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Superintendent - Electrical

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Location
Hillsboro, OR
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Job overview

The Superintendent – Electrical leads the planning, coordination, and execution of electrical work on construction projects. The role oversees subcontractors, progress, logistics, quality, safety, scheduling, and cost control, while coordinating with project teams and trade partners. It also supports contract, risk, change, and pay-requisition management and ensures subcontractors meet applicable requirements before work begins.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Safety and QAQCMEP ConstructionElectrical Trade KnowledgeSchedule ManagementSubcontractor ManagementArchitectural Trade CoordinationContract ManagementDetailed PlanningPlan and Specification InterpretationField LeadershipBuilding SystemsQuality ManagementCommunicationProblem Solving

Qualifications

7+ Years Safety and QAQC Experience10+ Years MEP Construction Experience7+ Years Electrical Trade Experience5+ Years Schedule and Subcontractor Management5+ Years Contract Experience5+ Years Planning ExperienceBachelor's in Construction Management, Civil Engineering or Similar or 8 Years Equivalent Experience Plus 12 Years Relevant ExperienceBackground Check

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match

Full job description

Skanska is searching for a dynamic Superintendent - Electrical. This is a great opportunity to start a career with a company that builds things that matter and values its team. We are proud to share our culture of diversity and inclusion.

Our work makes a clear contribution to society and the environment around us. We build in many different verticals. (https://www.usa.skanska.com/who-we-are/media/brochures/) Whether we are building schools to provide inspiring spaces for learning, roads to connect communities or hospitals to care for patients, it all contributes to our purpose – we build for a better society.

Skanska's values —Be Better Together, Act Ethically and Transparently, Commit to Customer and Care for Life—are deeply engrained in how we work, which is why our values support and drive our D&I efforts.

The Superintendent – Electrical is responsible for leading the planning, coordination, and execution of electrical work on a construction project. This role ensures electrical systems are installed safely, efficiently, and in compliance with contract documents, design requirements, codes, schedules, and quality standards. As the primary field leader for electrical activities, the superintendent works closely with project management, engineers, inspectors, and trade partners to resolve issues, manage sequencing, and keep the work aligned with project goals.

This position requires strong field leadership, technical knowledge of building systems, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced construction environment. Core responsibilities include supervising subcontractors, monitoring progress, managing logistics, maintaining quality and safety standards, and supporting schedule and cost control. The superintendent also helps manage contracts, risk, change-related issues, and pay requisitions, while ensuring subcontractors meet insurance, certification, and contract requirements before work begins.

The role calls for advanced knowledge in safety, scheduling, quality management, planning, and subcontractor oversight, along with strong communication and problem-solving skills. Candidates should have extensive electrical construction experience, including electrical trade knowledge, experience managing schedules and subcontractors, and familiarity with contracts, plans, and specifications. Success in the role depends on consistent on-site presence, strong collaboration, and a commitment to safe, high-quality project delivery.

Superintendent - Electrical Required Qualifications:

  • 7+ years of being a Safety and QAQC Cultural knowledge

  • 10+ years of proven MEP construction experience

  • 7+ years of electrical trade specific knowledge

  • 5+ years experience managing schedules and subcontractors, and coordinating with architectural trades

  • 5+ years experience working with contracts and exhibits

  • 5+ years experience with detailed planning and demonstrated ability to understand plans and specs

  • Bachelor’s Degree – Construction Management, Civil Engineering, or similar or 8 years equivalent experience plus minimum 12 years prior relevant experience

Our Investment (https://careers.usa.skanska.com/life-at-skanska) in you:

  • We believe that Benefits (https://careers.usa.skanska.com/life-at-skanska#rewards-and-wellbeing) should connect you to the support you need when it matters most, and should help you care for those who matter most. That’s why we provide an array of options (including medical, dental, and vision insurance plans), expert guidance, and always-on tools, that are personalized to meet the needs of your reality – to help support you physically, financially, and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. Please visit the compensation and Benefits (https://careers.usa.skanska.com/life-at-skanska#rewards-and-wellbeing) summary on our careers site for more details.

  • As a Skanska community, our values ground us, and our diversity of experience propels us forward. No matter what your career stage, there’s a place for you to thrive here and partner with us in shaping how our world lives, moves, and connects.

  • At Skanska, we Care for Life. And we’re committed to supporting your whole health and peace of mind through inclusive and personalized total rewards.

  • We’re committed to your success by developing you in your role and supporting your career growth

  • Compensation and financial well-being (https://careers.usa.skanska.com/life-at-skanska#rewards-and-wellbeing) – Competitive base salary, excellent bonus program, 401k, & Employee ownership program.

Come work with us and join a winning team!

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Skanska is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, citizenship, protected veteran status, or any other categories protected under applicable federal, state, and local laws.

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Skanska uses knowledge & foresight to shape the way people live, work, and connect. More than 135 years in the making, we’re one of the world’s largest construction and project development companies. With operations in select markets throughout the Nordics, Europe, and the United States, global revenue totaled $15.9 billion in 2024.

Skanska in the U.S. operates 28 offices across the country, with its headquarters in New York City. In 2024, the U.S. construction sector generated $8.2 billion in revenue, and the U.S. development sector’s net investments in commercial projects totaled $224 million.

Together with our customers and the collective expertise of our 6,300 teammates in the U.S. and 26,300 globally, we create innovative and sustainable solutions that support healthy living beyond our lifetime.

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How this job compares

Set against the 1,318 open Construction Superintendent jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • US median$108–150K/yr402 salary ranges
  • US median$45–58/hr107 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 12 open Construction Superintendent jobs in Oregon and 1,318 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most across the US
Experience
This posting asks for at least 12 years of experience — more than three in four Construction Superintendent postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 1,069 postings).
Education
45 of the 1,318 open Construction Superintendent jobs (3%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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