project manager

superintendent

associate project manager

project engineer

assistant superintendent

Suffolk Construction

John Fish, Owner of this privately held company, truly cares about his people.  We increase the size of our company by 25 - 30% annually so you would excuse the CEO if he doesn't know everybody by name - but every time I meet him he calls me by my first name.

Every time Suffolk is changes some benefit, work schedule, holiday schedule it is for the better.  
Examples are: we have half day Fridays for summer - they just became full day Fridays - and if you want to take it on any other day of the week instead - that's good too.  Benefits just changed - for the better! We just got an email this week telling us that we will be getting another day off for Christmas on top of what we already get.  A couple months ago we got another email saying that Suffolk is changing the vacation policy - BY GIVING AN EXTRA WEEK!

A typical work day is 7:00 - 4:30 ish although nobody is watching 
I have learned a lot - the training is great
Management gets it and they are supportive and experienced at what they are managing
Co-workers are like-minded go-getters who DO NOT care what color your skin is (unlike the other person's experience I have previously read here - it has not been my experience)
Hardest part of the job is keeping up with tight schedules
Most enjoyable part of the job is constructing amazing buildings with a fun group of real, non corporate type people - it feels like family here.

I'm sure everyone has heard some negative connotations with Suffolk Construction but I am very pleased to say that the company has been a great environment to work in. John Fish is very passionate about construction but does a lot to give back. Working there you get a lot of great benefits and you get a lot of opportunities to give back by working with charities and attending fundraisers and such. The people are really great to work with and are very eager to help as a team. They also have a lot of things in place to help with work life balance such as health fairs and half days on Fridays in the summer.Everyone in construction knows its a tough industry and is more than the typical 9-5 but Suffolk tries their best to make it a fun and enjoyable place to be. It shows that they know everyone works hard and try to show the appreciation. I honesty love working there a lot more than I thought I would. It's a great overall career and would recommend it.

A day at work comprised of being an active Business Partner and serving as a resource to management and employees in problem resolution, benefits administration, training and compliance. 
I learned the impact of Human Resources in the construction industry. Management was always approachable and open to new ideas.
Teamwork was paramount to the success of the organization and it began with your co-workers. Everyone worked towards a goal of being the best in the industry.
Due to the industry and state of the economy a reduction in workforce was common, and I handled this aspect of my job with professionalism and respect.

Suffolk Construction Company was committed to its employees and leading edge technology. They strived to be a leader in the industry and provided heir employees the tools to be successful.

Large, national Construction Company specializing in all aspects of commercial construction projects.
Assistant Superintendent
Supervised construction crews on multi-residential building with 400 units and an overall budget of $ 53 Million.
Responsible for scheduling and managing all MEP trades throughout project.  Took over finishes for the last two phases of the project.  Also completed punch list on schedule for entire project.
Completed a three week look ahead on excel and updated it daily to record any delays to the baseline schedule.  Completed a man count and daily report of subcontractors I was in charge of and turned it into the head Superintendent daily.
Worked with the building inspector to complete daily inspection and log all sign-off activities.
Worked directly with Project Manager to identify and problem-solve issues to avoid project and scheduling delays.

My typical day at work consists of me being the Accounts Payable Lead which takes care of all invoices being paid and which has discrepancies.  I was the only Accounts Payable person there working, so all invoices and discrepancies were handled by me.  The project managers that I worked with were all great in helping me when I first started there and we all were very productive in getting the work done and on a timely manner and within deadlines.  I learned to be a Team Player within the Department and with other departments within the company.  The management was also great with training me for the position ahead when I was hired permanently from day one.  My co-workers were also great to work with and also enjoyable to communicate with.  The most enjoyable part of the job was me being the Accounts Payable Lead and was under the Accounts Payable Manager and the Controller.

The GM in San Diego is excellent—a rare gem in a company that often leans into toxic “boys being boys” culture and endless sports analogies. The company demands a lot from its employees and holds you firmly to your commitments. There’s nothing inherently wrong with that, but it can create a stressful environment.

Favoritism is a significant issue. What’s acceptable for one person isn’t always acceptable for another—for example, working a four-day week for family reasons may be approved for some employees but denied for others. This uneven treatment causes resentment behind the scenes, which management either doesn’t see or chooses to ignore.

As for HR, be cautious. They have a reputation for sharing confidential matters and, if crossed, for actively seeking ways to undermine employees. While this didn’t happen to me personally, I witnessed it play out multiple times with others.

There is a lot of work and expect long hours every day. Many meetings and reports. You will work more than 60 hrs a week and include some Saturdays ( it is a construction company as any other one) you are allowed to report maximum 40 hrs every week regardless.
Promises about bonuses, but projects are always loosing money.
Respect on the PM side to certain point. (More than other construction companies)
No effort recognition.
Selfishness predomine among some teams.

Manny people invest more time on making good relationships than getting a good professional result. 

Good benefits. 401k is partially vested.

You end specializing on doing just one thing, poor development. Unless you have friends to help you go where you would like.

Good company to get some experience and move forward.

I honestly thought Suffolk was finally the right place for me.  Project teams were well put together, offered ample training, had a good open door policy and most all paid well and offered good benefits.  There issue was getting around the "good ole boy" system.  While i was there, there wasn't one minority Lead/Senior Superintendent, not one!  If there is ever an issue with a sub-contractors, engineers or architects whether you're to blame or not, they will not stand beside you.  I personally witnessed all three (subs, archs and engineers) get out of line with supers and pm's only to see them moved or released.  They are all about theirselves; Drink the cool-aid or you're not going to be very happy.

It was a good experience. My achievements -
● Developed and produced ad hoc business analytics to support management and strategic decision-making ● Analyzed data and developed interactive Tableau dashboards for the management of project profit-risk using Tableau which is used by around 100 people including senior managers to make decisions on a project ● Built an interactive dashboard to report coding errors in the data which improved data quality   ● Engineered ER diagram and produced functionalities with stored procedures, triggers, and complex SQL joins; constructed whole database, executed queries, and visualized output in Power BI ● Cleaned data, performed EDA and calculated outliers on projects for business users to make data-driven decisions

Was excited to start working for this company until I discovered that their office is basically losing since they didn't land on a new jobs since a while due to the instability in the management. higher management has changed twice already in one year only!
huge turnover in the office due to the workload and losing the balance between life and work, probably you will end up working more than 60 hrs a week and most of your weekends. 
The company has switched to flex-time off basically so you will not accumulate any PTO once you leave...
The future is unknown for LA office..., try to get a job somewhere else especially if you have a family to take care of unless you are desperately looking for a job.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Project manager 42 salaries reported	$136,726 per year
Superintendent 50 salaries reported	$171,976 per year
Associate project manager 25 salaries reported	$109,798 per year
Project engineer 8 salaries reported	$81,250 per year
Assistant superintendent 11 salaries reported	$101,318 per year

Working at Suffolk Construction: Company Overview and Reviews

Suffolk Construction

Suffolk Construction Ratings

Popular jobs at Suffolk Construction

Salary Satisfaction

Job Seeker Tools

Employer Tools

Browse

Stay Connected