Job Overview
Benefits
competitive salary
Auto allowances
Medical insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Paid Time Off
401K Plan with employer match
Life insurance
short-term disability
long-term disability
Commuter Benefits
Job Description
Suffolk is a prominent national enterprise that excels in building, innovating, and investing across multiple sectors of the construction and real estate industries. The company provides comprehensive value throughout the entire project lifecycle, leveraging core construction management services alongside complementary business lines that include real estate investment, design, self-perform construction, and technology start-up investment through Suffolk Technologies. Suffolk's commitment to integrating cutting-edge data systems, artificial intelligence, and advanced technology across its Seamless Platform enables the seamless connection of design, construction, and operational phases. This approach allows Suffolk to deliver smarter, more predictable, and innovative results, fundamentally redefining construction practices across America.
With a solid national presence, Suffolk operates out of 17 offices, including major hubs such as Boston (headquarters), New York City, Miami, Dallas, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. The company manages some of the nation's most complex and transformative projects across diverse sectors including healthcare, life sciences, education, gaming, aviation, transportation, government, mission-critical facilities, and commercial developments. Ranking number eight on ENR's list of "Top CM-at-Risk Contractors," Suffolk is a privately held company led by founder, chairman, and CEO John Fish. Employing approximately 3,000 people and generating over $9 billion in annual revenue, Suffolk is recognized as a leading contractor renowned for its innovation, quality, and client commitment.
Suffolk's total rewards program underscores the company’s dedication to employee well-being by providing a wide array of benefits designed to offer physical, emotional, and financial support to employees and their families. This includes competitive salaries, auto allowances and gas cards for eligible roles, access to leading medical, dental, and vision insurance plans, virtual care platforms for primary care and physical therapy, generous paid time off, a 401(k) retirement plan with employer match, life insurance options, tax-deferred savings accounts, backup daycare days, disability plans, commuter benefits, and more. Through these offerings, Suffolk not only invests in its projects but also in the people who help build those projects.
The role of MEP Senior Superintendent is a critical leadership position within Suffolk’s Mission Critical Center of Excellence, a specialized group managing billions of dollars in data center and mission-critical construction projects for top-tier technology and telecommunications clients nationally. This team is focused on fast-paced, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP)-intensive projects that require precision, technical expertise, and exceptional project management skills.
The MEP Senior Superintendent oversees and manages all daily MEP job site activities, ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards while driving efficient, on-schedule progress. This role demands a strategic leader capable of managing project team performance, site conditions, trade partner relations, and ensuring adherence to project scope and deadlines. They serve as the essential link between field personnel and project management, communicating progress, issues, and solutions effectively. They are entrusted with the critical responsibility of developing start-up schedules, maintaining UI safety compliance, directing field operations, facilitating project turnover and closeout, and upholding Suffolk’s high standards of quality and safety on site.
Ideal candidates are bold, innovative, and curious professionals who embrace change and problem-solving with grit and integrity. They must demonstrate excellent leadership and communication skills, the ability to manage complex project elements simultaneously, and a strong commitment to Suffolk’s core values of passion, integrity, hard work, professionalism, and caring. This role offers not only the opportunity to contribute to some of America’s most significant and challenging construction projects but also to grow within a company renowned for career advancement and industry leadership.
With a solid national presence, Suffolk operates out of 17 offices, including major hubs such as Boston (headquarters), New York City, Miami, Dallas, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. The company manages some of the nation's most complex and transformative projects across diverse sectors including healthcare, life sciences, education, gaming, aviation, transportation, government, mission-critical facilities, and commercial developments. Ranking number eight on ENR's list of "Top CM-at-Risk Contractors," Suffolk is a privately held company led by founder, chairman, and CEO John Fish. Employing approximately 3,000 people and generating over $9 billion in annual revenue, Suffolk is recognized as a leading contractor renowned for its innovation, quality, and client commitment.
