General Superintendent Place & Finish

Career Opportunities with Kent Companies Summary

The Place and Finish General Superintendent manages all project planning and proactively monitors and verifies project execution, including safety, schedule, cost, and quality. The general superintendent is also responsible for ensuring customer service by identifying, monitoring, and resolving conflict, as well as assuring efficient internal and external communication.

• Oversee all place and finish operations across multiple projects to ensure schedule, quality, and production goals are achieved.
• Provide on-site leadership and direct supervision for superintendents, foremen, and field crews.
• Works as a team member and leader to pour, level, and finish concrete successfully.
• Provide direct field oversight for all concrete pours, ensuring proper place and finish execution, compliance with quality standards, safety expectations, and project specifications.
• Coordinate manpower, equipment, and material needs with project management and field leadership teams.
• Monitors productivity, efficiency, and profitability for all current projects (through weekly reports from project management), including the correct allocation of resources.
• Promotes workforce development by mentoring, training, and developing personnel in all aspects of their careers.
• Forecasts project schedules and assists in accelerating the work to stay ahead of schedule.
• Ensure accurate daily reporting, manpower tracking, and communication of project progress.
• Ensure company equipment is lawfully operated, cared for, maintained, and used effectively.
• Develop strong, collaborative relationships with customers and vendors, thereby helping to resolve conflicts and ensuring expectations are being met and potential future opportunities.
• Acts as the main point of communication between the field and office, including investigation and conflict resolution when challenges arise.
• Coordinates field hiring and management coordination with appropriate support divisions.
• Reviews and validates estimates with the preconstruction team once in the final stage of negotiations.
• Communicates directly with the general contractor’s field team to ensure expectations are being met.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities required of the employee for this job. Duties and Responsibilities are not comprehensive and can be changed at any time, with or without notice.

• 12+ years of field coordination or relevant commercial construction project experience, with at least 5 years in a field management role at a foreman or superintendent level or above.
• Demonstrated ability to read, interpret and execute construction drawings and contract specifications. Resolving discrepancies as needed.
• Proven experience in producing look‑ahead schedules and working with other construction documents as required by the project and leadership.
• General problem‑solving/conflict resolution skills.
• Understand basic project financial information (monthly cost projections, labor cost reports, etc.)
• Valid driver’s license
• Must have reliable transportation to the workplace(s)/job location(s).
• Ability to pass drug screening.
• Must be able to work in the United States without corporate sponsorship now and in the future.

10+ years of experience working in construction as a sub‑contractor / trade partner.

• Weekly pay
• PTO (Paid Time Off)
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Supplemental insurance options
• Retirement plans with discretionary employer‑matching
• Holiday pay (New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day)

Our goal is to offer an unparalleled career progression that is not precisely pre‑determined; rather, it builds on the teammate’s strengths, interests, and pursuits as the individual gains experience, grows, and develops in their career. You would be hard‑pressed to find another ENR Top 6 Commercial Concrete Company that parallels Kent Companies.