Regional General Superintendent; Industrial​/Mechanical

Regional General Superintendent (Industrial / Mechanical)

Gavin Heath is partnering with a client in Denver, CO looking to add a Regional General Superintendent (Industrial / Mechanical) to their team. The role is a Direct Hire position.

Responsibilities include:

• Provide senior field leadership and oversight across multiple complex industrial construction projects, ensuring work is properly staffed, planned, coordinated, and executed.
• Lead and support Superintendents, General Foremen, Foremen, and direct-hire craft personnel while maintaining accountability for safety, quality, productivity, schedule, and overall field performance.
• Oversee self-perform industrial mechanical construction involving process piping, welding, structural/iron work, rigging, heavy lifts, equipment setting, and related scopes.
• Direct client planning and craft resource allocation based on project schedules, workload, productivity, and changing field requirements.
• Coordinate subcontractors, vendors, construction equipment, cranes, and other resources required for safe and efficient project execution.
• Provide direct field leadership on individual projects when required, including oversight of craft supervision and day-to-day construction activities.
• Review and interpret contracts, construction drawings, specifications, submittals, RFIs, manufacturer information, and other project documentation.
• Participate in project planning and controls, including budgeting, forecasting, cost awareness, procurement coordination, schedule management, client forecasting, and short-term look-ahead planning.
• Monitor project performance and proactively identify schedule, client, productivity, cost, safety, quality, and constructability concerns.
• Partner with project management, engineering, clients, field leadership, subcontractors, and trade partners to resolve technical and operational challenges.
• Ensure construction activities comply with applicable codes, project specifications, contractual requirements, safety standards, and quality expectations.
• Support multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining visibility into field execution, staffing requirements, project risks, and overall performance.

Qualifications include:

• 15+ years of progressive construction leadership experience, with significant experience at the Superintendent, General Superintendent, or comparable senior field-leadership level.
• Extensive experience with self-perform industrial mechanical construction and direct-hire craft work forces.
• Strong background in heavy industrial or process-intensive environments such as power generation, mining, steel/metals, client, petrochemical, refining, manufacturing, or similar facilities.
• Demonstrated knowledge of process piping, welding, rigging, heavy/critical lifts, equipment setting, structural/iron work, and industrial mechanical construction practices.
• Proven experience directly leading Superintendents, General Foremen, Foremen, and sizable craft work forces.
• Experience managing subcontractors and coordinating cranes, heavy equipment, material movement, and other construction resources.
• Experience leading major industrial construction projects, including projects valued at $50M+, with larger $100M+ project experience strongly preferred.
• Ability to simultaneously oversee multiple active projects with varying scopes, schedules, staffing requirements, and operational challenges.
• Strong understanding of construction contracts, project financials, budgeting, forecasting, scheduling, client planning, productivity, procurement, and cost control.
• Ability to read and interpret construction drawings, specifications, contracts, submittals, RFIs, schedules, and other technical/project documentation.
• Strong field presence combined with the administrative and commercial capabilities required to manage complex construction operations.
• Exceptional leadership, communication, planning, and problem-solving skills.
• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or related discipline preferred; equivalent progressive industrial construction and field leadership experience will be considered.
• OSHA 30 or comparable safety training preferred.
• Experience with construction/project management platforms such as Primavera P6, Procore, Bluebeam, Microsoft Project, or similar tools preferred.
• Ability and willingness to travel extensively (approximately 75%) is required.

Gavin Heath is an equal opportunity employer. Gavin Heath will extend equal opportunity to all individuals without regard to race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation and gender identity), national origin, disability, age, creed, ancestry, genetic information, or any other status protected under applicable federal, state, or local laws.