Grading Superintendent - South Central District

Kiewit; Port Arthur (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision plans

Retirement plans with company match

Generous paid time off

Job summary

Kiewit is seeking a Grading Superintendent to act as the on-site representative for grading operations in the South Central Texas district. You will plan, coordinate, and supervise field activities, ensuring safe, efficient, and high-quality grading across projects in TX, LA, and MS.

Strong leadership and clear communication with clients and subcontractors are essential. You will lead crews, manage material control and scheduling, and uphold Kiewit's safety and quality standards on major

Qualifications

• 5+ years in the construction industry with progressive supervision.
• At least 3+ years supervising multiple grading crews.
• High school diploma or GED preferred.
• Ability to understand work directions and communicate effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead on-site grading operations and coordinate with client, inspectors, and subcontractors.
• Plan, schedule, and supervise field personnel to ensure safety and quality.
• Monitor cost, schedule, and quality; advise on impacts and risks.
• Ensure compliance with safety orientations and training; mentor crews.
• Oversee maintenance of traffic, erosion control, and related site activities.

Skills

Trimble/machine grade control

Demo operations

Excavation

Lime & flex base

Local materials knowledge

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Requisition ID: 177351

Job Level: Mid Level

Home District/Group: South Central District

Department: Field Supervision

Market: Transportation

Employment Type: Full Time

Position Overview

As a Grading Superintendent, you serve as Kiewit’s on-site representative and primary point of contact for construction activities. You are responsible for managing communication between the client’s on-site representatives, inspectors, subcontractors, craft employees, and Kiewit personnel. Your role includes planning, coordinating, and supervising onsite functions such as scheduling, material control, and the day-to-day direction of field personnel to ensure safe, efficient, and high-quality grading operations.

This position supports major infrastructure initiatives across Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi, where our teams are advancing projects that enable AI data centers, improve energy reliability, and strengthen community resilience. These efforts are driven by close collaboration between our Infrastructure and Power groups, with a shared focus on utility infrastructure development.

Your leadership ensures that grading operations are executed with precision and coordination, contributing to the successful delivery of reliable, future-ready infrastructure across the South Central region.

District Overview

Kiewit's South Central District is one of Kiewit's leading infrastructure districts specializing in heavy civil, transportation, and water resource markets. Projects you could be working on could include mass grading, drainage, paving, utility and more. Although most of our work is regionally based in the south-central region of the United States, we also pursue various projects stretching across the United States. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about infrastructure and committed to the construction industry as opposed to design.

Location

One of the many things that makes Kiewit’s culture unique is that we go where the work is, which exposes your career to abundant opportunities. We relocate our teams based on the work that is available, combined with the development plans, skill sets and career goals of each team member. This means your Kiewit adventure is custom-designed to meet our shared needs.

Responsibilities

• Assists the project team by providing input to identify key success factors, timing of design and procurement deliverables, and establishing common work breakdown.
• Provides leadership to cause the creation of organizational structure and processes required to fully execute the requirements of services and is responsible for the execution of the work, quality, subcontractor performance, and construction cost.
• Evaluates execution for compliance to contract, design data, schedule, cost budgets, and quality, advising the project team of status, issues, impacts, risk, and cost influence factors on "to go" scope.
• Monitors the implementation of safety orientations, safety indoctrinations, provides coaching for improvement.
• Monitors crews for organizational structure, sizing, crew mix ratios, and wage compliance.
• Reviews and monitors cost and man-hour budget for installation process and develops a staff, facilities, equipment, and tool requirement plan.
• Direct knowledge in the areas of roads, highways, and bridges along with Maintenance of Traffic, Erosion Control and Safety Training required.
• Bilingual proficiency a plus.

Qualifications

• Working knowledge of Trimble/machine grade control, demo, excavation, lime and flex base operations
• Knowledge of local materials

Education and Experience

• 5+ years’ work experience in the construction industry, with at least 3+ years in a supervisory role managing multiple grading crews at a time.
• A high school diploma or general education degree (GED) is preferred.
• Must be able to understand work directions and communicate effectively with management and fellow employees.

Working Conditions

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Other Requirements

• Regular, reliable attendance
• Work productively and meet deadlines timely
• Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with supervisors, employees, and others individually or in a team environment.
• Perform work safely and effectively. Understand and follow oral and written instructions, including warning signs, equipment use, and other policies.
• Work during normal operating hours to organize and complete work within given deadlines. Work overtime and weekends as required.
• May work at various different locations and conditions may vary.

We offer our fulltime staff employees a comprehensive benefits package that’s among the best in our industry, including top-tier medical, dental and vision plans covering eligible employees and dependents, voluntary wellness and employee assistance programs, life insurance, disability, retirement plans with matching, and generous paid time off.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.