Job Description
Superintendent
As a Superintendent, you will:
- Oversee daily field operations from preconstruction through project completion
- Manage and coordinate subcontractors, vendors, and onsite personnel
- Maintain project schedules and ensure milestone completion
- Conduct daily safety meetings and enforce safety standards
- Monitor workmanship and ensure compliance with quality requirements
- Coordinate site logistics and sequencing activities
- Participate in project meetings and communicate progress updates
- Identify and resolve field issues proactively
- Maintain project documentation and site reports
- Support successful project turnover and closeout
A significant portion of the project portfolio includes K-12 construction, making previous experience working in occupied schools, school additions, renovations, and educational facilities extremely beneficial.
The ideal candidate will possess:
- 5+ years of Superintendent experience within commercial construction
- Strong leadership and team management skills
- Proven ability to manage schedules, subcontractors, and site operations
- Thorough understanding of construction means, methods, and safety requirements
- Ability to read and interpret plans, specifications, and construction documents
- Strong communication and problem-solving abilities
- Experience with commercial, institutional, or public-sector projects
Highly Preferred Qualifications
- Direct K-12 construction experience
- Experience managing school additions, renovations, and new school construction
- Experience working in occupied educational environments
- Understanding of school schedules, phasing requirements, and site safety around students and faculty
- Familiarity with public school construction procedures and stakeholder coordination
K-12 experience is highly desirable for this role and will receive strong consideration during the hiring process. Candidates who have successfully delivered K-12 projects as a Superintendent will stand out significantly. Experience with educational construction, particularly K-12 facilities, is one of the most important qualifications for this opportunity.
What's on Offer
- Competitive salary
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision benefits
- 401(k) with company contribution
- Paid time off and holidays
- Vehicle allowance or company vehicle
- Long-term project pipeline in Buffalo, NY
- Career growth opportunities with a stable and respected contractor
- Collaborative and supportive team environment
- Opportunity to lead meaningful educational and community-focused projects
- Strong portfolio of K-12 construction projects and future educational work
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Buffalo, New York |
| Job Type | Full-time |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $90,000–$120,000 Per Year |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Website | https://www.michaelpage.ca/ |
About Company
Michael Page is one of the world's leading professional recruitment consultancies, specializing in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world.
Our business was established in Canada in 2005 when we opened our Toronto office. Our role is to work with employers and job seekers to facilitate a successful match. This can range from advising a global company on a candidate sourcing strategy to helping a job seeker find their dream job.
In Canada, we focus on recruiting for the following areas:
Banking and financial services
Digital and e-commerce
Engineering and manufacturing
Finance and accounting
Human resources
Information technology
Marketing
Oil and gas
Procurement and supply chain
Property and construction
Sales
An Established Brand
The Group has established a leading presence in many of the key markets for professional recruitment around the world and has positioned itself in certain other markets, which offer the opportunity for future growth. Within its current largest markets, Michael Page has also built a regional presence, including in the UK, France and Australia. Consequently, the Michael Page brand is among the most widely recognized brands in the professional recruitment industry.
A Market Leader
The role of a recruitment consultancy is to act as an intermediary, identifying and sourcing suitably qualified candidates on behalf of its clients. Candidates are recruited either for permanent or contract positions (typically for a fixed term) or on a temporary basis. Within the overall recruitment industry, the market for professional recruitment services is a specialist sector which has developed more recently. Michael Page is widely recognized as leading the development of this market around the world.
Learn the benefits of working with Michael Page yourself. Submit your resume or contact a Michael Page recruitment consultant today.
Skills
- Commercial Constructionunmatched
- Communication Skillsunmatched
- Constructionunmatched
- Construction Document Setunmatched
- Construction Projectsunmatched
- Documentationunmatched
- Leadershipunmatched
- Logisticsunmatched
- Maintain Complianceunmatched
- Operationsunmatched
- Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
- Project Close-Outunmatched
- Project Scheduleunmatched
- Regulatory Complianceunmatched
- Safety Standardsunmatched
- Safety Trainingunmatched
- Schedule Developmentunmatched
- School Buildingsunmatched
- School Managementunmatched
- Team Lead/Managerunmatched
- Team Playerunmatched
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