Superintendent, Brownfield Construction

NextDecade•Brownsville, TX

About The Position

The Superintendent, Brownfield Project provides field execution leadership throughout the brownfield project lifecycle, from FEED and project development through construction, commissioning, turnover, and closeout. The role partners with Engineering, Project Engineers, Operations, Maintenance, Turnarounds, HSSE, and contractors to ensure projects are safely planned, constructible, and successfully executed within an operating LNG facility. The Superintendent leads field activities with particular focus on SIMOPS, tie-ins, outages, constructability, contractor performance, Permit to Work, Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), Management of Change (MOC), quality, schedule, and safe integration with ongoing plant operations. The position operates in a complex construction environment and may involve indoor and outdoor conditions, exposure to weather, moving mechanical parts, electrical circuits, and distracting noise. The role requires wearing necessary PPE and may require confined-space entry and work at elevated heights. The employee must be able to travel to other company work locations as required, move throughout the facility and reach designated muster points during emergencies, perform job functions throughout a full shift, and meet the listed mobility, lifting, vision, and communication demands, with or without reasonable accommodations. Duties may change at any time. Hired employees must verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and complete the required employment eligibility verification document upon hire.

Requirements

Significant field construction or project execution experience within LNG, oil and gas, petrochemical, refining, chemical, power generation, or comparable industrial facilities.
Demonstrated brownfield construction experience within an operating plant environment.
Experience supporting projects through FEED, detailed engineering, construction, commissioning, turnover, and closeout.
Working knowledge of SIMOPS, tie-ins, Permit to Work, LOTO, MOC, constructability, mechanical completion, commissioning, and turnover.
Demonstrated ability to lead contractors, subcontractors, supervisors, and multidisciplinary field teams while managing multiple concurrent work fronts.
Ability to read and interpret P&IDs, plot plans, equipment layouts, isometrics, specifications, work packages, and construction documentation.
Strong safety leadership, communication, coordination, decision-making, problem-solving, ownership, and accountability.
Relevant technical, construction, engineering, or craft qualification, or equivalent demonstrated industry experience.
Ability to work in an active LNG construction and operating environment, including nights, weekends, holidays, outages, or designated tie-in windows when required.
Ability to wear all necessary PPE to perform job functions.
Ability to drive to other Company work locations as required and move throughout facility areas, including to a designated emergency muster point.
Ability to stand and/or sit continuously and perform job functions for a full shift.
Fully mechanical motion and usage of all extremities.
Ability to walk, stand, bend, stoop, kneel, reach, twist, lift, push, pull, climb, balance, crouch, and handle and lift items weighing up to 20 lbs. without assistance.
Visual acuity corrected to perform job functions, including close, distance, color, peripheral, and depth vision and ability to adjust focus.
Ability to communicate clearly via radio, phone, and verbal methods.

Nice To Haves

LNG operating-facility experience.
Previous Superintendent or comparable senior field leadership experience.
FEED and constructability review experience.
Turnaround (TAR) project planning and execution experience.
Experience with project controls, field change control, and contractor performance management.
Experience with commissioning, mechanical completion, startup, and turnover systems.

Responsibilities

Provide visible field leadership for brownfield projects and construction activities, promoting a strong safety culture and compliance with site HSSE requirements.
Lead field execution from mobilization through construction, testing, commissioning, turnover, and closeout.
Partner with Engineering and Project Engineers during FEED and detailed engineering to provide construction, field execution, and constructability input.
Participate in field walkdowns, constructability reviews, risk assessments, execution reviews, and project readiness activities.
Review P&IDs, plot plans, layouts, isometrics, work packages, and other engineering deliverables for constructability and field execution requirements.
Coordinate SIMOPS, tie-ins, isolations, outages, Permit to Work, LOTO, and other activities affecting operating equipment or production.
Develop and support execution plans, construction sequencing, look-ahead schedules, work packages, outage plans, and contractor scopes of work.
Ensure materials, equipment, permits, drawings, resources, inspections, and work areas are field-ready before execution.
Provide Owner oversight of contractors and subcontractors, including safety, quality, productivity, schedule, staffing, documentation, and field performance.
Coordinate brownfield project scopes with turnaround planning, schedules, work fronts, contractor resources, commissioning, and operational priorities.
Serve as a field interface among Projects, Engineering, Turnarounds, Operations, Maintenance, HSSE, QA/QC, Planning, Commissioning, and contractors.
Monitor field progress, productivity, schedule, costs, constraints, field changes, and execution risks; develop or support recovery plans as required.
Coordinate inspections, testing, mechanical completion, system walkdowns, punch lists, pre-commissioning, commissioning, and turnover activities.
Ensure redlines, as-builts, quality records, test documentation, and turnover packages are complete and accurate.
Provide timely field updates and reporting on progress, upcoming work, safety, quality, constraints, risks, and action items.