Senior Superintendent-Correctional Facility Construction
Kimmel & Associates · Salt Lake City, UT
FULL-TIME
Posted Sep 9, 2026
Job Description
About the Company
Our client is an established national construction contractor with a strong track record delivering large-scale, complex projects across commercial, industrial, institutional, and government markets.
The company has built a reputation for safety, quality, technical expertise, and successful project execution and offers its employees the opportunity to work on highly complex projects while building a long-term career. With a strong project pipeline and comprehensive benefits, this is an excellent opportunity for an experienced construction leader looking for a major career platform.
About the Position
We are conducting a national search for a Senior Superintendent to lead field operations on an approximately $800 million, ground-up correctional facility along the Gulf Coast of Alabama/Florida.
The project consists of 25+ buildings totaling more than 700,000 square feet, including precast cell buildings, a central plant, and multiple support facilities. This is a highly complex, multi-building project requiring an experienced field leader with a proven background in large-scale correctional or detention construction.
The Senior Superintendent will have overall responsibility for onsite construction operations, safety, quality, scheduling, logistics, subcontractor coordination, and field execution. The successful candidate will lead a large field organization and play a critical role in delivering the project safely, efficiently, and according to schedule.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead all onsite construction and field operations for a major correctional facility.
- Direct large field teams, subcontractors, and trade partners.
- Establish and maintain project schedules using Primavera P6 or comparable scheduling software.
- Coordinate construction sequencing, materials, site logistics, and manpower requirements.
- Drive project safety, quality, productivity, and schedule performance.
- Monitor progress and field productivity while identifying and resolving potential issues.
- Coordinate closely with project management and other project leadership.
- Support project planning, risk management, forecasting, and execution strategies.
- Ensure construction activities are performed in accordance with contract requirements, plans, specifications, and quality standards.
- Provide strong field leadership throughout all phases of the project.
Requirements
- 15+ years of construction experience with significant field leadership responsibility.
- Extensive experience with detention, correctional, or prison construction.
- Proven experience leading large-scale correctional projects, preferably projects of significant complexity and value.
- Demonstrated ability to lead large field organizations and multiple subcontractors.
- Strong understanding of construction sequencing, logistics, safety, quality control, and field operations.
- Proficiency with Primavera P6 or similar scheduling software.
- Strong project execution, planning, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability and willingness to work full-time onsite along the Gulf Coast of Alabama/Florida.
- Candidates may be based anywhere in the United States; this is a national search.
Benefits
- $200,000–$250,000 base salary
- Living allowance
- Per diem
- Truck allowance
- Project completion/performance bonus
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Approximately three-year project assignment
- Opportunity for continued employment on additional projects following completion
- Long-term career opportunities with an established construction organization
- Opportunity to lead one of the region's largest and most complex correctional construction projects
Skills:
Construction, Construction Contracts, Construction Projects, Construction Safety, Contract Requirements, Forecasting, Government, Leadership, Logistics, Primavera, Problem Solving Skills, Project Execution, Project Planning, Project Tracking, Project/Program Coordination, Project/Program Management, Quality Control, Quality Metrics, Risk Management, Safety/Work Safety, Schedule Development, Staff Requirements
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Kimmel & Associates
Our client is an established national construction contractor with a strong track record delivering large-scale, complex projects across commercial, industrial, institutional, and government markets.
The company has built a reputation for safety, quality, technical expertise, and successful project execution and offers its employees the opportunity to work on highly complex projects while building a long-term career. With a strong project pipeline and comprehensive benefits, this is an excellent opportunity for an experienced construction leader looking for a major career platform.
About the Position
We are conducting a national search for a Senior Superintendent to lead field operations on an approximately $800 million, ground-up correctional facility along the Gulf Coast of Alabama/Florida.
The project consists of 25+ buildings totaling more than 700,000 square feet, including precast cell buildings, a central plant, and multiple support facilities. This is a highly complex, multi-building project requiring an experienced field leader with a proven background in large-scale correctional or detention construction.
The Senior Superintendent will have overall responsibility for onsite construction operations, safety, quality, scheduling, logistics, subcontractor coordination, and field execution. The successful candidate will lead a large field organization and play a critical role in delivering the project safely, efficiently, and according to schedule.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead all onsite construction and field operations for a major correctional facility.
- Direct large field teams, subcontractors, and trade partners.
- Establish and maintain project schedules using Primavera P6 or comparable scheduling software.
- Coordinate construction sequencing, materials, site logistics, and manpower requirements.
- Drive project safety, quality, productivity, and schedule performance.
- Monitor progress and field productivity while identifying and resolving potential issues.
- Coordinate closely with project management and other project leadership.
- Support project planning, risk management, forecasting, and execution strategies.
- Ensure construction activities are performed in accordance with contract requirements, plans, specifications, and quality standards.
- Provide strong field leadership throughout all phases of the project.
Requirements
- 15+ years of construction experience with significant field leadership responsibility.
- Extensive experience with detention, correctional, or prison construction.
- Proven experience leading large-scale correctional projects, preferably projects of significant complexity and value.
- Demonstrated ability to lead large field organizations and multiple subcontractors.
- Strong understanding of construction sequencing, logistics, safety, quality control, and field operations.
- Proficiency with Primavera P6 or similar scheduling software.
- Strong project execution, planning, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability and willingness to work full-time onsite along the Gulf Coast of Alabama/Florida.
- Candidates may be based anywhere in the United States; this is a national search.
Benefits
- $200,000–$250,000 base salary
- Living allowance
- Per diem
- Truck allowance
- Project completion/performance bonus
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Approximately three-year project assignment
- Opportunity for continued employment on additional projects following completion
- Long-term career opportunities with an established construction organization
- Opportunity to lead one of the region's largest and most complex correctional construction projects
Skills:
Construction, Construction Contracts, Construction Projects, Construction Safety, Contract Requirements, Forecasting, Government, Leadership, Logistics, Primavera, Problem Solving Skills, Project Execution, Project Planning, Project Tracking, Project/Program Coordination, Project/Program Management, Quality Control, Quality Metrics, Risk Management, Safety/Work Safety, Schedule Development, Staff Requirements
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Kimmel & Associates
Benefits
- Bonus
Additional Details
- City
- Salt Lake City
- State
- Utah
- Country
- US
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