What are the responsibilities and job description for the General Superintendent position at Metric DCX?
Top 10 ENR National General Contractor looking to identify a General Superintendent to lead field execution on large-scale hyperscale data center projects.
This is a national travel role with responsibility for overseeing day-to-day field operations, leading superintendent teams, managing trade partners, and driving projects from mobilization through commissioning and turnover.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead overall field operations on hyperscale data center construction projects
- Manage Senior Superintendents, Superintendents, Assistant Superintendents, and field teams
- Own site execution across safety, schedule, quality, logistics, manpower, and production
- Coordinate closely with Project Executives, Project Managers, MEP leadership, and client teams
- Drive accountability across subcontractors and trade partners
- Oversee complex MEP installation, commissioning, turnover, and phased delivery
- Lead short-term planning, site logistics, sequencing, and field coordination
- Identify and resolve field issues before they impact schedule or production
- Maintain high standards for safety, quality, and operational execution throughout the project
Ideal Background:
- 10 years of commercial construction experience
- Significant hyperscale data center / mission-critical construction experience required
- Proven experience leading large field teams on major data center projects
- Strong understanding of MEP systems, commissioning, turnover, and critical path scheduling
- Experience managing multiple superintendents and large subcontractor teams
- Experience delivering large-scale projects valued in the hundreds of millions or billions
- Background with a nationally recognized General Contractor preferred
- Ability and willingness to travel nationally
This is an opportunity to join one of the largest and most respected contractors in the country and take a leading role in the delivery of major hyperscale data center projects across the United States.
Candidates must have direct data center construction experience to be considered.
- If you are currently operating at the General Superintendent, Senior Superintendent, or equivalent level within the mission-critical space, I’d be interested in having a confidential conversation.