Senior Superintendent-Correctional Facility Construction

About the Company

Our client is an established national construction contractor with a strong track record delivering large-scale, complex projects across commercial, industrial, institutional, and government markets.

The company has built a reputation forsafety, quality, technical expertise, and successful project execution and offers its employees the opportunity to work on highly complex projects while building a long-term career. With a strong project pipeline and comprehensive benefits, this is an excellent opportunity for an experienced construction leader looking for a major career platform.

About the Position

We are conducting anational search for a Senior Superintendent to lead field operations on an approximately$800 million, ground-up correctional facility along the Gulf Coast of Alabama/Florida.

The project consists of25+ buildings totaling more than 700,000 square feet, including precast cell buildings, a central plant, and multiple support facilities. This is a highly complex, multi-building project requiring an experienced field leader with a proven background in large-scale correctional or detention construction.

The Senior Superintendent will have overall responsibility foronsite construction operations, safety, quality, scheduling, logistics, subcontractor coordination, and field execution. The successful candidate will lead a large field organization and play a critical role in delivering the project safely, efficiently, and according to schedule.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead all onsite construction and field operations for a major correctional facility.
• Direct large field teams, subcontractors, and trade partners.
• Establish and maintain project schedules usingPrimavera P6 or comparable scheduling software.
• Coordinate construction sequencing, materials, site logistics, and manpower requirements.
• Drive project safety, quality, productivity, and schedule performance.
• Monitor progress and field productivity while identifying and resolving potential issues.
• Coordinate closely with project management and other project leadership.
• Support project planning, risk management, forecasting, and execution strategies.
• Ensure construction activities are performed in accordance with contract requirements, plans, specifications, and quality standards.
• Provide strong field leadership throughout all phases of the project.

Requirements

• 15+ years of construction experience with significant field leadership responsibility.
• Extensive experience withdetention, correctional, or prison construction.
• Proven experience leadinglarge-scale correctional projects, preferably projects of significant complexity and value.
• Demonstrated ability to lead large field organizations and multiple subcontractors.
• Strong understanding of construction sequencing, logistics, safety, quality control, and field operations.
• Proficiency withPrimavera P6 or similar scheduling software.
• Strong project execution, planning, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability and willingness to workfull-time onsite along the Gulf Coast of Alabama/Florida.
• Candidates may be basedanywhere in the United States; this is a national search.

Benefits

• $200,000–$250,000 base salary
• Living allowance
• Per diem
• Truck allowance
• Project completion/performance bonus
• Comprehensive benefits package
• Approximatelythree-year project assignment
• Opportunity for continued employment on additional projects following completion
• Long-term career opportunities with an established construction organization
• Opportunity to lead one of the region's largest and most complex correctional construction projects