Assistant Superintendent

About Us

Clayco is a full-service, turnkey real estate development, master planning, architecture, engineering, and construction firm that safely delivers clients across North America the highest quality solutions on time, on budget, and above and beyond expectations. With $8.1 billion in revenue for 2025, Clayco specializes in the "art and science of building," providing fast track, efficient solutions for mission critical, industrial, life sciences, power & energy, aviation, commercial, institutional, residential and sports & entertainment related building projects.

About Ventana

As part of the Clayco family, Ventana designs, supplies, and installs high-performing curtain wall façade systems. By working closely with the design team, we can ensure a competitively priced façade that is water and airtight and allows for optimal thermal control of the interior space. Traditionally, the façade is one of the major risk factors on any building, and the team at Ventana has a proven track record of taking the risk and delivering superior façade systems that guarantee long-term performance.

The Role We Want You For

The Assistant Superintendent will have a great deal of input in the overall planning and oversight of the job. This includes scheduling of manpower, obtaining tools and materials needed, filing permits and other documents, and even advising on budget expenditures. The assistant superintendent will also provide on-site supervision of the daily work load, job site safety, receiving and storing of tools and supplies, and the reporting of all of these aspects to the Project Managers and Project Superintendent.

The Specifics of the Role

• Work in conjunction with the bid team to prepare accurate bid proposals.
• Assist with final assembly of estimate for presentation to owner.
• Subcontractor solicitation during bidding process.
• Review of the project construction schedule and assist in preparation of the General Conditions.
• Aid field operations with change order pricing.
• Review of the construction documents for value engineering and pricing.
• Obtain labor burden and applicable insurance rates.
• Maintain master subcontractor/vendor lists by trade. Solicit additional capable subcontractors.
• Provide technical assistance with project managers in negotiating contracts, change orders, etc. as required. Assure clean transition of estimate, bidding information, drawings, specifications, etc to project management.
• Ensures proper internal controls and maintenance/development of the organization’s historical estimating records for all entities
• Maintain and develop historical data for unit prices.
• Performing quantity take-offs to develop in-house budgets to review against bids from subcontractors.
• Developing scopes of work for each trade to bid projects.
• Calling subcontractors to review scopes and verify if bidding.
• Develop General Conditions for review with Senior Management and Project Management.

Requirements

• A Bachelor's Degree in Construction Engineering or Construction Management
• 0-5 years experience in commercial/industrial construction management, on projects of 10+ million, ideally with design/build experience.
• Previous experience as a Superintendent or Foreman is a plus.
• Ability to effectively supervise construction employees and to accomplish work within budget and schedule.
• A solid understanding of the company's Safety First philosophy and practice.
• Very strong work ethic with the willingness to travel and/or relocate.
• Must be able to lift large objects that weigh at least 60 lbs.
• Ability to walk unleveled terrain and job sites several times a day, scale scaffolding and temporary stairs measuring many stories in height.

Some Things You Should Know

• Our clients and projects are nationwide – Travel will be required
• No other builder can offer the collaborative design-build approach that Clayco does.
• We work on creative, complex, award-winning, high-profile jobs.
• The pace is fast!
• This position is classified as a safety-sensitive role in accordance with applicable state and federal laws. Candidates selected for this position will be subject to a comprehensive background check, which includes mandatory drug testing.

Why Ventana and Clayco?

• 2025 Best Places to Work – St. Louis Business Journal, Los Angeles Business Journal, and Phoenix Business Journal.
• 2025 ENR Top 400 – Top Data Center Contractor (Top 3).
• 2025 ENR Top 100 Design-Build Firms – Design-Build Contractor (Top 5).
• 2025 ENR Top 100 Green Contractors – Green Contractor (Top 3).

Benefits

• Discretionary Annual Bonus: Subject to company and individual performance.
• Comprehensive Benefits Package Including: Medical, dental and vision plans, 401k, generous PTO and paid company holidays, employee assistance program, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, disability coverage, learning & development programs and more!

Compensation

• The salary range for this position considers a wide range of factors in making compensation decisions including but not limited to: Education, qualifications, skills, training, experience, certifications, internal equity, and location. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for the role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. The Clayco Nationwide salary range for this position is approximately $55,000 - $65,000 +/- annually (not adjusted for location).