Lead Electrical Superintendent

Requisition ID: 298516 Relocation Authorized: National/International - Family Telework Type: Full-Time Office/Project Work Location: New Albany, OHExtraordinary teams building inspiring projects:Since 1898, we have helped customers complete more than 25,000 projects in 160 countries on all seven continents that have created jobs, grown economies, improved the resiliency of the world's infrastructure, increased access to energy, resources, and vital services, and made the world a safer, cleaner place. Differentiated by the quality of our people and our relentless drive to deliver the most successful outcomes, we align our capabilities to our customers' objectives to create a lasting positive impact. We serve the Infrastructure; Nuclear, Security & Environmental; Energy; Mining & Metals, and the Manufacturing and Technology markets. Our services span from initial planning and investment, through start-up and operations. Core to Bechtel is our Vision, Values and Commitments. They are what we believe, what customers can expect, and how we deliver. Learn more about our extraordinary teams building inspiring projects in our Impact Report. Project Overview:Bechtel is building a semiconductor manufacturing plant in New Albany, Ohio. We are partnering with the North America Building Trades Unions and suppliers to create several thousand new jobs and work with local education organizations to implement new training programs that will support the future talent pipeline. Bechtel Manufacturing & Technology, Inc. offers engineering, procurement, and construction services for customers in the semiconductor manufacturing, electric vehicle, and data center markets. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, the M&T global business unit also includes colleagues working in Arizona, Ohio, Texas, India, and additional project locations around the world.Job Summary:The Lead Electrical Superintendent is responsible for the safe, efficient, and predictable execution of direct-hire electrical scope within an assigned project area. The role provides field leadership for the electrical construction from work-front development through installation, testing, system completion, and turnover.The Lead Electrical Superintendent is accountable for translating the project schedule into executable field plans, including development and management of detailed 3-week look-ahead plans and 90-day execution plans, establishing craft staffing requirements and manpower curves, and ensuring labor, materials, engineering, equipment, and access are aligned with planned work.This position leads and supports Electrical Superintendents, General Foremen, Foremen, and direct-hire craft while coordinating closely with Engineering, Planning, Procurement, Quality, Startup/Commissioning, other construction disciplines, and subcontractors to remove constraints and maintain area priorities.Major Responsibilities:• Provides overall field leadership for direct-hire electrical construction activities within the assigned area and is accountable for safety, quality, productivity, schedule, and execution performance.• Develops, maintains, and drives the 3-week look-ahead schedule, ensuring work is properly sequenced, measurable, constraint-free, and aligned with project milestones.• Develops and manages a 90-day execution plan identifying upcoming work fronts, required engineering, materials, equipment, access, predecessor activities, staffing needs, and potential schedule risks.• Develops and maintains craft manpower curves based on quantities, productivity assumptions, available work fronts, and schedule requirements. Adjusts staffing plans as conditions and priorities change.• Directly manages craft execution and provides leadership and direction to electrical Superintendents, General Foremen, Foremen, and craft personnel.• Supports other area Superintendents by helping resolve execution issues, balancing craft resources, coordinating shared work fronts, and ensuring consistent execution practices across the electrical organization.• Reviews planned versus actual quantities, installed production, earned hours, productivity, and staffing to identify performance gaps and implement recovery actions when required.• Ensures sufficient ready-to-work backlog is maintained for the craft and proactively identifies constraints before they impact field execution.• Coordinates electrical installation activities.including cabling, terminations, panels/RIO cabinets, junction boxes, calibration, testing, and associated system completion activities.• Ensures installation sequencing supports downstream loop checks, functional testing, commissioning, energization/startup, and system turnover requirements.• Works closely with Planning to ensure construction schedules accurately represent field conditions, realistic production rates, sequence, manpower loading, and remaining quantities.• Coordinates with Engineering to resolve design issues, RFIs, constructability concerns, late design changes, and field conditions that could impact installation.• Coordinates with Procurement and Material Management to ensure required instruments, bulk materials, specialty materials, and vendor equipment are available ahead of planned installation dates.• Reviews work packages and installation plans to verify required drawings, specifications, materials, permits, access, tools, equipment, and predecessor work are complete before releasing work to the field.• Coordinates closely with Electrical, Piping, Mechanical, Structural, Civil, and other disciplines to manage interfaces, congestion, access, shared resources, and work sequencing.• Maintains awareness of critical-path and near-critical-path activities and takes proactive action to prevent electrical scope from impacting project milestones.• Drives completion of punch items, rework, testing deficiencies, and turnover documentation to support timely system completion.• Ensures work is executed in accordance with applicable project specifications, drawings, procedures, quality requirements, and construction standards.• Establishes clear daily and weekly expectations for field leadership and holds the organization accountable for safety, attendance, productivity, quality, housekeeping, and schedule performance.• Promotes strong field leadership through routine presence in the work areas, verification of actual field conditions, coaching of subordinate Superintendents and Foremen, and timely resolution of craft-level issues.• Participates in construction coordination, schedule, system completion, and management meetings and clearly communicates instrumentation status, risks, manpower needs, constraints, and recovery plans.Education and Experience Requirements:Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 10-13 years of relevant experience or 14-17 years of relevant work experience in lieu of a degree.Required Knowledge and Skills:• Extensive working knowledge of construction planning, monitoring and control.• Familiar with construction tools and equipment as well as their uses.• Extensive technical knowledge and experience in electrical operations to ensure adequate coordination with all stakeholders for smooth and safe execution.• Proficient in Microsoft suite in word processing, spreadsheet and database applications• Experience managing union craft Heavy industrial US direct hire construction experience• Knowledge and understanding of the application and requirements of the Project Environmental, Safety & Health (ES&H) Handbook and the Bechtel Core Processes as they relate to area of responsibility.• Knowledge of safety and relevant OSHA requirements and regulations.• Knowledge of Bechtel's "Zero Accidents" safety program. Excellent customer relations and communication skills. Total Rewards/Benefits:For decades, Bechtel has worked to inspire the next generation of employees and beyond! Because our teams face some of the world's toughest challenges, we offer robust benefits to ensure our people thrive. Whether it is advancing careers, delivering programs to enhance our culture, or providing time to recharge, Bechtel has the benefits to build a legacy of sustainable growth. Learn more at Bechtel Total RewardsDiverse teams build the extraordinary:As a global company, Bechtel has long been home to a vibrant multitude of nationalities, cultures, ethnicities, and life experiences. This diversity has made us a more trusted partner, more effective problem solvers and innovators, and a more attractive destination for leading talent.We are committed to being a company where every colleague feels that they belong-where colleagues feel part of "One Team," respected and rewarded for what they bring, supported in pursuing their goals, invested in our values and purpose, and treated equitably. Click here to learn more about the people who power our legacy.Bechtel is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, disability, citizenship status (except as authorized by law), protected veteran status, genetic information, and any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Applicants with a disability, who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, may e-mail their request to View email address on click.appcast.io SummaryJob number: 298516Profession: ConstructionEmployment type: Standard