Superintendent - Job Summary

The Superintendent serves as the overall leader for medium to large-scale construction or telecommunications projects, with full responsibility for project execution, staffing, customer relations, safety, quality, scheduling, and financial performance. This role oversees all project-related personnel and acts as the primary liaison between the company and the customer, ensuring projects are completed safely, on time, within budget, and to quality standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage all project operations, personnel, and resources.
• Recruit, hire, train, coach, evaluate, and manage field staff.
• Serve as the primary customer contact and maintain strong client relationships.
• Oversee project schedules, staffing plans, workload distribution, and delivery timelines.
• Ensure profitability through budget management, cost control, invoicing, and financial reporting.
• Monitor job progress, productivity, quality, and compliance with project requirements.
• Review job costs, change orders, work orders, timesheets, and project documentation for accuracy.
• Conduct site walks, quality inspections, outage prevention activities, and maintain as-built documentation.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical and operational issues.
• Improve operational processes related to estimating, purchasing, scheduling, warehousing, and reporting.
• Promote and enforce safety standards while partnering with training teams on safety and quality initiatives.
• Lead operational meetings, training sessions, and project reviews.
• Manage company vehicles, tools, and inventory.
• Ensure successful project closeout and completion of all required project documentation.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Proven experience managing large construction, telecommunications, low-voltage, or infrastructure projects.
• Strong leadership experience supervising field teams, foremen, and project staff.
• Excellent customer relationship and communication skills.
• Strong understanding of project budgeting, forecasting, and financial controls.
• Experience with quality assurance, safety compliance, scheduling, and resource management.
• Ability to read drawings, troubleshoot technical issues, and manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Results-driven leader with a focus on safety, productivity, customer satisfaction, and operational excellence.

Core Competencies

• Project Management
• Team Leadership
• Financial Management
• Customer Relations
• Safety & Quality Compliance
• Workforce Planning
• Process Improvement
• Technical Troubleshooting
• Change Order Management
• Construction Operations Management

Min

USD $37.00/Hr.
Max

USD $45.00/Hr.
Qualifications

Physical and Mental Requirements:
• Regular attendance is mandatory
• The Superintendent must be self-motivated, positive in approach, and convey anappropriate professional image.
• The Superintendent must promote the Company culture and mission to all employees,vendors, clients and business partners.
• The Superintendent must possess proven problem-solving skills, critical thinking skills andthe ability to effectively read, write and give oral presentation(s).
• The Superintendent must also have excellent organizational skills and the ability todevelop branch and job processes and best practices.
• The Superintendent must have proven high skill level to interpret blueprints and otherproject documents, including but not limited to, specifications, reporting and qualityrequirements.
• The Superintendent must be able to travel within the branch territory and/or regionalterritory as needed.
• The Superintendent must possess the ability to learn and teach the Company andcustomer project management systems.
• The Superintendent must be able to work at heights, off of a ladder and in confinedspaces, lift up to 50 pounds and move up to 75 pounds.
• The Superintendent must be able to see and distinguish different colors, read small printand hear and recognize audible signals such as dial tones.

Tools:

• Screwdriver (regular and Phillips), torpedo level, tape measure, snips (with belt sheath), pliers (needle nose and channel locks), hammer, wrench set, cable stripper, flashlight and gloves. Muck boots/water boots.

Education, Certification, License, and Skill Requirements:

• Prefer a minimum of three (3) years' experience of supervisory or managerial experience.
  • The Superintendent must have a minimum of three (3) years' experience as a LeadCommunications Technician or similar position.
  • The Superintendent must also have a minimum of five (5) years' experience intelecommunications or a related technical or construction field.
  • Must be proficient with a computer and be skilled with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel andMS Project).
  • Must meet Company minimum driving standards.
  • The Superintendent Must have demonstrated verifiable ability to define a project, create aproject scope of work, create an estimate, develop detailed associated tasks and managethese to final completion and customer turnover.
  • Must be able to use the following trade Tools: punch tool with 110 block and 66 blockblade, 6/8 position combo crimp tool, Krone/3M/BIX, butt set, volt-ohmmeter, 4-paircontinuity tester and 5-gang punch tool.

License Required

No
Minimum Education

High School
Workplace Type

Onsite