Lead Electrical Superintendent - Simple/Combined Cycle
Black & VeatchAbout the role
Together, we own our company, our future, and our shared success.
As an employee-owned company, our people are Black & Veatch. We put them at the center of everything we do and empower them to grow, explore new possibilities and use their diverse talents and perspectives to solve humanity's biggest challenges in an ever-evolving world. With over 100 years of innovation in sustainable infrastructure and our expertise in engineering, procurement, consulting and construction, together we are building a world of difference.
Company : Black & Veatch Corporation
Req Id : 116445
Opportunity Type : Staff
Relocation eligible : No
Full time/Part time : Full-Time
Project Only Hire : No
Visa Sponsorship Available: No
Why Black & Veatch?
Join the Overland Contracting (a Black & Veatch company) construction team and build with pride. As a 100% employee‑owned company, every role matters — you own your work, your impact, and your future. We lead with care, and safety is non‑negotiable 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 cutting‑edge technology, learn from seasoned experts, and grow through real‑world, hands‑on 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.
Job Summary
As a Lead Electrical Superintendent, you will play a critical role in leading electrical field execution for combined cycle and simple cycle power generation projects. In this role, you will provide hands-on leadership for direct-hire craft, subcontractors, foremen, field engineers, and discipline superintendents to ensure electrical work is planned, coordinated, and executed safely, efficiently, and in alignment with project requirements. You will help drive productivity, schedule performance, quality, cost control, and field coordination across major electrical scopes, including power distribution, raceway and cable systems, grounding, terminations, electrical equipment installation, testing support, and commissioning readiness.
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Key Responsibilities
Lead electrical field execution for combined cycle/simple cycle construction projects, ensuring safe, high-quality installation of assigned electrical systems and equipment. Support the Construction Manager in maintaining BV safety, quality, ethics, lessons learned and performance management programs. Lead electrical craft, general foremen/foremen, subcontractors, field engineers and discipline supervision. Coordinate power distribution, grounding, cable tray, conduit, cable pulling, terminations, electrical equipment, lighting and balance-of-plant systems. Monitor, verify and report progress against CPM schedules, milestones, turnover priorities and commodity targets. Partner with craft, subcontractors, field engineering, startup, commissioning, project controls and management to resolve drawing, schedule, quality, quantity, cost and safety issues. Track productivity, installed quantities, progress and cost performance; communicate updates to the Construction Manager/Field Project Controls Manager. Act proactively to maintain safety, quality, schedule, productivity, cost, turnover and commissioning readiness. Lead foreman, subcontractor and discipline planning meetings for daily, weekly and monthly electrical work. Develop/monitor three-week look-ahead schedules aligned with sequencing, system priorities and resources. Confirm drawings, materials, labor, tools, equipment, access, permits and work packages support scheduled work. Oversee electrical work packages and equipment installation, coordinating with civil, mechanical, piping, I&C, startup and commissioning. Identify constraints, conflicts, shortages, quality issues and productivity impacts; develop corrective actions to maintain progress. Develop, monitor and report electrical punch list completion, turnover readiness and closeout. Maintain daily logs, quantity reports, progress updates and site records supporting documentation and commercial recovery. Review craft/subcontractor timesheets, installed quantities and supplier technical service logs/timesheets. Monitor electrical subcontractors for scope, schedule, quality, safety and execution compliance. Build relationships with subcontractors, craft leadership, field
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