Senior Superintendent - Higher EducationShawmut Design and Construction
Job Summary
Senior Superintendent - Higher Education
US-CA-Los Angeles
Job ID: 2025-6567
Type: Regular Full-Time
# of Openings: 1
Category: Field Operations
Los Angeles
Overview
Responsibilities
Qualifications

Equal employment opportunity, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.
Senior Superintendent - Higher Education
US-CA-Los Angeles
Job ID: 2025-6567
Type: Regular Full-Time
# of Openings: 1
Category: Field Operations
Los Angeles
Overview
At Shawmut Design and Construction, we take pride in the culture we’ve built as a 100% employee-owned company—one that’s been recognized with more than 100 Best Place to Work awards. We’ve been honored as a National Fortune Best Workplace, a Fortune Best Workplace for Women, Millennials, and Parents, and one of America’s Best Employers by Forbes—along with numerous regional recognitions across our 15 offices nationwide.
Here’s a glimpse into what we offer:
- Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance.
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) – Be an employee-owner!
- 401(K) with Company Match – Receive a company match up to 4% of your eligible pay.
- Generous Paid Time Off – vacation and sick time, 12 holidays, summer Fridays, and a yearly volunteer day.
- The Extras – Cell phone, laptop, tuition reimbursement, pet insurance, financial planning services, and more.
Responsibilities
- Lead all daily field operations to ensure proper site safety, construction, progress, quality control and a clean site
- Develop comprehensive understanding of project strategy and commitments including financial goals, scheduling, logistics, phasing, milestones, inspections
- Work in partnership with Senior Project Managers to maintain an updated and accurate project schedule that reflects the changes in project status and that meets the cost and time requirements of the project
- Demonstrate and maintain effective and open dialogue with the project team regarding changes in work, job conditions, subcontractor relations and any deviation in the direction of the project
- Always promotes positive relationships by dealing expertly and fairly with all subcontractors and vendors while instilling this philosophy in the project team
- Maintaining and developing relationships to reinforce a commitment to world-class customer service across the board: including co-workers, clients, subcontractors, vendors, and the design community.
Qualifications
- 10+ years’ experience as a Senior Project Superintendent
- California public higher education university experience having successfully built projects valued at $10M and up
Project experience should include ground up or major renovations on active campuses including but not limited to classrooms, labs, performing arts, dining, interiors, sports facilities and student housing
- Must reside in the greater Los Angeles or Orange County area and be flexible with required business travel
Equal employment opportunity, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.
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