Traveling Heavy Civil Superintendent - Dam Division

Sequoia-Services; Boiling Spring Lakes (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Sequoia Services is seeking a Traveling Heavy Civil Superintendent for the Dam Division to lead field operations on major dam, environmental, and earthwork projects across the U.S. The role requires coordinating crews, subcontractors, and vendors while ensuring safety and regulatory compliance.

The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of heavy civil experience, strong leadership, and the ability to read drawings and specifications.

Qualifications

• Experience supervising multiple foremen, crews, subcontractors, and vendors.
• Ability to read and interpret construction drawings and specifications.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills for field team alignment.

Responsibilities

• Oversee construction safety protocols.
• Ensure environmental and quality compliance on all projects.
• Collaborate with the Project Manager to provide data for cost tracking and efficiency analysis.
• Review and interpret contract documents, including specifications, drawings, and designs.
• Work with estimating teams to build estimates prior and during construction.
• Schedule and manage construction activities, including crews, equipment, and subcontractors to maximize efficiency.
• Review timesheets and phase codes.
• Monitor project schedules and budgets, taking actions to stay on track with milestones.
• Maintain discipline in field operations while managing schedules and budgets.

Skills

Travel readiness

Problem solving

Leadership

Planning & organizing

Reading drawings/ specs

10+ years heavy civil

Supervising crews/subcontractors

Water diversion/ cofferdams

Excavation & earthwork

Concrete & geotechnical

Soil classifications

Communication & collaboration

Time management

OSHA 10/30

physical fitness for field

Job description

Job Title: Traveling Heavy Civil Superintendent - Dam Division

Company Overview

Sequoia Services is a leading Heavy Civil Construction company known for tackling the most challenging projects across United States. Our success stems from our team of innovative, self-motivated, and dedicated professionals. We specialize in complex dam construction and rehabilitation, mining, power and energy projects, and large-scale environmental construction projects.

Qualifications

• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Willingness to travel and relocate as needed.
• Exceptional work ethic, setting a standard for hard work on-site.
• Ability to effectively plan and organize work activities.
• Proficient in reading and interpreting construction drawings and technical specifications.
• 10+ years of experience in heavy civil construction.
• Experience supervising multiple foremen, construction crews, subcontractors, and vendors.
• Familiarity with water diversion, cofferdam construction, and dewatering processes.
• Knowledge of excavation, earth fill, and moisture conditioning.
• Preferred experience in concrete and geotechnical construction.
• Understanding of various soil classifications.
• Strong communication skills, with a collaborative approach to ensuring task comprehension among team members.
• Excellent organizational and time management abilities.
• Safety-focused, with preferred 10-hour and 30-hour OSHA certifications.
• Physically capable of navigating job sites, including steep or rugged terrain.

Responsibilities

• Oversee construction safety protocols.
• Ensure environmental and quality compliance on all projects.
• Collaborate with the Project Manager to provide data for cost tracking and efficiency analysis.
• Review and interpret contract documents, including specifications, drawings, and designs.
• Work with estimating teams to build estimates prior and during construction.
• Schedule and manage construction activities, including crews, equipment, and subcontractors to provide the most efficiency.
• Review timesheets and phase codes.
• Monitor project schedules and budgets, taking necessary actions to keep projects on track with established milestones.
• Maintain discipline in field operations while managing schedules and budgets effectively.

Sequoia Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate against applicants for employment because of race, color, creed, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, citizenship status, or because he or she is a protected veteran.

We are a Drug Free Workplace Employer, and all employees in a safety sensitive position are subject to new-hire and random drug testing. We utilize the E-Verify program to electronically verify the employment eligibility of potential employees.
Background checks are performed at the time of hire (criminal convictions are not an automatic ban from employment).