
Traveling MEP Superintendent - Data Centers
Minneapolis, MNFull-time$135–185K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed today
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The Traveling MEP Superintendent leads and coordinates subcontractors and Turner trade labor on mechanical and electrical systems for an Advanced Technology project. The role oversees safety, schedule, quality, budget, trade coordination, and system installation through commissioning and handover. This is a full-time traveling assignment supporting data center and other advanced-technology market segments, with work performed on-site at the construction site.
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Division: Critical Facilities-Data Centers
Project Location(s): Kansas City, MO 64101 USA
Minimum Years Experience: Travel Involved: 100%
Job Type: Regular Job Classification: Experienced Education: Job Family: Construction Compensation: Salaried Exempt
*** This position is for a full time traveling assignment supporting an Advanced Technology project, which includes our Data Center, Pharmaceutical, Industrial/Manufacturing, and EV/Battery/Renewables market segment groups (MSG). ***
Position Description: Leads, directs and coordinates the work of subcontractors and/or Turner trade labor with regard to the Mechanical and Electrical systems included in the project. Responsible for ensuring safety, schedule delivery, quality of work performed and adherence to budget of the project. The Superintendent Mechanical-Electrical has supervisory responsibility for Assistant Superintendents, Field Engineers, Interns and trade labor in his/her area of responsibility.
Reports to: Project Superintendent, Project Manager or MEP Manager
Essential Duties & Responsibilities*:
Specifically relating to the mechanical and/or electrical systems (e.g. HVAC, Plumbing, Electrical, Low Voltage, Fire Sprinkler):
Managing and making decisions related to the performance of work related to scheduling, delivery, logistics, quality control and trade employee staffing levels.
Managint work among assigned trades to promote a coordinated project operation. Resolving local area problems regarding procedures, precedence, design clarifications, adequate labor and equipment, schedule and all other appropriate matters.
Managing the overall site safety program as required and ensuring subcontractor compliance with Turner standards and all applicable safety codes and regulations.
Supervising and developing Assistant Superintendents, Field Engineers and/or interns, as assigned, including providing input on or completing performance appraisals.
Ensure strict adherence to ethics and compliance requirements at all times.
Creating schedules and determining sequencing of work. Developing and implementing recovery strategies to maintain project schedule and budget.
Communicating with owners and architects/engineers in connection with field issues. Investigating and resolving such issues.
Managing the billing process as it relates to work in place and overseeing the monthly estimate of work completed, payrolls, material invoices and subcontractor payment applications.
Managing the work to ensure that it is installed in compliance with and conforms to the approved contract documents.
Working with the Engineer on the coordination effort for all mechanical and electrical systems, equipment and piping layouts for all trades on a master coordination set of drawings and 3D model securing the approval of the architects and engineers.
Leading project inspections, startup, commissioning, turnover and training process, and punchlist required for acceptance and handover of all the systems.
Coordinating, directing, and monitoring the activities of subcontractors and suppliers, to insure conformance with plans, specifications, local and national codes.
Reviewing project changes in conjunction with the Project Engineer.
Keeping detailed daily records of MEPS trade contractors' work progress.
Participating in preconstruction efforts (e.g. constructability, logistics).
The salary range for this position is estimated to be 135,000.00 - 185,000.00 USD annualized.
Turner Construction provides flexible benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, financial benefits such as a 401(k) plan, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Account, wellness benefits, a voluntary legal plan, identity theft, life insurance, and short-term and long-term disability coverage.
In addition to our extensive benefits offerings, we provide paid vacation, wellness/sick time, holidays, paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement, employee referral bonuses, and end-of-year appreciation pay.
Qualifications: Bachelor's degree or at least four years of formal engineering or architectural experience and a minimum of six years of mechanical/electrical/plumbing construction experience required, or an equivalent combination of education, training and/or experience. Knowledge of building construction, means and methods, scheduling and cost control procedures, general contract, general conditions, subcontract documents, drawings and specifications. Specific knowledge of Mechanical and Electrical Systems. Thorough knowledge of building information modeling and its use in coordination of the Mechanical and Electrical systems and other project systems. Proven written and verbal communication abilities; proficiency with computer applications, including Microsoft Office suite. Ability to read, understand and interpret contract documents, drawings, specifications, scopes of work and project schedule. Demonstrated leadership and interpersonal skills.
Physical Demands: Performance of the required duties will require physical ability to climb permanent and temporary stairs, passenger use of construction personnel hoists, ability to climb ladders and negotiate work areas under construction. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Performing this job requires useof hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls, sit, talk and hear, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds.
Work Environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works on-site at the construction work site where the employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts; high precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions and risk of electrical shock. The noise in these work environments is usually moderate to very loud. *May perform other duties as assigned.
Turner is an Equal Opportunity Employer - race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.
Turner is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer - minorities/females/veterans/individuals with disabilities/sexual orientation/gender identity.
VEVRAA Federal Contractor
Minimum Education Required
Bachelor Degree
Minimum Experience Required
4 - 20 years
Shift
First (Day)
Number of Openings
1
Public Transportation Accessible
Yes
Veterans Encouraged to Apply
No
Physical Required
Yes
Drug Test Required
Yes
Compensation
$135,000.00 - $185,000.00 / Annually
Postal Code
55407
Job Type
Full Time
Place of Work
On-site
Requisition ID
22186
Job Benefits
Not specified
How this job compares
Set against the 1,514 open Construction Superintendent jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$135–185K/yr
- Minnesota median$116–164K/yr25 salary ranges
- US median$111–157K/yr525 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $160K, is 12% above the Minnesota median midpoint ($143K) — in the top quarter of Construction Superintendent salary ranges in Minnesota.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 27 open Construction Superintendent jobs in Minnesota and 1,514 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Minnesota
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 6 years of experience; Construction Superintendent postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (1,304 postings).
- Education
- 52 of the 1,514 open Construction Superintendent jobs (3%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 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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