LNG Brownfield Construction Superintendent

Nextdecade; Brownsville (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

NextDecade in Brownsville, TX seeks a Senior Superintendent to lead field execution for brownfield LNG projects, from FEED through turnover. You will coordinate with Engineering, Turnarounds, Operations and contractors to ensure constructability, safety and schedule adherence in a live operating facility.

You will guide field teams through SIMOPS, tie-ins, outages, LOTO, and MOC processes while maintaining high safety and quality standards.

Qualifications

• Significant field construction or project execution experience within LNG, oil and gas, petrochemical, refining, chemical, power generation, or comparable industrial facilities.
• Brownfield construction experience within an operating plant environment.
• Experience supporting projects through FEED, detailed engineering, construction, commissioning, turnover, and closeout.
• Ability to lead contractors, subcontractors, supervisors, and multidisciplinary field teams while managing multiple concurrent work fronts.
• Ability to read and interpret P&IDs, plot plans, equipment layouts, isometrics, specifications, work packages, and construction documentation.
• Strong safety leadership, communication, coordination, decision-making, problem-solving, ownership, and accountability.

Responsibilities

• Provide visible field leadership for brownfield projects and construction activities, promoting a strong safety culture and compliance with site HSSE requirements.
• Lead field execution from mobilization through construction, testing, commissioning, turnover, and closeout.
• Partner with Engineering and Project Engineers during FEED and detailed engineering to provide construction, field execution, and constructability input.
• Participate in field walkdowns, constructability reviews, risk assessments, execution reviews, and project readiness activities.
• Review P&IDs, plot plans, layouts, isometrics, work packages, and other engineering deliverables for constructability and field execution requirements.
• Coordinate SIMOPS, tie-ins, isolations, outages, Permit to Work, LOTO, and other activities affecting operating equipment or production.
• Develop and support execution plans, construction sequencing, look-ahead schedules, work packages, outage plans, and contractor scopes of work.
• Ensure materials, equipment, permits, drawings, resources, inspections, and work areas are field-ready before execution.
• Provide Owner oversight of contractors and subcontractors, including safety, quality, productivity, schedule, staffing, documentation, and field performance.
• Coordinate brownfield project scopes with turnaround planning, schedules, work fronts, contractor resources, commissioning, and operational priorities.
• Serve as a field interface among Projects, Engineering, Turnarounds, Operations, Maintenance, HSSE, QA/QC, Planning, Commissioning, and contractors.
• Monitor field progress, productivity, schedule, costs, constraints, field changes, and execution risks; develop or support recovery plans as required.
• Coordinate inspections, testing, mechanical completion, system walkdowns, punch lists, pre-commissioning, commissioning, and turnover activities.
• Ensure redlines, as-builts, quality records, test documentation, and turnover packages are complete and accurate.
• Provide timely field updates and reporting on progress, upcoming work, safety, quality, constraints, risks, and action items.

Job description

NextDecade in Brownsville, TX seeks a Senior Superintendent to lead field execution for brownfield LNG projects, from FEED through turnover. You will coordinate with Engineering, Turnarounds, Operations and contractors to ensure constructability, safety and schedule adherence in a live operating facility.

You will guide field teams through SIMOPS, tie-ins, outages, LOTO, and MOC processes while maintaining high safety and quality standards.