Superintendent - Kiewit Building Group

Kiewit (Canada); Brookings (SD); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Retirement plan with match

Paid time off

Wellness program

Job summary

Kiewit is seeking a Superintendent to lead project execution, planning, personnel management, and schedule adherence. The role emphasizes safety, quality, and workforce development across multiple sites.

You will drive budgets and schedules while collaborating with engineers, foremen, and subcontractors. A strong safety culture and ethics are essential as you relocate and travel to current needs in various regions.

Qualifications

• 7+ years’ work experience in the construction industry, with at least 5+ years in a supervisory role
• Advanced knowledge of construction disciplines, union agreements and safety regulations
• Strong organizational and communication skills
• Willingness to travel and relocate as needed
• Ability to work with schedules, cost control, and engineering drawings

Responsibilities

• Provide supervisory direction of craft personnel via internal or external general foreman, managing productivity, safety, quality and schedule adherence
• Act as liaison between field engineering and project craft to ensure compliance of construction drawings and specifications
• Coordinate and interface with other superintendents and subcontractors, as well as Kiewit staff and leadership to ensure smooth workflow and schedule adherence
• Resolve employee conflicts, grievances, and scheduling difficulties, informing project and corporate management as appropriate
• Assist in schedule planning, determining craft labor levels, material quantities, and equipment requirements
• Ensure project rules, procedures and programs are followed, including safety, attendance, and workplace behavior standards

Skills

Travel flexibility

Supervisory experience

Vertical building knowledge

Safety compliance

Reading drawings

Interpersonal skills

Team coordination

Job description

Position Overview

A Superintendent at Kiewit is a leadership role responsible for overseeing all aspects of a project's execution, including planning, resource allocation, and ensuring successful completion. They play a key role in driving project schedules and budgets while prioritizing safety, quality, and workforce development.

Our mission is to make a difference and we offer opportunities for you to make one too through our construction operations. Whether we’re boring tunnels through mountains, turning rivers into energy or building bridges that connect communities, we depend on our passionate, skilled, and safety-obsessed construction professionals to get it done right. You bring your big ideas, commitment to top quality, and an unwavering work ethic. In return, we offer huge career and travel opportunities and the satisfaction of building the next big thing from the ground up. There’s a reason Kiewit attracts the best: we offer fast-paced excitement and fulfillment you won’t find anywhere else.

District Overview

Kiewit Building Group specializes in constructing office buildings, industrial complexes, education and sports facilities, hotels, hospitals, transportation terminals, science and technology facilities, manufacturing, retail and special-use facilities and extensive interior construction with tenant improvements. Its capabilities include general construction, construction management, design-build, design-assist and turn-key project development. Kiewit also provides fast, accurate preconstruction project management services.

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.

Our current project needs are in:

• Lyon County, MN


• Wichita, KS

Responsibilities

• Provide supervisory direction of craft personnel via internal or external general foreman, managing the performance of productivity, safety, quality and schedule adherence


• Act as liaison between field engineering and project craft to ensure compliance of construction drawings and specifications


• Coordinate and interface effectively with other superintendents and subcontractors, as well as Kiewit staff personnel and leadership to ensure smooth workflow and schedule adherence


• Resolve employee conflicts, grievances, and scheduling difficulties, informing project and corporate management as appropriate


• Assist in schedule planning, determining craft labor levels, material quantities, and equipment requirements


• Ensure project rules, procedures and programs are followed consistently, including those involving safety, attendance, and workplace behavior standards as reflected in Company’s non-harassment and nondiscrimination policies

Qualifications

• Ability to travel and relocate as needed


• 7+ years’ work experience in the construction industry, with at least 5+ years in a supervisory role


• Previous knowledge/experience in vertical building setting required


• Advanced knowledge of various construction disciplines, union agreements and jurisdictional issues, safety regulations, scheduling, cost control, engineering drawings and other documents


• Demonstrated ability to efficiently supervise and evaluate craft performance


• Highly motivated, with a demonstrated passion for excellence and taking initiative


• Strong work ethic, willing to do what it takes to get the job done right the first time


• Demonstrated commitment to ethics and integrity


• Passion for safety, with the ability to help us ensure that nobody gets hurt


• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills


• Team player with the ability to work independently to meet deadlines, goals and objectives


• Strong organization, time management, and attention to detail


• Must be able to travel on per diem turnaround or be able to relocate to a hub location

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.

Company: Kiewit