Superintendent

  • Skender Construction
  • Chicago, Illinois
  • Full Time

Hey! We're Skender, nice to meet you.

Simply put, we're builders. We build communities, relationships, dreams, and careers. If asked, "how would Skender describe itself?" We'd say we are an ambitious, humble, and compassionate company, looking for the right people to build a true partnership with for the long-term. The reason for our success is our people. We look for dynamic, high-energy, and fun teammates that are hungry for knowledge, ready to take charge of their career, and willing to have a blast while doing it.

Oh, we didn't introduce ourselves

About 70 years ago, Skender got its start in the basement of our founder's family home. Now, Skender has two locations, our Chicago headquarters and our Indianapolis office, with over 300 employees. From humble basement beginnings to now, Skender has become one of the nation's top 100 construction firms building dream spaces for many of the world's leading brands. In more recent history (the past 15 years), we've won 28 best-place-to-work awards from three different organizations, each based on comprehensive workplace evaluations and employee input.

Wait, who are you?

We're always on the lookout for talented Superintendents to join our team. While we may not have an immediate opening, we regularly hire for this role due to Skender's steady growth. If you're passionate about construction, collaboration, and innovation, we'd love to keep you in mind for future opportunities.

Our team is driven by three core values:

  • Proactive: You've got the eye of a tiger and the drive of a Ferrari. You are self-motivated, a hard-worker, and are ready to learn.
  • Refreshing: Teamwork makes the dream work, right? Your success is your team's success. You don't shy away from giving credit where it's due.
  • True Partner: You jump at opportunities to collaborate/knowledge-share, you like to ask questions and actively listen, and you stay actively engaged with your team.

If our values align with yours, this could be a great match. We love meeting new people, so we can't wait to hear about you!

What will I do as a Superintendent?

Our Superintendents are the foundation of our Field Operations team. In tandem with Operations, you'll be responsible for managing onsite activities, including the assurance of timely and safe completion, adherence with the contract documents, and observance of project budgets. Our Superintendents are also the standard of professionalism, developing and maintaining working relationships with the owner, architect, and all other related project participants.

Your main responsibilities will include

  • Scheduling management and production fundamentals
  • Assuring all safety is compliant with company safety plan
  • Implementing quality assurance to industry standards
  • Cultivating relationships with our clients, trade partners, and architects
  • Empowering and motivating others on assigned projects

Your educational background & prior experience:

  • Five or more years of experience in a supervisory capacity in construction or engineering
  • Thorough knowledge of all aspects of construction, including technology, equipment, methods, scheduling, safety, and quality
  • Experience working on Healthcare Construction projects highly preferred

What skills will we require?

  • Ability to apply innovative and effective management techniques to optimize employee performance
  • Thorough knowledge of all aspects of construction, including technology, equipment, methods, scheduling, safety, and quality
  • Excellent written and verbal communication, organizational, supervisory, planning, and motivational skills
  • Unwavering demand for quality, performance, and integrity
  • Must have reliable transportation to get you to your designated work site, which can be anywhere in the Chicagoland area. A valid driver's license and access to a vehicle is recommended for the nature of this position

What's included in our Employee-First Benefits package?

  • Industry-leading compensation
  • Skender pays 100% of the premium for health insurance (medical, dental, & vision)
  • Annual deposit into health savings account
  • Dependent care FSA
  • Retirement with 100% match up to 5% of gross earnings
  • Generous vacation and sick time
  • Tuition reimbursement for continued learning opportunities
  • Wellness incentives
  • Parental leave for mothers and fathers
  • Employee referral program
  • Free employee assistance program services
  • Free short- & long-term disability insurance
  • Gym reimbursement
  • Charitable gift matching and volunteer events
  • New hire mentorship program
  • All of this, and more!

EEO

At Skender, our values guide our behavior and shape our actions. Our promise is an authentic commitment to equality, opportunity, and a respectful work environment for all. We embrace individuality and listen to diverse voices. We believe that hiring those with different experiences and backgrounds, ultimately enhances our expertise as an organization. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This statement applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Job ID: 486004728
Originally Posted on: 7/19/2025

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