Construction Superintendent

The Axel Group is actively seeking an experienced Construction Superintendent to join our client’s team in Chester County, PA, and surrounding areas. Our client is a respected, family-owned developer-builder with a strong reputation for crafting high-end, design-forward custom homes and mixed-use communities. With a growing pipeline of luxury residential projects, they’re adding a Superintendent to lead on-site operations for million-dollar-plus builds, ensuring flawless execution from groundbreaking through certificate of occupancy.

This is a local, Monday-Friday role focused on coordinating trades, collaborating with homeowners, architects, and project managers, and delivering architectural visions to life with an emphasis on quality, sustainability, and client satisfaction. Ground-up custom home experience is required; experience with luxury builds, or high-end finishes is a plus.

Key Responsibilities & Qualifications :

• B.S. in Business Administration, Construction Management, Engineering or Architecture or equivalent experience.
• 5 or more years related experience building custom homes with a proven track record with notable luxury or custom home builder.
• This role assists with luxury custom builds, coordinating with clients and development, architects, construction teams. This position will manage high-end residential projects, liaise with homeowners and tradespeople.
• Responsible for the work on multiple projects including larger projects.
• Provides guidance and leadership to Construction Assistant Superintendent and others.
• Leads and manages on-site construction teams. Hires additional subcontractors and assigns work accordingly.
• Collaborates with PMs and other construction management to determine budgets and timelines.
• Creates cost estimate for labor and places orders for materials and is responsible for equipment and materials on site.
• Follows project timelines to ensure deadlines are met.
• Acts as a leader and role model in safety programs and initiatives. Monitoring and ensuring onsite safety compliance, cleanliness and orderliness.
• Responsible for clear and tractable document control in accordance with established policies and procedures, including utilizing management systems to create / track RFI's, transmit / track submittals, compose agreements and maintain project expediting list.
• Attend and actively participate in project coordination and owner / contractor / architectural / engineer meeting as requested or required.
• Research and preparation of change requests to resolve design issues for approval.
• Assist in the solicitation of proposals and selection of specialty contractors.
• Timely, complete and accurate generation of selected subcontract agreements and purchase orders.
• Works under supervision in the field / home office in a variety of functions and challenging but structured work that develops competencies in the function / discipline.
• Produce project (construction) schedules using Microsoft Project.

Compensation & Benefits :

This is an excellent opportunity to join a well-established developer-builder with decades of success in creating exceptional custom homes and communities. The company offers a steady pipeline of prestigious projects, a collaborative team environment, and a commitment to integrity, quality, and innovation. If you’re looking for stability, the chance to lead high-visibility luxury builds, and a team where your expertise is valued, we encourage you to apply today!