Superintendent

About the role

The Construction Superintendent team at Los Alamos National Laboratory is seeking a Superintendent to support facility upgrade and renovation projects within active nuclear facilities.

Responsibilities

• Provide field leadership and oversight for construction and maintenance activities associated with facility upgrades, renovations, and modifications.
• Supervise multiple craft disciplines during the performance of scheduled activities.
• Conduct and lead pre-job briefings to communicate work scope, hazards, controls, and expectations to field personnel.
• Interface daily with union craft foremen and field personnel to coordinate work activities, resolve issues in accordance with bargaining agreement requirements, and facilitate progress.
• Promote and enforce compliance with health, safety, environmental, and quality requirements.
• Foster a collaborative work environment focused on teamwork, communication, and safe work execution.
• Develop, maintain, and monitor project schedules using Primavera P6 to ensure work is executed safely and efficiently.
• Maintain accurate work status information and communicate project progress, issues, and recovery plans to management and stakeholders.
• Review and validate work packages developed by work planners to ensure scope, sequencing, resources, and execution plans are clearly defined and executable.
• Cook up and coordinate materials, equipment, tools, and resources necessary to support planned work activities.
• Interpret and utilize construction drawings, blueprints, schematics, and engineering documents to support field execution, work package development, and resolve construction issues.
• Lead constructability reviews and provide input regarding work sequencing, access requirements, and field execution strategies.
• Participate in investigations of abnormal events, incidents, and near misses and assist with implementation of corrective actions.

Qualifications

• 10 years of work experience, including 5+ years of experience in construction, maintenance, facility operations, or field supervision.
• Nuclear project or operational experience is required.
• Experience supporting or leading facility upgrades, renovations, modifications, or maintenance projects in an operating facility environment.
• Leadership and supervisory skills with the ability to organize, direct, and coordinate craft personnel and subcontractors.
• Ability to read and interpret mechanical, electrical, piping, and construction drawings, blueprints, schematics, and specifications.
• Basic understanding of Earned Value Management System (EVMS).
• Basic understanding of Control Account Manager role and reporting requirements.
• Ability to establish and maintain strong and effective customer engagement.
• Ability to promote an open communication environment to develop mutual trust and teamwork.
• Must be available to work night and weekend work schedules, and overtime as required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience as a CAM

Other Job Requirements

• United States Citizenship
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q security clearance