Superintendent

About the role

The Superintendent is responsible for overseeing all aspects of medium to large-scale projects, ensuring work is completed safely, on schedule, within budget, and according to quality standards. This role serves as the primary operational leader on-site, managing personnel, customer relationships, project execution, financial performance, and overall project success.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage all project operations from planning through completion.
• Recruit, hire, train, mentor, evaluate, and manage project staff.
• Serve as the primary customer-facing representative and on-site point of contact.
• Oversee project schedules, staffing, workload distribution, and resource allocation.
• Ensure projects meet deadlines, quality standards, safety requirements, and budget goals.
• Monitor project profitability, job costs, invoicing, collections, and financial reporting.
• Review and approve project documentation, including timesheets, change orders, work orders, and closeout packages.
• Conduct site walks, quality inspections, and outage prevention efforts.
• Review and maintain as-built drawings and project documentation.
• Troubleshoot technical issues and provide guidance to field teams.
• Monitor operational processes including estimating, purchasing, scheduling, warehousing, reporting, and invoicing.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives and operational efficiencies.
• Promote and enforce company safety policies and quality standards.
• Lead operations meetings, training sessions, and team development activities.
• Manage company vehicles, tools, and inventory.
• Support successful project closeout and customer satisfaction.

Preferred Skills & Qualifications

• Experience leading large-scale construction, low-voltage, telecommunications, structured cabling, or data center projects.
• Strong leadership, team management, and employee development experience.
• Proven ability to manage project budgets, profitability, and financial reporting.
• Knowledge of scheduling, workforce planning, and project execution.
• Strong customer relationship and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to interpret drawings, specifications, and construction documents.
• Excellent problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills.
• Strong understanding of safety programs, quality control, and operational processes.

Pay

Min USD $40.00/Hr. Max USD $55.00/Hr.

Physical and Mental Requirements

• Regular attendance is mandatory.
• The General Superintendent must be self-motivated, positive in approach, and convey an appropriate professional image.
• The General Superintendent must promote the Company culture and mission to all employees, vendors, clients and business partners.
• The General Superintendent must possess proven problem-solving skills, critical thinking skills and the ability to effectively read, write and give oral presentation(s).
• The General Superintendent must also have excellent organizational skills and the ability to develop branch and job processes and best practices.
• The General Superintendent must have proven high skill level to interpret blueprints and other project documents, including but not limited to, specifications, reporting and quality requirements.
• The General Superintendent must be able to travel within the branch territory and/or regional territory as needed.
• The General Superintendent must possess the ability to learn and teach the Company and customer project management systems.
• The General Superintendent must be able to work at heights, off of a ladder and in confined spaces, lift up to 50 pounds and move up to 75 pounds.
• Must be able to stand and walk very large job sites regularly.
• The General Superintendent must be able to see and distinguish different colors, read small print and hear and recognize audible signals such as dial tones.

Education, Certification, License, and Skill Requirements

• Prefer a minimum of five (5) years’ experience of supervisory or managerial experience.
• The General Superintendent must have a minimum of three (3) years’ experience as a Lead Communications Technician or similar position.
• The General Superintendent must also have a minimum of five (5) years’ experience in telecommunications or a related technical or construction field.
• Must be proficient with a computer and be skilled with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and MS Project).
• Must meet Company minimum driving standards.
• The General Superintendent must have demonstrated verifiable ability to define a project, create a project scope of work, create an estimate, develop detailed associated tasks and manage these to final completion and customer turnover.
• Must be able to use the following trade Tools: punch tool with 110 block and 66 block blade, 6/8 position combo crimp tool, Krone/3M/BIX, butt set, volt-ohmmeter, 4-pair continuity tester and 5-gang punch tool.

Minimum Years Of Experience: 6+ | License Required: No | Minimum Education: High School

Overview

IES is a national provider of industrial products and infrastructure services to a variety of end markets, including electrical, mechanical and communications contracting solutions for the commercial, industrial, residential and renewable energy markets. IES is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol IESC. As of the end of IES’s 2025 fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, IES produced over $3.3 billion in revenue and employed over 9,400 employees at over 174 domestic locations across the United States.

From office buildings to wind farms, industrial complexes to housing developments, our employees and design professionals design, build, and maintain the systems that empower lives.

Benefits

• Safety is Priority One - and our record shows it
• Competitive Pay
• Company 401K plan with Employer Contribution Match
• Company Paid Time Off
• Company Paid Life Insurance
• Choice of Medical Coverage including Prescription and Short Term Disability Plans
• Choice of Dental and Vision Coverage
• Optional Long-term Disability, Critical Illness, Accident, Legal and Pet Coverage
• Auto and Home Insurance Discount Programs

Workplace Type: Onsite