Senior Superintendent- Earthwork & Grading

McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. is America's premier, 100% employee-owned commercial construction company. With offices nationwide, we specialize in a wide range of project types that are as diverse and wide-ranging as the communities in which we build. Our innovative teams collaborate with clients and industry partners throughout the project life cycle, starting in the earliest stages of design, throughout construction and beyond project completion.

McCarthy’s reputation for tackling the toughest building challenges starts with our focus on developing high-performing individuals and teams. We do this through our award-winning training programs, a best-in-class Total Rewards benefits program, and a focus on equipping diverse teams of employee owners through a connected and inclusive culture aligned with our core values of:
Genuine. We, Not I. All In.

• We Live Our Core Values: We do whatever it takes to deliver on our promises with honesty and integrity.
• We are Employee Owned: We are personally invested in building the things people need in our communities.
• We Feel Like a Family: We value genuine connections and help each other succeed in an inclusive environment.
• We are Builders: We respect the work we do and everyone who helps make it happen safely.

The Senior Superintendent – Earthwork & Grading is a critical field leadership position and is foundational to our projects’ success and safety. The Senior Superintendent will oversee field construction for complex civil projects with significant earthwork, mass grading, subgrade, excavation, underground utility, and site-development scopes. This leader will provide direction to field foremen, manage McCarthy self-perform and trade-partner work, and ensure the safe, timely, and quality completion of construction activities.

The Senior Superintendent will work closely with the Senior Project Manager and project leadership to plan, coordinate, and deliver the work.

• Be the Project Safety Leader
• Create and maintain a safe work environment and culture.
• Ensure all aspects of safety are adhered to in performing the work.
• Take ownership and responsibility for addressing safety issues and incidents.
• Lead safety planning, daily huddles, inspections, excavation controls, dust control, and corrective actions.
• Lead Execution of Earthwork, Subgrade, and Underground Utility Work
• Take ownership of and responsibility for planning and executing assigned activities; prepare and maintain three-week schedules for those activities.
• Monitor production rates and consistently communicate the plan to craft workers to support successful project execution.
• Coordinate with third‑party inspectors for testing and inspection of responsible activities.
• Schedule and order materials for assigned scopes, including borrow material, aggregates, base, and precast structures.
• Coordinate work sequencing with civil trades, survey, testing, project management, and trade partners to meet milestones and minimize interference.
• Apply Technical Expertise and Execute Self‑Perform Work
• Maintain a strong understanding of earthwork, subgrade, and underground utility activities.
• Assist with the work‑plan process, including equipment plans and crew sizing needed to achieve required production rates.
• Apply thorough knowledge of earthwork, subgrade, and underground utility means, methods, and typical specifications.
• Plan and coordinate equipment fleets, including dozers, excavators, scrapers, graders, compactors, loaders, water trucks, haul units, and survey or machine‑control support.
• Work with the Project Superintendent or Project Manager to recruit, hire, and develop the craft labor workforce.
• Assist Project Engineers and Foremen…