Superintendent - Piping

Piping Superintendent

Play an integral role in delivering complex industrial construction projects by leading the safe, efficient, and high-quality execution of piping construction activities. As Piping Superintendent, you will provide hands-on field leadership for piping operations, directing forepeople and trade crews while coordinating closely with engineering, construction management, quality, HSE, materials management, commissioning, and customer stakeholders.

Working directly at the construction site, you will translate project priorities into executable field plans, optimize workforce productivity, remove execution constraints, and ensure piping systems are installed in accordance with engineering requirements and project specifications. Your leadership will directly influence safety performance, quality, cost, schedule, workforce effectiveness, and successful project delivery.

Purpose of the role

The Piping Superintendent is responsible for directing and coordinating piping construction activities within assigned areas of an industrial construction project. You will provide leadership for scheduling, workface planning, workforce allocation, field execution, craft development, productivity, cost control, and quality while maintaining a strong commitment to health, safety, and environmental performance.

You will work closely with construction leadership, field engineering, materials management, quality, and commissioning teams to ensure piping work fronts are construction-ready and effectively sequenced. Through visible field leadership and disciplined execution, you will create an environment where forepeople and trade crews can perform safely, productively, and to the required quality standards.

You will be responsible for:

• Directing piping construction activities and providing day-to-day leadership to forepeople and trade personnel within assigned work areas.
• Planning and coordinating piping work in alignment with project schedules, construction priorities, available resources, and customer requirements.
• Driving a proactive HSE culture and ensuring piping construction activities comply with project safety, environmental, and site requirements.
• Developing and implementing effective workface plans that provide crews with the drawings, materials, equipment, tools, access, and work fronts required for productive execution.
• Planning workforce requirements and allocating craft resources to maintain appropriate manpower levels for scheduled construction activities.
• Monitoring manpower utilization, crew productivity, performance, and construction progress and taking appropriate action to maintain project commitments.
• Coordinating piping fabrication, erection, fit-up, installation, supports, testing, completion, and turnover activities within the assigned scope.
• Ensuring installations comply with approved isometrics, P&IDs, engineering drawings, specifications, applicable codes, quality requirements, and project procedures.
• Coordinating with field engineering to resolve constructability issues, technical queries, drawing discrepancies, and changing site conditions.
• Working closely with materials management and procurement teams to maintain material availability and minimize constraints affecting piping installation.
• Coordinating piping activities with civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, quality, commissioning, and other construction disciplines to maintain efficient workflow.
• Identifying construction constraints, material shortages, access issues, productivity barriers, and execution risks and driving timely resolution.
• Monitoring completed work for quality and ensuring deficiencies are addressed before testing, mechanical completion, and turnover.
• Supporting hydrostatic and pneumatic testing preparation, system completion, punch-list resolution, pre-commissioning, and commissioning readiness activities as applicable.
• Monitoring labor performance and construction costs within the assigned scope and identifying opportunities to improve productivity and execution efficiency.
• Supporting apprentice development and craft competency through coaching, technical guidance, and reinforcement of approved work methods.
• Applying company labor relations policies consistently and supporting a respectful, accountable, and productive field environment.
• Communicating progress, workforce requirements, productivity trends, constraints, and execution priorities to construction management and project stakeholders.
• Championing continuous improvement in piping installation methods, planning practices, systems, tools, and field execution.

About us

Worley is a global company of energy, chemicals and resources experts headquartered in Australia. We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value across the life of their assets. We specialize in consulting, engineering, procurement and construction across the project lifecycle, with services extending through to operations and decommissioning. Leveraging extensive experience and AI-enabled delivery, we support customers in navigating complexity as they meet today's needs and transition to more sustainable solutions.

What you’ll bring to the role

You are an experienced piping construction leader with strong field expertise and a proven ability to direct large craft organizations in complex industrial environments. You understand how safety, construction readiness, workforce planning, material availability, quality, productivity, and schedule performance come together to drive successful piping execution.

Key qualifications include:

• Typically 12+ years of relevant piping, pipefitting, fabrication, industrial construction, maintenance, or related field experience.
• Journey-level certification or equivalent trade qualification where required by the project or applicable jurisdiction.
• Demonstrated experience directing forepeople and piping trade crews on major industrial construction projects.
• Strong knowledge of piping fabrication and installation, pipe supports, field routing, testing requirements, mechanical completion, and construction turnover.
• Strong understanding of piping drawings, P&IDs, isometrics, specifications, line lists, material requirements, and construction documentation.
• Demonstrated experience with construction scheduling, workface planning, workforce allocation, and field execution.
• Proven ability to monitor manpower requirements, labor utilization, crew productivity, and schedule performance.
• Experience coordinating piping work with field engineering, materials management, quality, mechanical construction, and commissioning organizations.
• Strong understanding of HSE requirements and safe work practices associated with piping construction, fabrication, installation, testing, and turnover.
• Advanced understanding of construction systems, processes, tools, and work practices related to the piping trade.
• Strong field problem-solving and decision-making capabilities with the ability to address complex construction constraints and changing priorities.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to provide clear field direction, influence stakeholders, and resolve conflict effectively.
• Working knowledge of labor relations practices within industrial construction environments.
• Demonstrated commitment to craft development, construction quality, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.

Benefits

Feel the energy at Worley with access to a range of benefits including: paid-time off, holiday pay (usually 8 per year in the US), and eligibility to participate in the medical, life, dental, and vision insurance plans, as well as 401K plan.

Apply today

If you are ready to lead piping construction teams and drive safe, productive, and high-quality field execution on complex industrial projects, we encourage you to apply. Join a global organization where your piping expertise, field leadership, and commitment to operational excellence will directly contribute to successful project delivery.

Moving forward together

We want our people to be energized and empowered to drive sustainable impact. So, our focus is on a values-inspired culture that unlocks brilliance through belonging, connection and innovation. We're building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace. Creating a space where everyone feels they belong, can be themselves, and are heard.

And we're not just talking about it; we're doing it. We're reskilling our people, leveraging transferable skills, and supporting the transition of our workforce to become experts in today's low carbon energy infrastructure and technology. Whatever your ambition, there's a path for you here.

And there's no barrier to your potential career success. Join us to broaden your horizons, explore diverse opportunities, and be part of delivering sustainable change.