Superintendent - MEP

Skanska USA Building

Reports to: Senior Superintendent/Project Manager [Varies by location]

Department: Operations

Location: Where position will be posted

FLSA Classification: Exempt   

Employment Status: Full time

Travel Requirements: Less than 10% (Modify as applicable)

Job Summary:

The Superintendent – MEP is responsible for leading the planning, coordination, and execution of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing work on a construction project. This role ensures MEP systems are installed safely, efficiently, and in compliance with contract documents, design requirements, codes, schedules, and quality standards. As the primary field leader for MEP activities, the superintendent works closely with project management, engineers, inspectors, and trade partners to resolve issues, manage sequencing, and keep the work aligned with project goals.

This position requires strong field leadership, technical knowledge of building systems, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced construction environment. Core responsibilities include supervising subcontractors, monitoring progress, managing logistics, maintaining quality and safety standards, and supporting schedule and cost control. The superintendent also helps manage contracts, risk, change-related issues, and pay requisitions, while ensuring subcontractors meet insurance, certification, and contract requirements before work begins.

The role calls for advanced knowledge in safety, scheduling, quality management, planning, and subcontractor oversight, along with strong communication and problem-solving skills. Candidates should have extensive MEP construction experience, including electrical trade knowledge, experience managing schedules and subcontractors, and familiarity with contracts, plans, and specifications. Success in the role depends on consistent on-site presence, strong collaboration, and a commitment to safe, high-quality project delivery.

Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Plans and establishes goals and objectives for a team, with direct impact on the immediate- or short-term operational results of the department.

• May manage day-to-day elements of the budget (Ex: overtime for staff).
• Responsible for making improvements of processes, systems or products to enhance performance of the job area.
• Solves difficult problems by drawing from prior experience, analysis, and consideration of broader issues, job areas or specialties.
• Communicates with parties within and outside of own job function, which may include external customers or vendors depending upon the job function.
•  Explains policies, practices, and procedures of the job area to others within the organization, working to gain cooperation of other parties on practices, policies, and procedures.
• Supervises a team consisting of professionals, typically at the entry or experienced level.
• Leads, directs, and reviews the work of team members in order to accomplish operational plans and results.
• Provides primary input to hiring, firing, promotion, performance, and rewards decisions for direct reports.
• Demonstrate commitment to an Injury-Free Environment through own actions and mentoring others.
• Demonstrate knowledge and awareness of Skanska’s Self-Perform programs if applicable
• As a Superintendent on an active construction site, this position requires regular and consistent on-site attendance to monitor and observe construction operations and participate in scheduled and ad hoc production, safety, and supervisory meetings.  Additionally, as a manager/supervisor, your presence is required to oversee the work of employees in addition to providing real-time feedback, mentoring, and coaching as needed.
• Other Duties: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified. Duties and responsibilities may be added or changed as deemed appropriate by management at any time.

Education and Experience:

Required Qualifications:

• 7+ years of Proven MEP construction experience
• 5+ years of proven Safety and QAQC experience
• 5+ years experience managing schedules and subcontractors, and coordinating with architectural trades
• 5+ years experience working with contracts and exhibits
• 5+ years experience with detailed planning and demonstrated ability to understand plans and specs  

Competencies / Skills:

Has advanced knowledge and ability to coach/guide others in:

• Safety: Ensures the safe execution of all work activities and ensures adherence to our safety regulations to protect all individuals. Verifies and coordinates work activities to comply with Skanska EHS program and corrects unsafe activities, actions and conditions.

Has demonstrated proficiency in:

• Contract Management: Reviews, executes and manages the client's prime contract as well as subcontracts and vendor agreements. This includes facilitating, administering and participating in contract discussions, reviews and negotiations with all relevant contracting parties.
• Risk and Opportunity Management: Identifies potential risks related to operations, contracts, or project execution. Develops mitigation plans and strategies to control the impact of negative situations or to maximize opportunities throughout the life cycle of a project.
• Building and Construction Knowledge - Planning: Applies building and construction knowledge, utilizing experience and current developments in the industry to prepare detailed construction sequence plans including all necessary material, equipment and labor.
• Building Tools and Technology: Identifies and uses the correct technology, equipment and tools necessary to complete the job.
• Business Development - Field Management: Develops relationships with clients that facilitates likelihood of further work or expansion of scope. Works with project manager to develop strategies and action plans to target and pursue business development opportunities.
• Logistics: Develops, approves, and communicates construction logistics plans, verifying they are in place and clearly understood. Ensures that projects are proceeding according to these plans.
• Monthly Pay Requisitions: Tracks monthly pay requisitions, approve percentages of work done in the field, identify progress, and determine appropriate payments due.
• Plans and Specifications: Reads and interprets construction plans and the technical specifications to aid in constructability review. Ensures submittals are approved prior to proceeding with work.
• Preconstruction Planning - Field Management Building: Provides input for the development of logistics, schedule development, EHS program and planning, and Exhibit A scope of work development.
• Project Cost Management: Monitors, tracks, and forecasts self-perform and subcontractor project costs and quantities, including labor, equipment, and materials to ensure projects are successful and profitable.
• Quality Management - Field Management Building: Develops project-specific quality control plan, following Skanska quality control processes and ensuring overall quality of the project. Monitors work practices to identify concerns or issues that do not meet these quality standards. Follows contract provisions for necessary corrective action.
• Schedule Development - Field Management Building: Takes ultimate ownership for the schedule. Translates contract documents and requirements of the build into the schedule logic. Works with schedulers to identify timeframes and constraints, determines milestones and anticipates activities.
• Schedule Management - Field Management Building: Manages and prioritizes project-wide activities and ensures project activities are completed according to schedule. Mediates and reconciles conflicting or competing project activities or delays. Leverages the schedule as a tool in external party negotiations. Communicates and follows schedules and timelines.
• Subcontractor Certifications: Ensures that subcontractors have necessary insurance and contract requirements in place prior to beginning work.
• Subcontractor Oversight: Monitors, inspects and ensures subcontractors are performing the work safely, are adhering to schedule, and are producing quality work in line with subcontractor agreements and our client contract obligations.
• Work-site Harmony: Creates a work environment that maintains/improves job satisfaction through applying labor standards/regulations and adhering to rules to improve job site harmony and labor productivity. Responds to complaints or concerns regarding work environment issues.

Has a basic understanding of:

• Change Order Management: Follows financial implications of contracts and agreements to protect the company’s interests and rights. Identifies compensable changes and follows the contract provisions to timely resolution.
• Conflict / Dispute Resolution: Handles conflicts and de-escalates disputes between parties. Negotiates resolutions that are agreeable to both parties.

Work Environment/Conditions: This job is performed both in the office and in the field on an active construction site. Field work requires experience and confidence working in and around heavy industrial equipment and systems, which include average to loud noises, the ability to traverse uneven grounds, and possible outdoor weather conditions. Vision requires the capacity for close and far vision, the ability to adjust focus, depth perception, and peripheral vision. Activities and responsibilities require frequent sitting (often working on a computer), frequent driving, flying, walking, standing, light lifting, bending, and reaching. Due to computer usage, there may be repetitive motions of the hands and wrists.