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Join the Black & Veatch Construction team and build with pride. As a 100% employeeowned company, every role matters - you own your work, your impact, and your future. We lead with care, and safety is nonnegotiable and embedded into every role, site and decision, ensuring our teams return home safe, every day.

From field engineering to project management to quality and startup, you'll work with cuttingedge technology, learn from seasoned experts, and grow through realworld, handson experience. With a strong backlog across power, water, grid, and industrial markets, you'll have the stability to grow and the opportunity to shape what comes next.

The Subcontractor Superintendent oversees subcontractor supervision and works with field engineering to ensure safe, efficient, and high-quality project execution. This role partners with subcontractors, craft leadership, and project teams to deliver work on schedule and in alignment with Black & Veatch standards.

The position provides technical direction, resolves field issues, and ensures subcontractors have BV purchased materials/equipment and information needed to meet project objectives, while maintaining compliance with all project requirements and fostering strong jobsite relationships.

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• Ensure subcontractors are providing best in class Safety, Quality, Execution per the contract.
• Monitor and report construction progress against the CPM schedule.
• Coordinate with subcontractors to resolve field issues and escalate as needed.
• Track productivity, progress, and cost performance; communicate updates to leadership.
• Maintain safety, quality, schedule, and productivity targets through proactive actions.
• Lead subcontractor coordination meetings and manage 3-week look-ahead schedules.
• Identify performance gaps and implement corrective actions.
• Ensure availability of materials, labor, and equipment.
• Oversee punch list completion and subcontractor closeout activities.
• Maintain accurate daily logs and documentation.
• Review timesheets, quantity reports, and payment requests for accuracy.
• Coordinate work plans with field leadership to support execution.
• Ensure subcontractors meet scope, schedule, and quality expectations.
• Support change management, extra work authorizations, and RFIs.
• Review work packages, equipment installation, and Job Hazard Analyses.
• Identify back charges and out-of-scope work.
• Promote safety, quality, and continuous improvement.

• Degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or related field experiance (preferred)
• Experience in construction management and contract administration
• Experience in safety, cost, quality, and schedule performance

Preferred Skills

• Knowledge of construction standards, safety practices, and field procedures
• Strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to manage priorities and coordinate field activities
• Experience with constructability, risk management, and productivity tracking
• Proficiency with field reporting tools and systems
• Combined/Simple Cycle construction experience
• Working knowledge of constructability across multiple disciplines

3+ years experience of construction field leadership on equivalent projects. Valid Driver's License. OSHA 10 certification preferred. Training on reporting safety, cost, quality, and schedule information preferred. Construction management and contract administration training preferred.

All applicants must be able to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations.

Physical Demands:
Lift and carry heavy items weighing up to 50 pounds. 
Stand, Kneel, Bend, Stoop, Move, and Walk long distances in and around confined, cluttered places, and uneven areas.
See and hear naturally or with correction.   
Full range of motion and flexibility consistent with requirements of the job duties. 
Requires using hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls according to a set procedure. 
Requires repetitive movement. 
May require work above 5 feet in height.
Climb and maintain balance on steel framework, stairs, ladders and scaffolds. 
Work up to a 12 hour shift doing hard physical labor in varying temperature extremes and other outside conditions. 

Work Environment:
Typical construction site environment:  
Requires working in cramped work spaces and getting into awkward positions. 
Requires working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32F degrees) temperatures and exposure to inclement weather such as dust, wind, snow, rain, etc. 
Requires working in extremely bright or low lighting conditions 
Includes exposure to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable. 
Work around hazardous equipment.
Typical office environment.
This position is considered a safety sensitive position.