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As a Construction Superintendent for Fitzpatrick Homes/UC Construction, you will provide on-site leadership and assume total responsibility for managing residential communities (new home subdivisions). In this role, you will ensure homes and structures are delivered on time and within budget, while strictly maintaining the high standards of structural quality, workplace safety, and face-to-face customer satisfaction that our family business has stood for since 1963.

Core Responsibilities
Project Leadership & Scheduling

• Site Leadership: Oversee the daily operations of new home construction – production new home subdivisions
• Schedule Management: Maintain and manage the construction schedule to guarantee that high-quality homes are completed on time.
• Recovery Strategies: Proactively identify scheduling delays, developing and executing creative recovery strategies to keep production on track.

Subcontractor & Internal Resource Management

• Trade Relations: Build and maintain exceptional, collaborative relationships with subcontractors and vendors.
• Integrated Workflow: Coordinate with subcontractors to optimize workflow efficiency.
• Financial Approvals: Evaluate completed on-site milestones and authorize payments for verified materials received and work completed.

Safety, Quality & Site Aesthetics

• Enforce Compliance: Continually evaluate site safety, quality control, and cost mitigation measures, ensuring total compliance with OSHA and company safety policies.
• Site Presentation: Keep the job site clean, safe, orderly, and visually appealing to prospective buyers and visitors.
• Mentorship: Foster a positive team environment on-site and provide active mentoring to assistant superintendents and/or junior team members.

Customer Service & Warranty Integration

• Move-In Standard: Ensure the fit, finish, and overall condition of the home at move-in exceeds company expectations.

Key Competencies & Attributes

• Customer-First Focus: Driven by a belief that communication and homeowner satisfaction are top priorities.
• Integrity Reliability: Highly dependable, carrying out unsupervised field operations with strong personal ethics.
• Dynamic Prioritization: Ability to pivot fluidly between field emergencies, customer walk-throughs, and administrative deadlines.
• Problem-Solving: Creative and analytical when handling resource shortages, scheduling conflicts, or structural challenges.

Job Qualifications
Education & Experience

• 5+ years of construction field experience (experience in high-volume residential production building preferred).

Knowledge & Technical Skills

• Plan Literacy: Demonstrated mastery in reading, interpreting, and verifying construction documents, architectural blueprints, engineering drawings, specifications, scopes of work, and master schedules.
• Phased Expertise: Deep working knowledge of all phases of new home construction, including concrete, framing, MEP (mechanical, electrical, plumbing), and fine finishes.
• Computer Literacy: Proficient with Microsoft Office 365 and comfortable utilizing modern construction scheduling/management software (BuildPro, Procore)on mobile phones, tablets and computers.

Licensing & Mobility

• Must possess a valid driver’s license and a clean driving record to operate a motor vehicle between job sites and the corporate office.

Physical Demands & Essential Functions

• Site Leadership Decision-Making: In this key management role, your focus will be on driving the project forward through strategic oversight. You will act as the ultimate authority on-site, trusted with autonomy to make critical, real-time decisions that ensure safety, efficiency, and overall project success.
• Mobility & Stamina: Ability to sit, stand, walk, climb unfinished structures, navigate uneven terrain, and remain in a stationary position or moving across active job sites for up to 90% of the workday.
• Lifting: Ability to frequently lift/move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift/move up to 50 pounds.
• Communication: Clear written and oral communication skills required for face-to-face interactions with home