Suffolk's total rewards program underscores the company’s dedication to employee well-being by providing a wide array of benefits designed to offer physical, emotional, and financial support to employees and their families. This includes competitive salaries, auto allowances and gas cards for eligible roles, access to leading medical, dental, and vision insurance plans, virtual care platforms for primary care and physical therapy, generous paid time off, a 401(k) retirement plan with employer match, life insurance options, tax-deferred savings accounts, backup daycare days, disability plans, commuter benefits, and more. Through these offerings, Suffolk not only invests in its projects but also in the people who help build those projects.
The role of MEP Senior Superintendent is a critical leadership position within Suffolk’s Mission Critical Center of Excellence, a specialized group managing billions of dollars in data center and mission-critical construction projects for top-tier technology and telecommunications clients nationally. This team is focused on fast-paced, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP)-intensive projects that require precision, technical expertise, and exceptional project management skills.
The MEP Senior Superintendent oversees and manages all daily MEP job site activities, ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards while driving efficient, on-schedule progress. This role demands a strategic leader capable of managing project team performance, site conditions, trade partner relations, and ensuring adherence to project scope and deadlines. They serve as the essential link between field personnel and project management, communicating progress, issues, and solutions effectively. They are entrusted with the critical responsibility of developing start-up schedules, maintaining UI safety compliance, directing field operations, facilitating project turnover and closeout, and upholding Suffolk’s high standards of quality and safety on site.
Ideal candidates are bold, innovative, and curious professionals who embrace change and problem-solving with grit and integrity. They must demonstrate excellent leadership and communication skills, the ability to manage complex project elements simultaneously, and a strong commitment to Suffolk’s core values of passion, integrity, hard work, professionalism, and caring. This role offers not only the opportunity to contribute to some of America’s most significant and challenging construction projects but also to grow within a company renowned for career advancement and industry leadership.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
- Minimum 8 years of related construction experience
- Applicable licenses as required by area
- Ability to manage safety compliance
- Strong leadership and communication abilities
- Proficiency in project scheduling and quality management
- Ability to multitask and handle competing priorities
- Capability to escalate issues appropriately
- Familiarity with subcontractor management
- Commitment to uphold company core values
Job Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in applicable discipline and/or related work experience relative to project size/scope
- 8+ years of experience in related construction fields
- Ability to manage and embrace change
- Applicable area licenses
- Excellent team development skills and leadership abilities
- Strong ability to partner with the Project Manager and their staff
- Committed to excellence
- Self-motivated and self-confident
- Effective communication skills
- Capable of dealing with ambiguity and tight work oversight
- Ability to multi-task and handle competing priorities while maintaining customer relations
- Business judgment to balance budget and construction processes
- Excellent organizational skills
- Judgment to know when to escalate issues
- Excellent management skills for subcontractor performance
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Possession of Suffolk’s Core Values: Passion, Integrity, Hard Work, Professionalism, and Caring
Job Duties
- Oversee, manage, and document all day-to-day MEP job site activities including OSHA safety compliance
- Direct field personnel according to the project plan and Suffolk supervisory principles
- Communicate issues, events, performance, and progress daily to the Project Manager
- Report any problems promptly to the Project Manager to facilitate the most cost-effective solutions
- Establish effective working relationships with clients and Suffolk team members
- Request advice and assistance from the General Superintendent on materials, sequencing, scheduling and personnel
- Develop start-up schedules with the Project Manager and coordinate pre-mobilization activities
- Assist in formulating and implementing construction schedules
- Ensure subcontractor participation in safety pre-construction meetings and compliance with safety plans
- Manage site pre-construction including surveys, staging plans, and job site utilization
- Organize and maintain job site documentation for easy access and review
- Manage subcontractor performance in quality and ethical standards
- Attend and chair safety, coordination, schedule review, subcontractor, and owner meetings
- Complete construction office checklists and maintain daily reports and logs
- Manage subcontractor closeout activities, utility transfers, owner training, work lists and punch lists
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