Position Title: Project Superintendent - Healthcare Construction
Location: Brooklyn VA Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Employment Type: Full-Time | On-Site
Reports To: Construction Manager
Position Start Date: August 01, 2026
Salary: Competitive
Position SummaryThe Project Superintendent will serve as the senior on-site construction leader responsible for safety, quality, scheduling, coordination, production, and daily execution of a complex healthcare infrastructure project. This role will oversee multi-trade construction activities including electrical systems, structured cabling, fiber-optic infrastructure, electronic security systems, telecommunications rooms, data center environments, outside plant infrastructure, testing, commissioning, and project closeout.
The ideal candidate has extensive experience managing large-scale construction projects in occupied healthcare, government, or other highly controlled environments where critical operations must remain active.
Key Responsibilities- Provide overall field leadership and supervision for all construction activities.
- Direct foremen, supervisors, subcontractors, technicians, laborers, and specialty trades.
- Coordinate daily work activities across multiple buildings, floors, work areas, and shifts.
- Maintain project safety, quality, productivity, and schedule requirements.
- Coordinate construction activities within an active VA medical facility while protecting patient care and facility operations.
- Enforce infection control, dust control, containment, housekeeping, and access requirements.
- Manage electrical, telecommunications, fiber-optic, security, civil, and technology infrastructure installations.
- Review drawings, specifications, submittals, schedules, and contract documents.
- Develop and maintain short-term look-ahead schedules and daily work plans.
- Track manpower, production, materials, equipment, inspections, and project progress.
- Identify schedule risks, delays, conflicts, and resource needs.
- Coordinate shutdowns, cutovers, temporary systems, and phased construction activities.
- Conduct field coordination meetings and communicate project status to leadership.
- Maintain accurate daily reports, field documentation, photographs, and project records.
- Ensure quality control inspections, testing, commissioning, punch-list completion, and turnover activities are completed successfully.
- Support final project acceptance, closeout documentation, and demobilization.
Required Qualifications- OSHA 30-Hour Construction Safety Certification (Required)
- Minimum 5 years of experience as a Construction Superintendent, General Superintendent, or senior field manager
- Proven experience managing large, multi-trade construction projects
- Experience supervising electrical, telecommunications, structured cabling, fiber-optic, security, civil, or technology infrastructure work
- Ability to interpret construction drawings, specifications, schedules, submittals, and contract documents
- Strong knowledge of construction safety, quality control, inspections, scheduling, and field documentation
- Ability to manage multiple crews, subcontractors, work areas, and project priorities simultaneously
- Experience working in occupied, sensitive, or secure facilities
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Computer proficiency with email, spreadsheets, scheduling software, document control systems, and construction management platforms
- Ability to pass federal background screening and obtain access to a VA medical facility
- Valid driver's license and reliable transportation
Preferred Qualifications- 5-10 years of experience managing healthcare, hospital, or medical facility construction
- Previous Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) construction experience
- Experience with EHRM, healthcare technology infrastructure, data centers, or telecommunications room renovations
- Experience with phased construction, shutdowns, cutovers, and maintaining operational systems
- Experience with Primavera P6 or similar scheduling software
- Experience working under federal construction contracts
- Familiarity with Davis-Bacon requirements
- Experience with:
- Structured cabling systems
- Fiber-optic installation and testing
- Electrical distribution systems
- Electronic security systems
- Duct banks, manholes, and underground infrastructure
- Firestopping and rated penetrations
- Quality Control Manager or Site Safety and Health Officer experience
- First Aid/CPR certification
- Competent Person training (excavation, confined space, fall protection, scaffolding)
Knowledge & SkillsSuccessful candidates should have strong knowledge of:
- Healthcare and occupied facility construction
- OSHA construction requirements
- Infection control and dust containment procedures
- Construction sequencing and critical path scheduling
- Electrical and telecommunications infrastructure
- Fiber-optic and structured cabling systems
- Data center and telecommunications room construction
- Grounding and bonding
- Electronic security systems
- Underground utilities and duct-bank construction
- Quality inspections and punch-list management
- Construction documentation and closeout requirements
- Manpower planning, productivity tracking, and field coordination
Work Environment- Full-time, on-site position in Brooklyn, NY
- Work performed inside an active VA medical facility
- Frequent coordination with healthcare personnel, contractors, subcontractors, and government representatives
- Ability to work nights, weekends, holidays, and extended hours as required
- Must be able to access active construction areas, ceilings, equipment rooms, utility spaces, and exterior work zones
- Must be able to wear required personal protective equipment
This is an opportunity to lead field operations on a high-profile federal healthcare modernization project supporting critical infrastructure improvements for the Department of Veterans Affairs. The Project Superintendent will play a key role in delivering a complex technology and infrastructure upgrade while maintaining safe and uninterrupted hospital operations.
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