General Superintendent - Mega Projects

About the role

AECOM Hunt is looking to hire a field-proven General Superintendent to lead construction delivery for complex, billion-dollar programs (airports, sports/entertainment venues, education facilities, and large multi-storied civic infrastructure).

Responsibilities

• Field operations: Direct daily work across scope of the job, coordinating temporary works, access, laydown, traffic control, and public interface on constrained urban sites.
• Scheduling: Build and maintain short-interval and look-ahead plans aligned to the master schedule; drive constraint removal, productivity recovery, and phase turnover readiness.
• Logistics mastery: Optimize deliveries, hoisting, staging, and just-in-time material flow; manage crane strategy, road closures, and event/operations interfaces.
• Quality & commissioning: Enforce QA/QC, ITPs, and mock-ups; lead punch list and deficiency closure; coordinate start-up, commissioning, and system turnovers.
• Design/constructability: Lead constructability reviews; resolve field clashes and tolerances with structures/MEP/architectural finishes; support BIM-enabled coordination.
• Commercial acumen: Validate quantities, measure work-in-place, support change management, and verify progress for pay applications; monitor production rates and earned value.
• Stakeholder management: Coordinate with owner reps, authorities having jurisdiction (AHJs), utilities, concessions/tenants, and operations teams to protect public safety and minimize disruption.
• People leadership: Mentor superintendents and field engineers; set clear expectations with trade partners; run daily huddles, weekly coordination, and visual management routines.
• Compliance & permits: Ensure adherence to codes, permits, and environmental requirements; maintain documentation and as-built for closeout.
• Risk & readiness: Anticipate weather/seasonal impacts, long-lead items, and supply chain risks; implement mitigations and contingency plans.
• Champion zero-incident culture.

Qualifications

• BS Engineering/Construction Management or similar curriculum and 12 years of construction Superintendent experience or AS and 14 years of relevant experience or HS/GED and 16 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.
• Valid US Driver’s License.
• Strong and progressive field leadership experience with 12 years of experience as Superintendent/General Superintendent on large, complex programs; experience on mega projects ($>500M) strongly preferred.
• Proven delivery across multiple work packages and concurrent zones on schedule-driven, occupied, or operational sites.
• Expertise in heavy coordination: structures, MEP systems, vertical transportation, envelope, civil/utility interfaces, and complex phasing/turnovers.
• Mastery of short-interval planning, production tracking, critical path recovery, and high-risk work planning (cranes/hoisting, energized systems, confined space).
• Demonstrated leadership with diverse trade partners in union and environments.
• Strong communication, negotiation, and issue-resolution skills in a multi-stakeholder setting.
• OSHA 30; additional high-risk certifications as applicable.
• Mega program experience in one or more sectors: aviation, stadiums/arenas, healthcare, education, data centers, high-rise complex facilities.
• Proficiency with Procore (or similar), Primavera P6/MS Project, BIM 360/Autodesk Construction Cloud, Navisworks, Bluebeam, and Power BI dashboards.
• Experience delivering CMAR and progressive delivery models.
• Proven success leading commissioning and turnover on phased, operational campuses.

Additional Information

This position does not include sponsorship for United States work authorization now or in the future. This position does not offer relocation assistance. Travel assignments will come with a Temporary Living Allowance determined by location. Qualified applicants who are offered a position must pass a pre-employment substance abuse test. US travel within the United States may be required. Valid Driver’s License to operate an AECOM provided motor vehicle on construction project site(s) to support project tasks assignments and scope of work. For positions with driving responsibilities, Motor Vehicle Records are reviewed as part of AECOM’s background check process to ensure compliance with the Company’s driving standards. Offered rate of compensation will be based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. The range for this position is $149845.18 to $277213.59 per year.