Assistant Superintendent (Multi-Family)
Full-Time | Frequent Travel Required | In Person / On-Site in the Southeast Region
Schedule: Monday–Friday, with weekends as required by project demands
Compensation: Competitive and based on experience
A construction schedule is won or lost in the details.
Materials have to arrive when they are needed. Work must be ready for inspection. Subcontractors need clear direction. Quality issues must be identified before they are covered.
The site must remain safe, clean, and organized.
That requires someone who is consistently in the field, knows what is happening in their assigned areas, and follows through until the work is complete.
We are hiring an Assistant Superintendent to support the Superintendent and take direct responsibility for assigned areas of the project. This is a hands-on field leadership position responsible for subcontractor coordination, safety, quality, inspections, material delivery, and daily production.
What This Role Really Is
The Assistant Superintendent helps turn the project schedule into daily field execution.
You will work directly with subcontractors, trades, vendors, inspectors, and members of the project team to ensure assigned work is completed safely, correctly, and on schedule.
You will not spend the day shadowing the Superintendent or waiting to be told what to do next. You will be expected to understand your assigned scope, walk the work, identify issues, coordinate solutions, document progress, and keep the Superintendent informed.
This role is also an opportunity to develop the technical knowledge, leadership skills, and field judgment required to eventually run a project.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Supporting the Superintendent in leading and coordinating jobsite operations
- Directing subcontractors and trade labor within assigned areas
- Using the project production schedule to plan and coordinate daily work
- Communicating daily expectations, sequencing, access requirements, and deadlines to subcontractors
- Monitoring subcontractor manpower and production
- Identifying schedule concerns and escalating them before they become project delays
- Ensuring company safety requirements and site-specific safety procedures are followed
- Participating in weekly safety, production, coordination, and project meetings
- Walking assigned work to confirm compliance with plans, specifications, and quality standards
- Pre-walking work before scheduled inspections
- Coordinating and attending required project inspections
- Identifying deficient or incomplete work and ensuring corrective work is completed
- Supporting project quality control and life-safety checkout procedures
- Coordinating the scheduling, delivery, unloading, staging, and protection of project materials
- Operating forklifts and other approved site equipment when required
- Maintaining clean, safe, and orderly work areas
- Managing field labor assigned to specific project tasks
- Maintaining accurate daily logs of jobsite activities, manpower, deliveries, inspections, delays, and significant events
- Reviewing current plans, details, and project information before directing work
- Maintaining productive working relationships with subcontractors, suppliers, inspectors, and governing authorities
- Keeping the Superintendent and project leadership informed of progress, concerns, and upcoming needs
- Supporting punch-list completion and project turnover
- Representing RISE professionally on the jobsite
- Taking on additional field responsibilities as experience and capability develop
What Success Looks Like
A successful Assistant Superintendent:
- Knows the status of the work within their assigned areas
- Comes to the Superintendent with facts and potential solutions—not vague problems
- Ensures work is ready before requesting an inspection
- Catches quality issues before they are concealed or repeated
- Keeps subcontractors focused on the current plan and upcoming priorities
- Maintains accurate daily documentation
- Keeps assigned areas safe, clean, and organized
- Follows through until open items are fully resolved
- Learns from mistakes and applies that knowledge to future phases of the project
- Becomes increasingly capable of managing larger scopes and greater field responsibility
Who This Role Is For
This role may be a strong fit if you:
- Want to build a long-term career in construction field leadership
- Learn by walking the work, asking questions, and applying what you learn
- Are comfortable giving direction to subcontractors
- Notice details that others overlook
- Can manage multiple priorities without losing track of commitments
- Communicate clearly and professionally
- Stay productive without constant supervision
- Are willing to help wherever the project needs support
- Understand that accurate documentation is part of field leadership
- Can remain composed when schedules change or problems arise
Who This Role Is Not For
This role is not for someone who:
- Wants an office-based construction position
- Sees the Assistant Superintendent role as an observer or training-only assignment
- Avoids difficult conversations with subcontractors
- Walks past incomplete, unsafe, or poor-quality work without addressing it
- Needs every task assigned step by step
- Is unwilling to assist with deliveries, materials, inspections, cleanup, or other hands-on project needs
- Wants to advance without first mastering the fundamentals of field execution
Qualifications
- Three or more years of related construction experience, preferably in multifamily construction
- Associate degree from a two-year college or technical school preferred
- Relevant construction experience may be considered in place of formal education
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office and Procore
- Experience with Microsoft Project preferred
- Ability to read and understand construction plans, specifications, details, and schedules
- Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
- Ability to communicate clearly with subcontractors, inspectors, vendors, and project leadership
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and perform effectively under deadlines
- Conflict-resolution and problem-solving skills
- Ability to operate forklifts and other required site equipment
- Valid state-issued driver’s license
- Ability to travel frequently and work weekends when required by project demands
- Ability to stand and walk for extended periods
- Ability to climb, bend, kneel, reach, and work throughout an active construction site
- Ability to lift and carry materials or equipment weighing up to approximately 50 pounds
- Authorization to work in the United States
About RISE
RISE is a vertically integrated real estate company with development, construction, and property management capabilities under one platform.
Our construction teams deliver projects that must perform long after the jobsite is complete. That means we expect our field leaders at every level to care about safety, workmanship, schedule performance, communication, and the condition in which the project is ultimately turned over.
The Assistant Superintendent role is an important part of that process—and a direct path toward greater field leadership responsibility for someone who proves they can own the work in front of them.
AI Hiring Process Disclosure
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