Assistant Superintendent

DPR Construction

📍Austin, TX
Posted May 22, 2026

Job Overview

Position

Assistant Superintendent

Company

DPR Construction

Location

Austin, TX

Work Type

On-site

Job ID

li-4387460675

Job Description

Job Description
DPR Construction is seeking an assistant superintendent with at least 2 years of commercial construction experience or 2 years of higher education in a construction-based educational program for local commercial construction projects.

Responsibilities
Assistant superintendents will work closely with all members of the project team and will assist with the supervision of all craft employees. They will be responsible for the following:

  • Creation of construction schedules ,performing regular schedule updates, monitor logic relationships, add new work items into the schedule and reflect resulting schedule impacts.

  • Assist with the coordination of jobsite logistics and maintain relationships with adjacent building teams and subcontractors.

  • Lead DPR’s injury-free environment safety program by setting a good example and fostering safe work behavior.

  • Assist with the coordination of subcontractor work scopes, scheduling, and resource-loading.

  • Professionally represent DPR field operations as a regular interface with the joint venture team, subcontractors, and the U.S.Army Corps of Engineers.

Qualifications
We are looking for a flexible, detail-oriented team player with the ability to manage multiple tasks, produce quality work, and consistently meet deadlines. The successful candidate will possess:

  • We are looking for a flexible, detail-oriented team player with the ability to manage multiple tasks ,produce quality work, and consistently meet deadlines. The successful candidate will possess:

  • Excellent listening skills and strong communication skills.

  • Ability to identify and resolve complex issues.

  • Effective participation in team environment.

  • Proficient computer skills in Microsoft Office Suite, and a willingness to learn project management software (Prolog or similar), and scheduling software (Primavera or similar).

  • 2+ years of experience foreman/lead in commercial construction, preferably withinDPR’s core market projects, or 2 or more years of higher education in a construction based curriculum.

  • Bachelor’s degree a plus but not required.

  • A strong work ethic and a “can-do” attitude.

  • A strong desire to learn and grow as a manager of field operations, working under the supervision of a superintendent.

  • This position is salaried.

This role is 100% On-Site.
Candidate can be based in any location that DPR Construction has an office. Weekly travel to project location in
Monroe, LA. is required
. Competitive per diem and travel incentives offered.

DPR Construction is a forward-thinking, self-performing general contractor specializing in technically complex and sustainable projects for the advanced technology, life sciences, healthcare, higher education and commercial markets. Founded in 1990, DPR is a great story of entrepreneurial success as a private, employee-owned company that has grown into a multi-billion-dollar family of companies with offices around the world.

Working at DPR, you'll have the chance to try new things, explore unique paths and shape your future. Here, we build opportunity together—by harnessing our talents, enabling curiosity and pursuing our collective ambition to make the best ideas happen. We are proud to be recognized as a great place to work by our talented teammates and leading news organizations like U.S. News and World Report, Forbes, Fast Company and Newsweek.

Explore our open opportunities at www.dpr.com/careers.

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Practice Questions

💡Technical Questions (3)
  • 1.How do you approach updating a construction schedule when new work items are introduced, and how do you ensure the logic relationships and resulting impacts are accurately reflected?
  • 2.Can you describe your process for coordinating jobsite logistics and managing relationships with adjacent building teams and subcontractors?
  • 3.If you were tasked with leading DPR's injury-free environment safety program on site, what specific actions would you take to foster safe work behavior among craft employees?
🎯Behavioral Questions (3)
  • 1.Tell me about a time you had to manage multiple complex tasks with tight deadlines while ensuring quality work on a commercial construction project.
  • 2.Describe a situation where you had to professionally represent your company while interfacing with a difficult external stakeholder, such as a joint venture partner or government entity.
  • 3.Give me an example of a time you identified a complex issue on a construction site and how you resolved it as a team.
🧩Situational Questions (2)
  • 1.You are assigned to a project in Monroe, LA, and a critical subcontractor suddenly informs you they cannot meet their resource-loading commitments for the upcoming week, threatening the schedule. What do you do?
  • 2.You notice a crew performing work in a way that violates DPR's safety program, but they insist it is the only way to meet their deadline. How do you handle this situation?

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Commercial ConstructionSchedule UpdatesPrimaveraJobsite LogisticsSubcontractor CoordinationSafety ProgramUS Army Corps of EngineersResource-LoadingPrologField Operations

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