Kiewit Corporation

Distribution Superintendent - Kiewit Power Delivery

Kiewit Corporation$115K — $140K *
Energy & Utilities
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of construction experience, including 3+ years in a leadership role on transmission or substation projects
  • Proven ability to lead teams on complex, large-scale infrastructure projects
  • Strong understanding of progressive design-build or ECI models is a plus
  • Excellent communication, planning, and negotiation skills
  • Self-starter with a commitment to safety, quality, and continuous improvement

Responsibilities

  • Lead field execution on high-voltage transmission and substation projects
  • Mentor and develop junior superintendents and foremen
  • Oversee subcontractor coordination and contract administration
  • Drive client engagement and represent Kiewit in planning and problem-solving meetings
  • Develop and implement a plan for project completion and turnover
  • Ensure that all performance evaluations are completed in a timely fashion for direct reports
  • Maintain daily diary for record-keeping purposes

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package including top-tier medical, dental, and vision plans for employees and dependents
  • Voluntary wellness and employee assistance programs
  • Life insurance and disability coverage
  • Retirement plans with matching contributions
  • Generous paid time off
Full Job Description
Requisition ID: 179247

Job Level: Mid Level

Home District/Group: Kiewit Power Delivery

Department: Field Supervision

Market: Power

Employment Type: Full Time

Position Overview

As a Superintendent with Kiewit Power Delivery, you will play a pivotal role in delivering some of the most ambitious and high-impact transmission and substation projects in the industry. We are proud to be directly assigned to a multi-billion-dollar portfolio of work supporting transformative infrastructure initiatives across the electric utility sector.

You will lead field operations using the Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) model-a progressive design-build approach that allows you to influence engineering and construction outcomes from the earliest stages.

You'll supervise multiple foremen and craft professionals, ensuring excellence in execution, safety, scheduling, cost control, and client satisfaction. This is more than a job-it's a chance to shape the future of power delivery.

Location

This position will be located in one of our area offices and/or on one of our project sites in Ohio, North Carolina, Oregon, Utah, Kansas or Texas.

Responsibilities
• Lead field execution on high-voltage transmission and substation projects
• Mentor and develop junior superintendents and foremen
• Oversee subcontractor coordination and contract administration
• Drive client engagement and represent Kiewit in planning and problem-solving meetings
• Mentor and help to grow Jr. Superintendents
• Develop a program to maintain good client relations involving staff on site
• Initiate and attend supplementary and regular meeting with client for problem resolution and planning
• Oversee and approve the monthly job cost updates and quarterly cash flow projections
• Develop and implement a plan for project completion and turnover
• Maintain daily diary for record-keeping purposes
• Ensure that all performance evaluations and completed in a timely fashion for direct reports
• Recommend, where appropriate, organizational, policy, and procedural or staff changes
• Review and approve or reject promotions up to General Foremen.

Qualifications
• 8+ years of construction experience, including 3+ years in a leadership role on transmission or substation projects
• Proven ability to lead teams on complex, large-scale infrastructure projects
• Strong understanding of progressive design-build or ECI models is a plus
• Excellent communication, planning, and negotiation skills
• Self-starter with a commitment to safety, quality, and continuous improvement

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Working Conditions

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Other Requirements:
• Regular, reliable attendance
• Work productively and meet deadlines timely
• Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with supervisors, employees, and others individually or in a team environment
• Perform work safely and effectively. Understand and follow oral and written instructions, including warning signs, equipment use, and other policies.
• Work during normal operating hours to organize and complete work within given deadlines. Work overtime and weekends as required.
• May work at various different locations and conditions may vary

Base Compensation: $115,000/yr - $140,000/yr

(Actual compensation is subject to variation due to such factors as education, experience, skillset, and/or location)

We offer our fulltime staff employees a comprehensive benefits package that's among the best in our industry, including top-tier medical, dental and vision plans covering eligible employees and dependents, voluntary wellness and employee assistance programs, life insurance, disability, retirement plans with matching, and generous paid time off.

About Kiewit Corporation

Kiewit Corporation is an employee-owned Fortune 500 contractor based in Omaha, Nebraska. Privately held, it is one of the largest contractors in the world. Recent projects have included several bridge retrofittings in the San Francisco Bay Area, Interstate H-3 project in Hawaii, and building the world's largest geodesic dome at Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha. Along with significant mining and off-shore operations, the company also contracts small grading (dirt moving) projects for residential or commercial development.

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