What are the responsibilities and job description for the Superintendent position at RJM Construction?
Build complex projects the right way, from day one.
RJM Construction is seeking an experienced Superintendent to lead field execution.
This role is responsible for owning day-to-day field operations, driving schedule performance, and ensuring safe, high-quality execution across multiple trades in a complex renovation environment.
The Superintendent will act as the primary field leader on site, ensuring coordination between subcontractors, maintaining project sequencing, and proactively resolving field issues in a fast-moving CM environment.
You will:
- Lead all on-site construction activities from mobilization through closeout
- Coordinate and manage subcontractors across multiple trades
- Drive project schedule through short interval planning and daily execution control
- Ensure safe jobsite operations and enforce OSHA compliance standards
- Manage field coordination in a complex adaptive reuse environment
- Collaborate closely with Project Managers on sequencing, logistics, and issue resolution
- Oversee quality control and ensure work aligns with plans and specifications
- Maintain site organization, documentation, and daily reporting
- Support punch list completion and project turnover
What you’ll be leading:
- Field execution across all trades
- Subcontractor coordination and performance management
- Jobsite safety and compliance
- Schedule adherence and recovery planning
- Quality control and field problem solving
- Site logistics and daily coordination
We’re looking for a Superintendent who has:
- 5 years of Superintendent experience in commercial construction
- Experience leading ground-up or renovation projects in the $20M–$50M range
- Strong background in subcontractor coordination and schedule management
- Experience in multifamily, healthcare, commercial, or complex interior construction
- Ability to manage fast-paced field environments with multiple active trades
- Strong understanding of construction sequencing, means and methods, and jobsite logistics
Ideal experience backgrounds include:
- Superintendent or Senior Superintendent in a GC environment
- Multifamily or mixed-use construction leadership
- Healthcare or occupied facility construction
- Complex renovation or interior build-out projects
- Field leadership roles on $30M commercial projects
Bonus (not required):
- Adaptive reuse or historic renovation experience
- Experience working in CM Agency or CM at Risk environments
- Strong RFI-heavy project exposure
- Experience managing assistant superintendents or field teams
- Procore or field management software experience
This is not a light Superintendent role.
It is a complex, field leadership position focused on:
- Running high-complexity renovation sequencing
- Managing unpredictable existing conditions
- Coordinating multiple trades in tight urban environments
- Driving schedule on a technically challenging adaptive reuse project
- You will be expected to take full ownership of field execution and proactively solve problems before they impact cost or schedule.
If you are a Superintendent who thrives in complex, fast-moving construction environments and wants to lead a challenging adaptive reuse project, we’d like to connect.