Description
The Project Superintendent / Site Safety position oversees daily field operations and site safety for federal construction and renovation projects. This position coordinates subcontractors, work sequencing, deliveries, and inspections while working closely with the Project Manager and government representatives. Responsibilities include maintaining schedules, verifying quality, identifying hazards, and enforcing project safety requirements. The role requires on-site leadership, federal construction experience, and travel or extended assignments at project locations.
Duties and Responsibilities:
The Essential Duties and Responsibilities are intended to present a descriptive list of the range of duties performed for this position and are not intended to reflect all duties performed within the job. Other duties may be assigned.
• Supervise daily field operations on federal construction and renovation projects.
• Maintain look-ahead schedules and coordinate daily work sequencing.
• Direct subcontractors and field crews to meet schedule and quality requirements.
• Coordinate site access, deliveries, equipment, and material staging.
• Review plans, specifications, and approved submittals before work begins.
• Inspect work for quality and coordinate required testing and inspections.
• Implement the site safety plan and review activity hazard analyses before work.
• Conduct daily safety inspections, orientations, and toolbox talks.
• Enforce site safety rules and stop unsafe work until hazards are corrected.
• Report incidents and near misses; document and track corrective actions.
• Maintain daily reports, site photos, safety records, and progress updates.
• Coordinate with the Project Manager on field issues, punch lists, and closeout.
Required Qualifications and Experience:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to satisfactorily perform each essential duty. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Experience supervising commercial construction or renovation projects.
• Federal construction experience and familiarity with government project sites.
• Experience coordinating multiple trades and subcontractors in the field.
• Ability to read construction plans, specifications, and approved submittals.
• Working knowledge of construction methods, sequencing, and quality control.
• Experience conducting site safety inspections and correcting hazards.
• Ability to prepare daily reports, safety records, and look-ahead schedules.
• Safety training and credentials appropriate to assigned project requirements.
• Ability to meet project-specific site access and qualification requirements.
• Willingness to travel and remain on site for extended project assignments.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Other Characteristics
• Clear communication with crews, subcontractors, and government personnel.
• Strong field leadership and ability to hold subcontractors accountable.
• Effective organization, daily planning, and time management.
• Practical judgment and problem-solving under changing field conditions.
• Ability to balance production priorities with safe work practices.
• Attention to detail and consistent follow-through on corrective actions.
• Professionalism when representing the company at project sites.
• Adaptability when schedules, site conditions, or priorities change.
• Ability to resolve conflicts and address unsafe behavior constructively.
• Ownership and accountability for site safety, quality, and progress.
Physical Demands and Working Conditions:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Employee must maintain a constant state of mental alertness at all times. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Essential and marginal functions may require maintaining physical condition necessary for bending, stooping, sitting, walking or standing for prolonged periods of time; most of time is spent sitting in a comfortable position with frequent opportunity to move about.
Additional Position Duties:
This position description is intended to describe the general content and requirements for performance of this job. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all job duties, responsibilities, and requirements. Other duties may be assigned, and the company reserves the right to modify, interpret, and apply the job description as necessary. This position description is not a contract for employment and employment is "at-will" unless otherwise stated in a Union contract, employment agreement, or where prohibited by local, state, or federal regulations.
