Construction Superintendent

R2 Companies is seeking an experienced Project Superintendent to lead field operations for the renovation and redevelopment of 550 W Randolph, a seven-story commercial building in Chicago's West Loop.

This is a hands-on field leadership role responsible for the day-to-day management, coordination, safety, quality, logistics, and schedule of construction activities. The ideal candidate is proactive, organized, technically capable, and experienced managing complex commercial renovation work.

• Manage and coordinate all daily field construction activities.
• Direct subcontractors and ensure work is properly staffed, sequenced, and completed in accordance with the project schedule.
• Develop and maintain detailed 3–4 week look-ahead schedules and daily work plans.
• Coordinate subcontractors and identify potential conflicts before they impact construction.
• Lead regular subcontractor coordination and field meetings.
• Monitor the overall project schedule and proactively address potential delays or sequencing issues.
• Maintain a safe, organized, and professional jobsite.
• Enforce project safety requirements and subcontractor compliance.
• Perform regular field inspections for quality control and conformance with drawings, specifications, approved submittals, and applicable codes.
• Coordinate required inspections with the City, consultants, testing agencies, and other authorities.
• Review drawings, specifications, RFIs, submittals, and field conditions necessary to execute the work.
• Identify discrepancies, constructability concerns, incomplete information, and unforeseen conditions and communicate them promptly to the project team.
• Coordinate site access, deliveries, staging, material storage, temporary protection, and construction logistics.
• Maintain accurate daily reports documenting manpower, subcontractor activity, deliveries, inspections, weather, progress, delays, and significant field issues.
• Document existing conditions and construction progress with photographs.
• Track field deficiencies and punch-list items through completion.
• Coordinate shutdowns, temporary utilities, protection, and work affecting existing building systems.
• Work closely with the Project Manager on schedule, procurement, RFIs, change conditions, subcontractor performance, and upcoming work.
• Verify subcontractors have the required information, materials, equipment, manpower, and access before scheduled work begins.
• Hold subcontractors accountable for schedule commitments, quality, safety, cleanup, and completion.
• Assist with project turnover, inspections, commissioning, punch list, and closeout.
• Complete daily reports with daily photos and documentation.

• Lead field operations for a complex, multi-phase renovation of an existing seven-story commercial building.
• Coordinate multiple concurrent work areas involving demolition, structural modifications, building envelope work, rooftop construction, elevators, and MEP systems.
• Develop and manage construction sequencing and logistics within a constrained urban site, including deliveries, staging, access, exterior protection, and major field operations.
• Proactively identify existing-condition conflicts, constructability issues, coordination gaps, and schedule risks before they impact the work.
• Coordinate closely with the project management team, ownership, design consultants, and subcontractors as design and field conditions evolve.
• Maintain strong control of short-term scheduling, subcontractor performance, safety, quality, and overall field organization.

• 5+ years of commercial construction field supervision experience preferred.
• Demonstrated experience as a Superintendent or Assistant Superintendent on commercial renovation, adaptive reuse, office, institutional, hospitality, or similar projects.
• Strong experience working in existing buildings and renovation environments.
• Experience coordinating complex scopes including structural modifications, building envelope/façade work, rooftop construction, elevators, and MEP systems is preferred.
• Strong understanding of construction sequencing, means and methods, drawings, specifications, and field coordination.
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