General Superintendent

About the role

Day & Zimmermann Maintenance and Construction (DZMC) is a leading provider of maintenance services in the Power, Chemical, and Industrial markets. We are committed to delivering innovative solutions and seamless processes that effectively manage all aspects of the plant life cycle. Our mission is to make life easier for plant owners and to support the nation's critical infrastructure.

Learn more about our services.

General Duties

• Organize, direct, and manage all site field activities at a nuclear facility, including oversight of all craft labor and craft supervision.
• Ensure strict adherence to nuclear safety standards, site procedures, and quality requirements.
• Coordinate and integrate field operations with subcontractors, outage support organizations, and site support groups to safely and efficiently execute nuclear maintenance, modification, and construction work.
• Monitor and manage field cost and schedule performance for nuclear projects and outages; review estimates, work orders, and job plans for accuracy, constructability, and alignment with approved nuclear work scope.
• Take ownership of field execution planning, including scope definition, equipment and tooling needs, man-loading, and work sequencing in support of outage milestones and station schedules.
• Ensure full compliance with client-owner labor agreements, collective bargaining agreements, jurisdictional requirements, and site-specific nuclear work rules.
• Serve as a primary daily interface with the client-owner’s site representatives, providing clear communication on nuclear field activities, outage status, performance metrics, and emerging issues.
• Conduct frequent field walk-downs in radiological, industrial, and conventional work areas to evaluate constructability, work readiness, and adherence to ALARA principles, driving improvements to enhance productivity while maintaining safety, quality, and schedule commitments.
• Promote and model a strong nuclear safety culture by reinforcing procedural compliance, human performance tools, and conservative decision-making across all field operations.
• Support and assist the Site Manager in overall nuclear project execution and assume Site Manager responsibilities in their absence as required.

Minimum requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in related field of study or equivalent years of related work experience in a Maintenance/Modification or Construction environment.

What’s In It for You?

• Industry Leadership & Reputation: D&Z has decades of experience serving the nuclear industry.
• Supportive Culture & Benefits: Competitive pay and benefits packages, including medical/Rx, dental and vision coverage; life, AD&D and disability insurance; flexible spending accounts; 100% paid maternity leave for up to 12 weeks, parental leave, family leave, other paid time off; voluntary benefits and discount programs.
• Meaningful, Impactful Work: Help support our critical national infrastructure.
• Career Growth & Development: Opportunities for career building through mentorship, training, and professional development programs.

Badge Requirements

• Meet any training, drug/alcohol, and/or background screening elements required to obtain unescorted access at a secure facility.

Pay Range

The salary range for this role is $95,000 - $171,000. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location.

Physical Demands

• Visual acuity
• Balancing
• Stooping
• Reaching
• Lifting motion or lifting objects more than 15 pounds
• Walking
• Repetitive motion of any part of the body
• Kneeling, crouching or crawling
• Pushing or pulling (e.g. using a part of your body to press against something in a downward or outward direction or in a dragging or hauling motion)
• Manual Dexterity
• Grasping (e.g. use of hand to apply pressure)
• Feeling (e.g. perceiving an object’s size, shape, texture, etc.)
• Climbing (e.g. ascending/descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, pole, etc. using feet and legs and hands/arms to climb)
• Hearing
• Talking
• Capacity to think, concentrate and focus for long periods of time
• Capacity to read complex documents in the English language
• Capacity to write complex documents in the English language
• Expertise in:
• Wearing a mask, respirator, bullet proof vest, or other equipment
• Regularly performing all job functions at Company’s office or worksite
• Withstanding environmental conditions (e.g. extreme heat or cold, grass, wind, sand, fumes, odors, gases, extreme noise, etc.)