Grading Operator Jobs in Houston, TX (NOW HIRING)

Location: Brownsville, TX, US Fort Worth, TX, US El Paso, TX, US Santa Teresa, NM, US Greenville, MS, US Houston, TX, US Jackson, MS, US Abilene, TX, US

Position Overview: As a Grading Superintendent, you serve as Kiewit's on-site representative and primary point of contact for construction activities. You are responsible for managing communication between the client's on-site representatives, inspectors, subcontractors, craft employees, and Kiewit personnel. Your role includes planning, coordinating, and supervising onsite functions such as scheduling, material control, and the day-to-day direction of field personnel to ensure safe, efficient, and high-quality grading operations. This position supports major infrastructure initiatives across Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi, where our teams are advancing projects that enable AI data centers, improve energy reliability, and strengthen community resilience. These efforts are driven by close collaboration between our Infrastructure and Power groups, with a shared focus on utility infrastructure development. Your leadership ensures that grading operations are executed with precision and coordination, contributing to the successful delivery of reliable, future-ready infrastructure across the South Central region.

District Overview: Kiewit's South Central District is one of Kiewit's leading infrastructure districts specializing in heavy civil, transportation, and water resource markets. Projects you could be working on could include mass grading, drainage, paving, utility and more. Although most of our work is regionally based in the south-central region of the United States, we also pursue various projects stretching across the United States. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about infrastructure and committed to the construction industry as opposed to design.

Responsibilities:

• Assists the project team by providing input to identify key success factors, timing of design and procurement deliverables, and establishing common work breakdown.
• Provides leadership to cause the creation of organizational structure and processes required to fully execute the requirements of services and is responsible for the execution of the work, quality, subcontractor performance, and construction cost.
• Evaluates execution for compliance to contract, design data, schedule, cost budgets, and quality, advising the project team of status, issues, impacts, risk, and cost influence factors on "to go" scope.
• Monitors the implementation of safety orientations, safety indoctrinations, provides coaching for improvement.
• Monitors crews for organizational structure, sizing, crew mix ratios, and wage compliance.
• Reviews and monitors cost and man-hour budget for installation process and develops a staff, facilities, equipment, and tool requirement plan.
• Direct knowledge in the areas of roads, highways, and bridges along with Maintenance of Traffic, Erosion Control and Safety Training required.
• Bilingual proficiency a plus.

Qualifications:

• Working knowledge of Trimble/machine grade control, demo, excavation, lime and flex base operations
• Knowledge of local materials Education and Experience.
• 5+ years' work experience in the construction industry, with at least 3+ years in a supervisory role managing multiple grading crews at a time.
• A high school diploma or general education degree (GED) is preferred.
• Must be able to understand work directions and communicate effectively with management and fellow employees.

Working Conditions:

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.

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. Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.