Electrical Superintendent - Combined Cycle

Black & Veatch Family of Companies•Lawton, OK

About The Position

The Electrical Superintendent leads field execution and supports safe, high-quality project delivery for combined-cycle construction work. The role works closely with direct-hire supervision, subcontractor leadership, field engineering, and construction management to communicate project expectations and achieve them. The position helps drive craft productivity, schedule performance, quality standards, and safety compliance, providing technical direction and field coordination to keep work progressing efficiently. The role supports construction management across assigned work areas by overseeing work packages and equipment installation, coordinating direct-hire and subcontractor teams, monitoring progress and costs, and ensuring compliance with project standards and requirements. It also contributes to continuous improvement, change management, and commercial recovery efforts through issue identification, documentation, and coordination. This is a safety-sensitive position in construction-site and office environments, with substantial physical demands and exposure to variable weather, temperatures, noise, lighting, and hazardous equipment.

Requirements

At least 5 years of construction field leadership experience on equivalent projects.
Valid driver's license.
OSHA 10 certification.
Ability to complete applicable pre-employment onboarding requirements, which may include background checks, drug screening, and motor vehicle records search.
Ability to lift and carry items weighing up to 50 pounds; stand, kneel, bend, stoop, move, and walk long distances in confined, cluttered, or uneven areas; and perform repetitive hand movements and other job-related physical tasks.
Ability to climb and maintain balance on steel framework, stairs, ladders, and scaffolds, and potentially work above 5 feet in height.
Ability to work shifts of up to 12 hours performing physical labor in varying temperature extremes and outdoor conditions.
Ability to work in cramped spaces and awkward positions, around hazardous equipment, and in hot or cold temperatures, inclement weather, variable lighting, and distracting or uncomfortable noise.

Nice To Haves

Construction Management or Engineering degree.
Electrical Superintendent experience.
Simple-cycle and combined-cycle construction experience.
Budget and cost-control skills.
Industrial relations knowledge, including recognizing and resolving potential labor issues.
Knowledge of union agreements and jurisdictional issues.
Knowledge of company construction guides and manuals, construction guides and standards, and administrative policies and procedures.
Construction safety awareness and comprehension.
Cultural and social awareness skills.
Conflict management skills.
Ability to multitask, prioritize, organize, and schedule work.
Problem-solving skills, including identifying, analyzing, researching, evaluating, and resolving issues.
Project management skills.
Communication skills.
Constructability knowledge within the discipline and construction knowledge across other disciplines.
Conceptual planning ability.
Understanding of legal contracts, including EPC and subcontracts.
Leadership ability and human relations skills.
Risk assessment and management skills.
Knowledge of time-reporting systems, cost-code labor productivity systems, time-reporting policies and procedures, and expense-reporting policies and procedures.
Computer skills.

Responsibilities

Support the Construction Manager in promoting and maintaining adherence to safety, quality, ethical standards, lessons learned, and performance management programs.
Report inappropriate conduct or safety concerns involving site personnel to the Construction Manager and Project Safety Manager.
Monitor, verify, and report construction activities for alignment with the CPM schedule, project milestones, and commodity installation progress.
Partner with craft teams, subcontractors, superintendents, and field engineering to resolve issues involving drawings, schedule, quality, quantity tracking, cost reporting, and safety.
Track discipline-specific productivity, progress, and cost performance, and communicate updates to the Construction Manager and Field Project Controls Manager.
Take proactive action to help maintain project safety, quality, schedule, productivity, and cost targets.
Apply company standards, procedures, and lessons learned across assigned work areas; communicate field issues and new lessons learned to support continuous improvement.
Lead foreman and subcontractor planning meetings and develop and monitor the three-week look-ahead schedule for assigned work scope.
Create corrective action plans to help ensure progress and productivity goals are met.
Confirm required materials, manpower, equipment, and other resources are available for scheduled work.
Develop, monitor, and report craft and subcontractor punch-list completion.
Maintain accurate daily logs and site records.
Review craft and subcontractor timesheets, installed quantity reports, progress payment requests, and supplier technical service representative logs and timesheets.
Coordinate daily and weekly work plans with craft teams, subcontractors, discipline superintendents, facilitators, and the Construction Manager.
Monitor subcontractor compliance with subcontract scope, schedule requirements, and project expectations, and build effective working relationships with assigned subcontractors.
Support the Field Subcontract Administrator in preparing extra work authorization requests, including RFMPs and work authorizations.
Assist the Construction Engineer with compiling and responding to Contractor Information Requests, and compile and respond to those requests when required.
Oversee execution of work packages and equipment installation within assigned scope.
Develop and distribute Job Hazard Analyses for major erection packages within assigned scope.
Identify potential back charges and out-of-scope items, escalate them to the Construction Manager as appropriate, and support commercial recovery through timely identification, documentation, and coordination.
Provide work direction, coaching, training, development, and performance feedback to assigned team members, as applicable.
Maintain adherence to applicable safety and quality standards and support continuous improvement and associated change management activities.
Act in a supervisory capacity by providing work direction; supervise or coordinate direct-hire general foremen, foremen, subcontractors, superintendents, and field engineers on construction management projects.