General Superintendent / Director of Field Operations - Southeast Healthcare Market

Company: Barton Malow Builders 

Job Location: Southeast Region (VA, NC, SC, TN, and FL) 

Position: General Superintendent / Director of Field Operations – Southeast Healthcare Market 

 

OVERVIEW 

Barton Malow is expanding our leadership team with a newly created senior-level General Superintendent / Director of Field Operations role to support our rapidly growing Southeast Healthcare Market, spanning VA, NC, SC, TN, and FL. This position will lead the successful delivery of large (> $500 million), complex healthcare projects and serve as a key operational and strategic resource, elevating field excellence, safety, and innovation across the region. As a regional resource and senior leader, this leader will mentor and empower our superintendent teams, shape project build strategies, strengthen client relationships, and ensure our work consistently reflects the high standards that define Barton Malow’s healthcare portfolio. 

 
The Southeast Healthcare Market General Superintendent oversees the construction effort on complex, large healthcare projects or multiple healthcare projects to ensure they are constructed safely in accordance with design, budget and schedule requirements. This position directly supervises and mentors the Superintendents assigned to the project/s, collaborates with the project management team, partners with the Project Executive / Director, drives alignment between the Owner’s expectations and project execution, ensures productivity of subcontractors, and provides leadership in complying with applicable project, Barton Malow, and regulation requirements. This position provides leadership, strategic planning, sales support and embraces innovation as the construction industry evolves. 
 

Responsibilities: 

• Enforces corporate safety policies on jobsites, including pre-task safety planning and providing key responsibility for safety compliance in the field.  

• Supports sales efforts and project pursuits and promotes Barton Malow in the healthcare industry. 

• Leads project team with the establishment of the overall project build strategy and workflow and helps document those in site logistics and phasing plans. 

• Oversees set-up of baseline project schedule(s) and schedule updates; ensures all activities take place on or ahead of scheduled dates; supervises, coordinates and sequences subcontractor’s work to minimize interference between various trades and owner activities on large, complex projects or multiple projects; maintains labor harmony. 

• Oversees and coordinates with each trade holding permits and Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJs) to ensure compliance with inspection process and progress is in line with schedule, planning, and commissioning process. 

• Assists with development of work scopes and front-end documents for bidding to create clear and concise scopes of work based on full understanding of the contract documents and applicable work rules/jurisdictions; assists with bid process including participation in post-bid interviews and answering bidder questions. 

• Partners with Project Executives / Directors with management of overall budget and forecasting of usage, by helping to control cost and monitoring potential changes from subcontractors, including time and materials. 

• Attends internal and external (with owners and designers) project meetings to provide field progress reports, awareness of challenges faced, and help problem-solve construction activities. 

• Manages the installation of the work in the field to the quality standards required for the project. 

• Supports the success of the project team, specifically upcoming Superintendents, by sharing lessons learned and training/mentoring; acts as a career advocate. 

 

Requirements: 

• Minimum 15 years' experience in the healthcare construction industry on large and complex projects 

• Experience leading large healthcare projects greater than or equal to $500 million 

• Minimum of 8 years of direct supervision of projects teams including trades 

• Willing to travel throughout the Southeast region (VA, SC, NC, TN, and FL) 

• Regional experience and contractor knowledge 

• Strong negotiation skills to resolve field issues with subcontractor, design team and/or owner 

• OSHA 30 

Barton Malow is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.