Superintendent, Brownfield Construction at NextDecade in Brownsville Site

Job description

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing! We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business. SUMMARY OF THE ROLE The Superintendent, Brownfield Project provides field execution leadership throughout the brownfield project lifecycle, from FEED and project development through construction, commissioning, turnover, and closeout. This role partners with Engineering, Project Engineers, Operations, Maintenance, Turnarounds, HSSE, and contractors to ensure projects are safely planned, constructible, and successfully executed within an operating LNG facility. The Superintendent leads field activities with particular focus on SIMOPS, tie-ins, outages, constructability, contractor performance, Permit to Work, Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), Management of Change (MOC), quality, schedule, and safe integration with ongoing plant operations. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Provide visible field leadership for brownfield projects and construction activities, promoting a strong safety culture and compliance with site HSSE requirements. Lead field execution from mobilization through construction, testing, commissioning, turnover, and closeout. Partner with Engineering and Project Engineers during FEED and detailed engineering to provide construction, field execution, and constructability input. Participate in field walkdowns, constructability reviews, risk assessments, execution reviews, and project readiness activities. Review P&IDs, plot plans, layouts, isometrics, work packages, and other engineering deliverables for constructability and field execution requirements. Coordinate SIMOPS, tie-ins, isolations, outages, Permit to Work, LOTO, and other activities affecting operating equipment or production. Develop and support execution plans, construction sequencing, look-ahead schedules, work packages, outage plans, and contractor scopes of work. Ensure materials, equipment, permits, drawings, resources, inspections, and work areas are field-ready before execution. Provide Owner oversight of contractors and subcontractors, including safety, quality, productivity, schedule, staffing, documentation, and field performance. Coordinate brownfield project scopes with turnaround planning, schedules, work fronts, contractor resources, commissioning, and operational priorities. Serve as a field interface among Projects, Engineering, Turnarounds, Operations, Maintenance, HSSE, QA/QC, Planning, Commissioning, and contractors. Monitor field progress, productivity, schedule, costs, constraints, field changes, and execution risks; develop or support recovery plans as required. Coordinate inspections, testing, mechanical completion, system walkdowns, punch lists, pre-commissioning, commissioning, and turnover activities. Ensure redlines, as-builts, quality records, test documentation, and turnover packages are complete and accurate. Provide timely field updates and reporting on progress, upcoming work, safety, quality, constraints, risks, and action items. EDUCATION, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE, & COMPETENCIES Basic Requirements: Significant field construction or project execution experience within LNG, oil and gas, petrochemical, refining, chemical, power generation, or comparable industrial facilities. Demonstrated brownfield construction experience within an operating plant environment. Experience supporting projects through FEED, detailed engineering, construction, commissioning, turnover, and closeout. Working knowledge of SIMOPS, tie-ins, Permit to Work, LOTO, MOC, constructability, mechanical completion, commissioning, and turnover. Demonstrated ability to lead contractors, subcontractors, supervisors, and multidisciplinary field teams while managing multiple concurrent work fronts. Ability to read and interpret P&IDs, plot plans, equipment layouts, isometrics, specifications, work packages, and construction documentation. Strong safety leadership, communication, coordination, decision-making, problem-solving, ownership, a