Superintendent 2

Kiewit; Westlake (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Top-tier health care

Retirement planning

Job summary

Kiewit Power Delivery in Westlake, TX seeks a Superintendent to lead field operations on high voltage transmission and substation projects. You will mentor foremen, coordinate subcontractors, and drive client engagement while ensuring safety, schedule adherence, and cost control.

Join an established team delivering multi-billion-dollar infrastructure programs. Expect growth through continuous improvement, training, and leadership development within a safety-first culture.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of construction experience, including leadership roles on transmission/substation projects
• Strong ability to lead teams on large-scale infrastructure projects
• Familiarity with progressive design-build or ECI models is a plus
• Excellent communication, planning, and negotiation skills
• Self-starter with a commitment to safety and continuous improvement

Responsibilities

• Lead field execution on high voltage transmission and substation projects
• Mentor and develop junior superintendents and foremen
• Oversee subcontractor coordination and contract administration
• Drive client engagement and represent Kiewit in planning meetings
• Develop and implement project completion and turnover plans
• Maintain daily diary and ensure timely performance evaluations

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Safety

Planning

Job description

Position Overview

As a Superintendent with Kiewit Power Delivery, you will play a pivotal role in delivering some of the most ambitious and high-impact transmission and substation projects in the industry. We are proud to be directly assigned to a multi-billion-dollar portfolio of work supporting transformative infrastructure initiatives across the electric utility sector.

You will lead field operations using the Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) model - a progressive design-build approach that allows you to influence engineering and construction outcomes from the earliest stages.

You'll supervise multiple foremen and craft professionals, ensuring excellence in execution, safety, scheduling, cost control, and client satisfaction. This is more than a job - it's a chance to shape the future of power delivery.

District Overview

Kiewit Power Delivery is a full-service engineering and construction solutions provider operating across North America. Our experience and expertise span all aspects of the transmission and distribution market from high voltage overhead and underground transmission to distribution and automation design and construction capabilities. With these broad capabilities, we operate in the electric utility, renewable energy, industrial, and oil & gas markets. As part of Kiewit, we are integrated with 135 years of construction and engineering experience that provides holistic solutions, differentiating our team from the rest of the industry.

Our rapidly growing power delivery business has opened new locations across North America to strengthen our market presence while executing work within the communities that we live. We have invested in industry-leading design technology and platforms while also expanding our construction equipment fleet with the most advanced, and safest equipment on the market. We are committed to building upon our history as one of the safest companies to work for by equipping our craft with the best tooling and safety programs available.

We are an innovative team that prides itself on excellence through continuous improvement and an unwavering commitment to deliver for our clients. Our staff collaborates with Kiewit's vast internal network of resources that span heavy civil and infrastructure, vertical and commercial buildings, mining, as well our oil and gas and power generation markets, to drive safe and cost-effective solutions that achieve client expectations and further Kiewit's legacy of excellence.

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.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead field execution on high voltage transmission and substation projects
• Mentor and develop junior superintendents and foremen
• Oversee subcontractor coordination and contract administration
• Drive client engagement and represent Kiewit in planning and problem-solving meetings
• Mentor and help to grow Jr. Superintendents
• Develop a program to maintain good client relations involving staff on site
• Initiate and attend supplementary and regular meeting with client for problem resolution and planning
• Oversee and approve the monthly job cost updates and quarterly cash flow projections
• Develop and implement a plan for project completion and turnover
• Maintain daily diary for record-keeping purposes
• Ensure that all performance evaluations and completed in a timely fashion for direct reports
• Recommend, where appropriate, organizational, policy, and procedural or staff changes
• Review and approve or reject promotions up to General Foremen

Qualifications

• 8+ years of construction experience, including 3+ years in a leadership role on transmission or substation projects
• Proven ability to lead teams on complex, large-scale infrastructure projects
• Strong understanding of progressive design-build or ECI models is a plus
• Excellent communication, planning, and negotiation skills
• Self-starter with a commitment to safety, quality, and continuous improvement

There's no limit to what you'll do at Kiewit. Whether you're building or supporting projects that provide communities with dependable energy, safe transportation, clean water, or access to health care, the work you do will positively impact people's lives for generations to come.

Here you'll have endless opportunities to expand your expertise through on-the-job experience and internal and external training and development opportunities.

We offer our full-time staff employees a comprehensive benefits package that’s among the best in our industry. From top-tier health care programs to employee assistance programs and retirement planning, we aim to provide you with the tools you need to be successful in the areas of life that matter most to you.

Kiewit is an equal-opportunity employer, and we believe a diverse workforce is vital to the success of our business. We continue our efforts to attract, develop and retain employees from all backgrounds who are passionate about our industry.

We are committed to veteran and military hiring and will consider relevant military experience as equivalent to qualification requirements.

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