General Superintendent- Mission Critical

Summary

JOB DESCRIPTION

The General Superintendent provides strategic oversight and leadership across multiple projects or large-scale, complex job sites. This role serves as the senior-most field leader, responsible for setting operational standards, guiding site teams, and ensuring consistent execution aligned with company goals. The General Superintendent works closely with project executives, project managers, and field leadership to maintain safety, quality, schedule adherence, and workforce efficiency. A key part of this role is mentoring superintendents, coordinating resources across projects, and maintaining strong relationships with trade partners and clients.

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership and direction to field operations across assigned projects, ensuring consistent execution of safety, quality, and schedule expectations.
• Partners with Project Managers and Executives to evaluate preconstruction planning, site logistics strategies, manpower forecasting, and project phasing.
• Oversees and mentors a team of superintendents and field staff, promoting professional development and consistency in execution.
• Serves as the primary field liaison for executive leadership—providing regular updates on field performance, project risk, and mitigation strategies.
• Leads resource planning and labor coordination across multiple jobs, working closely with craft resource managers to ensure appropriate crew mix and productivity.
• Ensures adherence to company safety and quality standards and leads by example in reinforcing a culture of accountability and excellence on-site.
• Anticipates and proactively resolves field challenges, driving collaboration among internal teams, subcontractors, and vendors.
• Builds and maintains strong relationships with clients, owners, and trade partners, ensuring field alignment with client expectations.
• Standardizes best practices in field operations and helps implement company initiatives related to field technology, lean practices, and workforce engagement.
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 10 years of progressive field leadership experience in commercial construction, including experience managing multiple superintendents and/or large-scale projects.
• Extensive knowledge of construction methods, building systems, safety protocols, and sequencing in a general contracting environment.
• Strong leadership, communication, and mentoring skills with a proven ability to manage teams and influence outcomes.
• Skilled at high-level schedule planning and analysis, subcontractor coordination, and manpower logistics.
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints, specifications, and building codes with accuracy.
• Proficiency with project management and scheduling software; CMiC experience preferred.
• Bilingual (Spanish/English) a plus; valid driver’s license and ability to travel between job sites as needed.
  
  

Benefits - Layton Construction offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, 401(k) retirement plan with employer match, Life & AD&D Insurance, Long-term Disability Insurance, Short-term Disability Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance, Accident Insurance, Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Home & Auto Insurance, Family Support, Pre-tax Paid Parking/Public Transportation, Paid time off, Time Away Benefits, Paid Holidays, Group Legal, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Identity Theft Protection, Group Legal, Pet Insurance, Employee Assistance Program.

EEO Statement - Layton Construction is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

About Us

Layton Construction is a privately held national general contractor, delivering predictable outcomes in commercial construction since 1953. Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, Layton operates from 16 strategic offices across the United States, employing more than 1,500 construction professionals who serve diverse markets including healthcare, education, commercial office, industrial, hospitality, and multi-unit residential.

Founded on the core values of honesty, unity, safety, and quality, Layton has built a reputation for excellence in complex project delivery while maintaining strong partnerships with clients, architects, and trade partners nationwide.

The STO Building Group family of companies—Structure Tone, Structure Tone Southwest, Pavarini Construction Co., Pavarini McGovern, LF Driscoll, Govan Brown, Ajax Building Company, BCCI Construction, Layton Construction, Abbott Construction, and RC Andersen—includes over 4,000 employees located in offices throughout the US, Canada, UK, and Ireland. We provide a complete range of construction services, from site selection analysis, design constructability review and aesthetic enhancements to interior fit-outs, new building construction, and building infrastructure upgrades and modernization. Learn more about how we partner with our clients to imagine, execute, and realize their vision at stobuildinggroup.com.