Superintendent
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 looking for a Superintendent who is ready to take their career to the next level. Do you know about project management best practices, establishing budgets, and innovating through construction technology? Great. Are you someone with a go-getter attitude who can assume responsibility and communicate effectively with your team, partners, and clients? Even better.
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 Skender 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:
- 5 or more years of experience in a supervisory capacity in the construction or engineering field
- Thorough knowledge of all aspects of construction, including technology, equipment, methods, scheduling, safety, and quality
- Experience working on healthcare 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!