
  • Navigate and learn new construction management software in an efficient manner
  • Manage inspection process from progress inspection to Certificate of Occupancy

Preconstruction:

  • Actively participates in development of the construction schedule including phasing, critical path and long lead procurement
  • Create site logistics plans identifying trailer location, material storage, access points, gates, safety requirements, signage, and temporary utilities
  • Reviews and provide feedback to ensure budget is set up correctly for Site General Requirements.
  • Provide technical expertise and constructability review throughout the pre-construction process including reviewing the construction plans, specifications, as well as advising the project manager of issues and/or deficiencies and generating internal RFI log of issues.

Buyout/Scope of work:

  • Supports the preconstruction team with writing and reviewing the scopes of work per divisional breakout out of work.
  • Understand subcontractor and supplier contract scopes
  • Participate in trade partner interviews and ensure trade partner’s ability to meet the project schedule.

Safety:

  • Reviews and Identifies all High-Risk activities with the work and ensures proper planning/approvals are taken prior to performing.
  • Reviews subcontractor safety plans and ensures High Risk Safety activities mitigations measures are in place prior to the performance of the work.
  • Sets example for site safety and manages subs ensuring compliance with Design Group's Health, Safety, Environment and Quality (HSEQ) guidelines and procedures along with all local requirements (OSHA, USACE EM385.1.1) and Site safety requirements
  • Ensures the project site if fully compliant from a safety standpoint; site signage, site safety orientations, cleanliness, working in a safe manner.
  • Ensures all project safety documentation and permits are available and being utilized as required.
  • Performs the Safety Manager responsibilities on smaller jobs without a Full time Safety Manager.
  • Creates agenda with PE for weekly site wide safety meeting and presents the meeting with documentation of participation.
  • Lead on-site safety meetings/Toolbox talks

Schedule:

  • Leads development of the project schedule in close association with the project team.
  • Leads the managing and coordination of sub contractor work to ensure they are meeting the project schedule dates, milestones and completion dates, sequencing, and durations.
  • In conjunction with Project Controls leads the weekly updating of all construction schedule activities
  • Leads updating schedule activities, using a 3 week look- ahead, in the project schedule with Project controls
  • Manages weekly work against the agreed/vetted weekly work plan
  • Leads the Pull Plan Sessions and implementation of the Last Planner

Permit/Inspections/Daily Logs:

  • Managers all JHA inspections, calls them in and walks with the inspector.
  • Maintain daily paperwork including Procore daily reports, schedule updates, and system correspondence, and jobsite photos, and project safety inspections.

Subcontractor and Site Management:

  • Provide leadership by establishing and maintaining an effective and harmonious working relationship with the client and Design Group team members and subcontractors
  • Participate in regular update meetings with off-site PM and upper management
  • Leads subcontractor foreman meeting
  • Leads Daily huddle and confirms daily activities against the current day on WWP
  • Directs all work with subcontractors
  • Ensures subs are compliant and adheres to the project schedule production and duration of work
  • Conduct subcontractor start-up meeting prior to the beginning of the scope and lead subcontractor coordination meetings
  • Has full understanding of subcontractor's scope responsibilities to insure contract compliance
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