Civil Superintendent
Lufkin, Texas – Initially Onsite
Full-Time | Direct Employee
About the Company
Our client is a global leader in high-voltage electrical engineering, powering the transition to a more sustainable future. They operate at the forefront of renewable energy, data centers, and complex utility infrastructure projects, driven by innovation and continuous improvement.
Their culture is built on safety, collaboration, and respect — values that shape how teams work, lead, and grow. Growth is viewed not just as a goal, but as a mindset.
The company invests in its people, offering opportunities to develop, lead, and shape the future of energy. They value passion, motivation, problem-solving, and diverse perspectives that drive better outcomes.
About the Role – Civil Superintendent
We are looking for an experienced Civil Superintendent to lead the safe, efficient, and high-quality delivery of civil and structural construction activities for a new electrical substation supporting a mission-critical data center.
You will oversee day-to-day field operations, civil subcontractors, manpower, equipment, sequencing, logistics, quality, and coordination with electrical, engineering, HSE, QA/QC, and commissioning teams.
The role is highly field-focused and requires a strong understanding of civil construction within an electrical/substation environment, with a particular focus on maintaining schedule and supporting critical electrical installation, commissioning, and energization milestones.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead all civil field activities from mobilization through completion, turnover, and closeout.
- Manage civil subcontractors, manpower, equipment, logistics, and daily work fronts.
- Develop and manage short-term and look-ahead schedules aligned with the overall project and energization plan.
- Coordinate closely with electrical, structural, engineering, QA/QC, HSE, utilities, and commissioning teams.
- Review IFC drawings, specifications, method statements, ITPs, and work packages prior to construction.
- Identify constructability issues, RFIs, material constraints, and schedule risks before they impact the project.
- Monitor subcontractor productivity and implement recovery plans where required.
- Maintain accurate daily reports covering progress, manpower, equipment, constraints, and significant site activities.
- Coordinate phased turnover of completed civil areas to electrical and commissioning teams.
- Drive field execution against key project milestones, particularly those affecting substation energization and data center power availability.
Civil Construction Scope ️
Provide field leadership and oversight across:
- Site establishment, surveying, clearing, excavation, grading, and earthworks.
- Dewatering, soil stabilization, and ground improvement where required.
- Underground utilities, stormwater drainage, manholes, and associated infrastructure.
- Electrical duct banks, conduits, cable trenches, pits, and vaults.
- Substation grounding/earthing coordination.
- Transformer and electrical equipment foundations.
- Control/GIS building foundations and structural foundations.
- Reinforcing steel, formwork, embeds, anchor bolts, and concrete placement.
- Transformer containment and bund systems.
- Roads, hardstands, crane pads, kerbs, fencing, and final site works.
Substation & Electrical Coordination ⚡
- Sequence civil works to support transformer, switchgear, cable, and major equipment installation.
- Coordinate heavy-haul routes, crane access, laydown areas, and equipment delivery requirements.
- Coordinate civil works with grounding systems, electrical conduits, cable routes, and equipment foundations.
- Ensure underground installations are inspected, surveyed, tested, and documented prior to backfilling.
- Manage phased handover of completed areas to electrical and commissioning teams.
- Maintain focus on critical construction milestones supporting substation energization and data center power availability.
- Identify and resolve civil/electrical interface issues before they affect installation or commissioning.
Safety & Quality 🦺
- Provide visible field leadership and promote a strong safety culture across the site.
- Ensure compliance with project HSE requirements, permits, risk assessments, and approved work methods.
- Maintain strong controls around excavations, lifting operations, heavy equipment, temporary works, and simultaneous operations.
- Ensure construction complies with IFC drawings, specifications, approved submittals, and ITPs.
- Coordinate inspections with QA/QC, engineering, client representatives, and third-party inspectors.
- Verify reinforcement, embeds, anchor bolts, grounding, elevations, and dimensions prior to concrete placement.
- Manage civil punch lists and drive deficiencies through to closure.
- Ensure redlines, surveys, test results, and as-built documentation are maintained.
Requirements & Key Competencies
- Proven experience as a Civil Superintendent or similar senior field leadership position.
- Strong background in civil construction, ideally within electrical substations, power infrastructure, data centers, utilities, or other mission-critical environments.
- Strong understanding of earthworks, concrete, foundations, underground utilities, drainage, duct banks, and structural civil works.
- Experience managing civil subcontractors, crews, equipment, logistics, and multiple work fronts.
- Strong planning, sequencing, scheduling, and constructability skills.
- Understanding of civil/electrical interfaces within a substation or power infrastructure environment.
- Strong commitment to safety, quality, and schedule performance.
- Ability to read and interpret IFC drawings, specifications, method statements, and construction documentation.
- Experience identifying RFIs, field issues, material constraints, and schedule risks and driving timely solutions.
- Proficient in project management, scheduling, reporting, and construction software.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to work effectively with construction, engineering, client, utility, QA/QC, HSE, and commissioning teams.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, schedule-driven environment with a strong focus on critical project milestones.
- Willingness to work initially onsite in Lufkin, Texas.
Reporting & Key Interfaces
Reports To: Construction Manager / General Superintendent
Key Interfaces: Electrical Superintendent, Engineering, HSE, QA/QC, Project Controls, Commissioning, Civil Subcontractors, Utility Teams, and Client Representatives