Project Superintendent

Wharton-Smith, Inc.; Sugar Land (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Wharton-Smith, Inc. in Sugar Land, TX is seeking an experienced Project Superintendent with a water/wastewater background to lead field personnel on construction projects. You will oversee daily operations, safety, quality, and scheduling to ensure on-time, within-budget project delivery.

The role requires strong supervisory skills, knowledge of contract documents, and ability to coordinate permits, inspections, and subcontractors in a fast-paced environment in the Sugar Land area.

Qualifications

• Must have experience supervising projects in the water or wastewater industry.
• Strong supervisory experience and crew coordination.
• Excellent communication and people skills.
• Proficient in MS Outlook, Word, Excel.
• Current training in trenching, scaffolds, rigging, confined space, fall protection.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage self-perform mechanical, yard piping and concrete crews on water/wastewater related projects.
• Monitor safety to ensure a safe workplace and enforce policy.
• Ensure quality standards are met or exceeded.
• Perform short-term scheduling for manpower and equipment.
• Coordinate permit and regulatory inspections.
• Maintain field documents and daily reports.
• Capture progress photographs and manage material handling.
• Coordinate subcontractors and assist with jobsite hiring.

Skills

Project supervision

Team leadership

MS Outlook

MS Word

MS Excel

Contract documents

Safety training

Tools

MS Outlook

MS Word

MS Excel

Job description

Houston, TX Office, 202 Industrial Blvd, Sugar Land, Texas, United States of America

Job Description

Posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 4:00 AM

Wharton-Smith, Inc. is currently seeking an experienced Project Superintendent with Water/Wastewater background in the Sugar Land, Texas area. In this role, the successful candidate will be responsible for the direction and daily supervision of all jobsite field personnel on assigned water and wastewater treatment plant construction projects.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage self-perform mechanical, yard piping and concrete crews on water/wastewater related projects
• Monitor the project so that a safe workplace is being maintained and safety policy is administered
• Ensure quality standards are met or exceeded
• Short-term scheduling including manpower and equipment resources
• Coordination of permit and regulatory inspections
• Field document control including daily reports
• Progress photographs
• Material handling (receiving, and inventory, storage, spare parts)
• Subcontract coordination
• Jobsite hiring as required
• As-Built drawings
• Participate in post construction review
• Small tool management
• Knowledge of contract documents
• Jobsite security
• Completion of every project within time and budget
• Accurate and timely quantity reporting and time keeping
• Identify and communicate all changes in scope to Project Manager
• Maintain a clean and orderly jobsite

Qualifications:

• Must have experience supervising projects in the water or wastewater industry.
• Appropriate supervisory experience.
• Good communication and people skills.
• Computer proficiency in MS Outlook, Word, Excel.
• Current training as Competent Person in Trenching, Scaffolds, Rigging, Confined Space, and Fall Protection.
• Current in OSHA 10-hour, First Aid & CPR, SWPPP Inspector, silica, Risk Management, and Accident training.
• History of successful completion of multi-million-dollar projects.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disability

Wharton-Smith provides equal opportunity to qualified disabled veterans, Pre-JVA special disabled veterans and individuals with disabilities to online application systems by making reasonable accommodation to ensure equal access for submitting to job openings. (i.e., wheelchair accessibility, website accessibility, etc).

Our recruiting process is centralized and managed exclusively by the HR Department. We do not pay agency fees for unsolicited resumes. An unsolicited resume is defined as any resume submitted by a recruiter who has not been pre-approved by HR, has not signed our recruiting agreement, and has not been engaged by HR to fill a specific position.

Houston, TX Office, 202 Industrial Blvd, Sugar Land, Texas, United States of America