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A growing environmental services contractor with decades of experience delivering complex remediation, earthwork, industrial, and emergency response projects, is seeking a Site Superintendent to lead field operations throughout the Midwest and Central United States. This is a travel-based leadership opportunity for an experienced environmental construction professional who can run heavy earthwork projects, lead crews and subcontractors, maintain a strong safety culture, and take ownership of project execution from mobilization through completion.

The ideal candidate combines hands-on field credibility with strong leadership, organization, and communication skills. This is an excellent opportunity for a Superintendent who enjoys challenging remediation work and wants a long-term path into Project Management and broader client responsibility.

What You'll Do as the Site Superintendent:

• Lead daily field operations across environmental remediation, heavy earthwork, excavation, demolition, and site restoration projects
• Supervise crews of approximately 10 employees, equipment operators, and subcontractors on most projects
• Coordinate manpower, equipment, materials, subcontractors, and daily production activities
• Lead soil excavation, grading, backfill, compaction, contaminated material handling, and other heavy dirt-work operations
• Support projects involving coal ash remediation, manufactured gas plant sites, groundwater remediation, UST/AST removal, ISS/ISCO treatment, demolition, and industrial cleanup
• Safely coordinate the use of excavators, dozers, compactors, hydrovac equipment, and other heavy construction machinery
• Review plans, remedial action plans, work plans, specifications, and site conditions to keep projects aligned with scope and schedule
• Identify field issues early and work with Project Managers to resolve production, safety, quality, or schedule concerns
• Maintain environmental compliance related to stormwater controls, dust suppression, waste segregation, hazardous materials, and site-specific requirements
• Lead daily safety expectations, support morning safety meetings, and enforce site-specific health and safety plans
• Maintain accurate daily reports covering production, labor hours, equipment utilization, materials, subcontractors, and project observations
• Track daily time sheets and provide field information that supports labor cost and schedule management
• Manage onsite materials, tools, supplies, and equipment to keep production moving efficiently
• Serve as the primary field contact for clients, engineering consultants, regulators, and project stakeholders
• Provide timely updates to Project Management regarding field production, subcontractor performance, safety, quality, and project status
• Support emergency response mobilizations when required
• Travel throughout the Midwest and Central U.S., with individual assignments ranging from approximately 2 weeks to 8 months

Must-Haves as the Site Superintendent:

• 5+ years of environmental remediation, heavy civil, earthwork, excavation, or closely related construction experience
• Demonstrated field leadership experience supervising crews, operators, and subcontractors
• Strong heavy earthwork and excavation background
• Experience safely managing projects involving heavy equipment such as excavators, dozers, compactors, cranes, or hydrovac equipment
• Underground utility or subsurface construction experience
• Strong understanding of field safety, production, scheduling, and quality control
• Ability to read construction plans, scopes, specifications, work plans, and site-specific requirements
• Strong communication and leadership skills with the ability to hold crews accountable
• Ability to work independently and make sound field decisions
• Proficiency with basic field reporting tools including Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, or comparable systems
• Willingness to travel extensively and remain onsite for extended project assignments
• Ability to mobilize to Central and Midwestern project locations within approximately one travel day
• Willingness to complete required pre-employment screening and work in physically demanding field environments

Nice-to-Haves as the Site Superintendent:

• Direct environmental remediation experience
• Experience with contaminated soil excavation and hazardous waste handling
• Coal ash pond remediation experience
• Manufactured Gas Plant remediation experience
• ISS or ISCO experience
• Groundwater remediation experience
• UST/AST removal experience
• Industrial demolition or dismantling experience
• Experience working around petroleum hydrocarbons, PCBs, heavy metals, chlorinated solvents, asbestos, PFAS, or other regulated materials
• OSHA 40-Hour HAZWOPER certification
• OSHA, excavation, confined space, first aid/CPR, or other formal safety training
• Experience with site-specific Health and Safety Plans
• Emergency response experience
• Experience training and mentoring field personnel
• Interest in growing into Project Management and a seller/doer role

Our Client Offers:

• Base salary of $110,000-$130,000, with flexibility for the right candidate
• Company-paid travel expenses
• Company credit card for lodging and meals while traveling
• Company truck and gas card
• Medical insurance, including a company-paid medical option
• Dental and vision insurance
• Additional ancillary insurance options
• Paid time off starting at 2 weeks, with flexibility up to 4 weeks depending on experience
• Paid holidays
• 401(k) with a 3% employer contribution regardless of employee contribution
• Immediate vesting in the employer retirement contribution
• Strong safety and professional development training
• Opportunity to join a growing environmental contractor with a diverse national project portfolio
• Clear advancement path from Superintendent into Project Management and broader client-facing responsibilities

Trueline and its clients are unabashed equal-opportunity employers committed to a diverse workforce. We welcome smart and ambitious applicants and recruit, refer, hire, place, and promote without regard to race, color, gender, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, age, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by federal or state law.