Traveling Superintendent

Traveling Superintendent needed

• Travel nationwide to supervise ground-up fast-food restaurant construction, restaurant renovations, remodels, and tenant improvement projects from mobilization through final turnover.

• Manage daily field operations, subcontractors, vendors, and construction crews to ensure projects meet established schedules, budgets, quality standards, and safety requirements.

• Oversee all phases of restaurant construction, including sitework, excavation, foundations, concrete, structural framing, roofing, exterior finishes, interior buildout, and final site improvements.

• Coordinate installation of commercial kitchen equipment, walk-in coolers and freezers, exhaust hoods, grease interceptors, plumbing, HVAC, electrical, fire protection, and food-service systems.

• Review architectural, structural, civil, and MEP drawings to identify design conflicts, constructability issues, and discrepancies before they affect field production.

• Develop and maintain project schedules, coordinate trade sequencing, and manage critical-path activities to meet aggressive restaurant opening dates.

• Direct subcontractor activities, conduct daily coordination meetings, monitor manpower, and verify that work progresses according to project milestones.

• Coordinate material procurement, equipment deliveries, site logistics, temporary utilities, inspections, and installation schedules.

• Collaborate with Project Managers, owners, franchise representatives, architects, engineers, vendors, and local building officials to resolve field issues and maintain project momentum.

• Monitor workmanship and conduct quality-control inspections to ensure compliance with approved plans, specifications, building codes, and client standards.

• Enforce OSHA regulations, site‑specific safety plans, PPE requirements, housekeeping standards, and safe work practices across all project sites.

• Identify schedule delays, material shortages, subcontractor deficiencies, and unforeseen site conditions; implement corrective actions to maintain progress.

• Coordinate permitting, utility connections, concrete testing, fire and life-safety inspections, equipment startup, and municipal approvals.

• Prepare daily reports, progress updates, inspection records, schedule forecasts, and documentation of field changes and construction activities.

• Manage punch lists, final cleaning, landscaping, paving, signage, equipment commissioning, and final inspections before restaurant turnover.

• Coordinate closely with restaurant operations and ownership teams to support equipment training, final handover, and readiness for opening.

• Manage multiple projects or locations as assigned, adapting to local subcontractors, site conditions, construction requirements, and client expectations.

• Ensure projects are delivered safely, on schedule, within budget, and in accordance with brand standards and restaurant opening commitments