Project Superintendent - Healthcare Construction

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Are you interested in becoming an employee-owner with a leading national general contractor that will provide you with opportunities to Build More in your professional career? The Christman Company is seeking an experienced Healthcare Superintendent to join our team in the DC Metro / Northern Virginia region.

The Project Superintendent is responsible for leading the day‑to‑day field operations on complex healthcare construction projects, including renovations, additions, and new construction within active healthcare environments. This role coordinates trade contractors, sequences work to minimize disruptions to patient care, maintains project schedules, ensures quality, and enforces safety while adhering to stringent healthcare regulations and infection prevention requirements. The Healthcare Superintendent partners closely with clients, clinical staff, facility management teams, and project stakeholders to deliver projects safely, efficiently, and with minimal impact to ongoing hospital operations.

• Ensure Christman is represented on‑site every day that work is being performed while setting expectations, maintaining accountability, and leading field operations.
• Lead construction activities within occupied healthcare facilities while prioritizing patient safety, infection prevention, noise and vibration mitigation, and operational continuity.
• Review conceptual, schematic, and design development documents for constructability, phasing, temporary utilities, shutdown planning, site logistics, and healthcare‑specific operational impacts.
• Develop and execute detailed project phasing plans that minimize disruptions to patient care and critical hospital operations.
• Coordinate closely with hospital facility personnel, clinical departments, infection prevention teams, security, environmental services, and other stakeholders throughout construction.
• Implement and enforce project‑specific safety programs while integrating Infection Control Risk Assessments (ICRA), Interim Life Safety Measures (ILSM), and other healthcare regulatory requirements.
• Conduct site safety orientations for all personnel, emphasizing both traditional construction safety and healthcare‑specific protocols, including infection control, containment, and patient‑sensitive work practices.
• Monitor and enforce compliance with OSHA standards, hospital policies, Joint Commission expectations, and applicable healthcare codes and regulations.
• Promptly investigate accidents, safety incidents, and infection control violations while implementing corrective actions as necessary.
• Plan and coordinate site logistics, including temporary barriers, containment systems, equipment locations, material deliveries, access routes, and emergency egress.
• Partner with the Project Manager, client representatives, designers, and trade contractors to develop detailed work plans and coordinate upcoming activities through regular progress meetings.
• Coordinate utility shutdowns, tie‑ins, commissioning activities, and critical infrastructure work to minimize disruptions to healthcare operations.
• Oversee technical interpretation of construction documents and recommend construction methods that meet quality standards while maintaining hospital functionality.
• Facilitate pre‑installation meetings with trade contractors, hospital representatives, and facility personnel for critical work affecting occupied spaces.
• Coordinate inspections, permitting, AHJ requirements, life safety inspections, and regulatory approvals necessary to complete work.
• Prioritize review of critical submittals related to medical equipment coordination, MEP systems, dimensional control, and constructability.
• Maintain rolling punch lists while ensuring high‑quality finishes appropriate for healthcare environments.
• Verify and authorize trade contractor time and material work when applicable.
• Approve emergency purchases necessary to maintain project safety, schedule, or hospital operations in coordination with project leadership.
• Prepare accurate daily reports documenting project progress, safety observations, infection control compliance, weather conditions,…