Recruiter :
Valentine Nwanze
Superintendent - Complex Bridge Construction
Location: Tucson, AZ
Compensation Package : $120k - $160k DOE + Bonuses + Benefits
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
At Inside Avenue, we serve as your dedicated career partner and advocate, providing confidential representation, tailored interview preparation, and long-term career planning. We are currently partnering with a premier national self-performing contractor to secure an elite field leader for a highly technical, high-profile heavy civil mega-project in Tucson, AZ.
ABOUT THE COMPANY: A Leading National Infrastructure Contractor
Our client is a distinguished, multi-generational federation of specialized heavy civil, mechanical, and marine construction companies. They are a recognized national powerhouse in building complex infrastructure.
THE PROJECT:
You will step into a pivotal leadership role on a multi-million dollar heavy civil initiative. This monumental project is designed to replace a severely degraded, functionally obsolete structure with a modern, high-capacity segmental bridge.
THE ROLE: (Segmental Bridge Operations)
We are seeking a highly technical, hands-on leader to take ownership of the superstructure phase and drive execution with precision, accountability, and discipline.
WHAT YOU WILL DO:
Field Operations & Team Leadership
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE / QUALIFICATIONS:
Location: Tucson, AZ
Compensation Package : $120k - $160k DOE + Bonuses + Benefits
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
- Premium Compensation: Competitive Base Salary + 15-20% Area Living Allowance + 10% Performance Bonus target.
- 100% Family Health: Extremely low premiums (approx. $16/week for family coverage) with a low $500 deductible. Virtual medicine and preventative care are covered at 100%.
- Retirement Security: 401(k) with an aggressive 100% employer match up to 5% of compensation (vested after just 2 years).
- Time for Life: Accrue 15 to 25 days of PTO (based on tenure) , plus a separate Christmas Bonus (equivalent to 1 week's pay).
- Family First: 6 weeks of paid maternity/adoption leave (plus extended options) , 2 weeks of paid paternity leave , and up to $10k in adoption assistance.
- Future Growth: $5,250 annual tuition reimbursement and a scholarship program for dependents.
At Inside Avenue, we serve as your dedicated career partner and advocate, providing confidential representation, tailored interview preparation, and long-term career planning. We are currently partnering with a premier national self-performing contractor to secure an elite field leader for a highly technical, high-profile heavy civil mega-project in Tucson, AZ.
ABOUT THE COMPANY: A Leading National Infrastructure Contractor
Our client is a distinguished, multi-generational federation of specialized heavy civil, mechanical, and marine construction companies. They are a recognized national powerhouse in building complex infrastructure.
- Self-Perform Culture: Rather than simply brokering out work, they distinguish themselves by self-performing the most demanding construction elements.
- Synergistic Delivery: Their vertically integrated approach, leveraging specialized internal divisions, provides a massive competitive edge and significantly reduces reliance on outside subcontractors.
- National Legacy: They boast an impressive portfolio, having successfully completed hundreds of the nation's most complex bridge projects, including world-record cable-stayed structures and intricate segmental bridges.
THE PROJECT:
You will step into a pivotal leadership role on a multi-million dollar heavy civil initiative. This monumental project is designed to replace a severely degraded, functionally obsolete structure with a modern, high-capacity segmental bridge.
- Operational Constraints: The new structure spans critical, active railroad corridors and a major highway. Critical freight operations must remain entirely uninterrupted throughout the multi-year construction timeline.
- Technical Methodology: To satisfy these rigorous constraints, the project relies upon a highly technical cast-in-place balanced cantilever segmental construction method.
- Mid-Air Assembly: The superstructure will be built outward from the piers in mid-air, a mathematically rigorous technique that entirely eliminates the need for ground-based falsework beneath the main spans.
THE ROLE: (Segmental Bridge Operations)
We are seeking a highly technical, hands-on leader to take ownership of the superstructure phase and drive execution with precision, accountability, and discipline.
WHAT YOU WILL DO:
Field Operations & Team Leadership
- Lead day-to-day field operations specifically for cast-in-place segmental bridge construction.
- Act as a self-perform leader who actively understands how to build the work, mentoring and developing crews across union, non-union, and mixed workforce environments.
- Optimize operational efficiency and critical cycle times for complex segment pours.
- Manage the safe and precise deployment of heavy form travelers and specialized formwork systems.
- Execute rigorous work plans for segmental sequencing and hydraulic stressing operations.
- Oversee the precise installation of critical structural components, including post-tensioning systems, complex rebar grids, and embeds.
- Manage high-stakes concrete placement operations and curing processes.
- Coordinate continuously with engineering and survey teams to strictly maintain alignment and structural tolerances.
- Manage rigorous geometry control and execute real-time camber adjustments.
- Ensure comprehensive quality control across all facets of the superstructure build.
- Cultivate an unyielding, zero-tolerance safety culture.
- Strategically mitigate the severe physical hazards of placing wet concrete and operating heavy machinery hundreds of feet in the air directly over an active freight line.
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE / QUALIFICATIONS:
- A minimum of 10 years of experience in heavy civil construction, featuring direct, proven experience in cast-in-place segmental bridge methodologies.
- A profound understanding of balanced cantilever methods, form traveler mechanics, and post-tensioning systems.
- Demonstrated experience managing geometry control, survey coordination, and real-time camber adjustments.
- A Bachelor's Degree in a construction or engineering field is preferred, or a combination of education and 7 to 10 years of specific construction supervision experience.