Traveling MEP Superintendent - MSG - Data Centers

Turner Construction Company•Austin, TX

2d•Onsite

About The Position

This full-time traveling position supports Advanced Technology projects across data center, pharmaceutical, industrial/manufacturing, and EV/battery/renewables market segments. The MEP Superintendent leads and coordinates subcontractors and/or Turner trade labor responsible for the project’s mechanical and electrical systems, including HVAC, plumbing, electrical, low voltage, and fire sprinkler systems. The role is accountable for safety, schedule, quality, and budget, and supervises Assistant Superintendents, Field Engineers, interns, and trade labor in the assigned area. The position reports to a Project Superintendent, Project Manager, or MEP Manager. The Superintendent manages trade work, staffing, scheduling, logistics, quality control, and coordination; resolves field and design issues; and ensures compliance with safety requirements, contract documents, plans, specifications, and applicable codes. The role supports preconstruction, coordinates systems and layouts with the Engineer using a master coordination drawing set and 3D model, and leads inspections, startup, commissioning, turnover, training, and punchlist activities. The position also manages billing-related processes, reviews project changes, maintains daily progress records, communicates with owners and architects/engineers, and develops recovery strategies to maintain schedule and budget. The role is performed regularly on-site at construction work sites. Work may involve exposure to moving mechanical parts, heights, fumes or airborne particles, outdoor weather, electrical-shock risk, and moderate to very loud noise. Physical demands include climbing stairs and ladders, negotiating active construction areas, standing, balancing, crouching, crawling, and occasionally lifting or moving up to 75 pounds.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or at least four years of formal engineering or architectural experience, and a minimum of six years of mechanical/electrical/plumbing construction experience, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience.
Knowledge of building construction, means and methods, scheduling and cost control procedures, general contracts and conditions, subcontract documents, drawings, and specifications.
Specific knowledge of mechanical and electrical systems.
Thorough knowledge of building information modeling and its use in coordinating mechanical and electrical systems with other project systems.
Proven written and verbal communication abilities.
Proficiency with computer applications, including the Microsoft Office suite.
Ability to read, understand, and interpret contract documents, drawings, specifications, scopes of work, and project schedules.
Demonstrated leadership and interpersonal skills.
Ability to climb permanent and temporary stairs and ladders and negotiate construction work areas.
Ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds.

Responsibilities

Lead, direct, and coordinate subcontractors and/or Turner trade labor working on mechanical and electrical systems.
Manage decisions related to scheduling, delivery, logistics, quality control, and trade employee staffing levels.
Coordinate work among assigned trades to promote an orderly project operation.
Resolve field problems involving procedures, precedence, design clarifications, labor, equipment, schedule, and other relevant matters.
Manage the site safety program and ensure subcontractor compliance with Turner standards and applicable safety codes and regulations.
Supervise and develop Assistant Superintendents, Field Engineers, and interns, including providing input on or completing performance appraisals.
Ensure adherence to ethics and compliance requirements.
Create schedules, determine work sequencing, and develop and implement recovery strategies to maintain project schedule and budget.
Communicate with owners and architects/engineers about field issues and investigate and resolve those issues.
Manage billing processes related to work in place and oversee monthly estimates of completed work, payrolls, material invoices, and subcontractor payment applications.
Ensure work is installed in compliance with approved contract documents.
Coordinate with the Engineer on mechanical and electrical systems, equipment, and piping layouts across trades using master coordination drawings and a 3D model, and secure architect and engineer approval.
Lead project inspections, startup, commissioning, turnover, training, and punchlist activities for system acceptance and handover.
Coordinate, direct, and monitor subcontractor and supplier activities to ensure conformance with plans, specifications, and local and national codes.
Review project changes in conjunction with the Project Engineer.
Maintain detailed daily records of mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and sprinkler trade contractors’ work progress.
Participate in preconstruction efforts such as constructability and logistics planning.
Perform other duties as assigned.