Construction Supervisor Dallas, TX
Job Location:
Dallas, IA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not provided by the employer
Posted:
24 October 2026 (7 hours ago)
Application Deadline:
21 January 2027
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Construction Supervisor
Position Summary:
Alamon Inc. a Montana-based employee-owned company since 1975 provides installation services to the utilities energy and communications industries is no ceiling when it comes to your professional growth at Alamon an employee owned company.
Alamon is seeking a Construction Supervisor tobe the companys daily on-site authority for the construction of standby and prime power generator systems fuel storage and fuel polishing systems associated civil site work and the electrical scope that ties them together. This is a professional project management role executed at ground level: the Supervisor is physically present on the assigned site every working day directs every contractor and trade working there and is accountable for what is actually installed inspected and turned over.
The role exists to convert plans schedules and subcontracts into verified code-compliant installed work and to catch the problem in the trench or the raceway on the day it happens not in a report three weeks later. Where the Construction Manager owns the portfolio the Construction Supervisor owns the site.
This is not an administrative or remote-monitoring position. The Supervisor walks the work measures it photographs it and signs off on it.
Daily Site Command
- Site Ownership: Be on the assigned site before the first crew arrives and remain until the site is secured; own the start and end of every working day.
- Safety Briefings: Conduct daily pre-task safety briefings and job hazard analysis reviews with all crews and subcontractors on site.
- Work Plan Sequencing: Set and adjust daily and three-week look-ahead work plans; assign work areas sequence trades and prevent trade stacking and congestion.
- Daily Reporting: Maintain a written daily report for every site day detailing manpower by contractor equipment on site work completed quantities installed deliveries received weather delays visitors inspections and safety observations.
- Photo Documentation: Photograph all covered work before it is concealed subgrade rebar conduit runs duct bank grounding electrode system penetrations and backfill.
- Logistics Management: Control site logistics including laydown areas material staging and protection crane and lift placement deliveries dumpsters sanitary facilities temporary power fencing and site security.
- Security & Access: Enforce site access badging escort and customer-specific security and outage protocols.
- Escalation: Report site status to the Construction Manager daily and escalate cost schedule or scope exposure the same day it is identified.
Contractor and Trade Supervision
- Single Point of Field Direction: Direct all subcontractors and vendors performing work on the assigned site no subcontractor takes direction from the customer or another trade.
- Mobilization Verification: Verify that each subcontractor crew has required licensing certifications insurance on file task-specific training and correct PPE prior to mobilization.
- Contract & Scope Enforcement: Hold contractors to contracted scope means methods and manpower commitments; document manpower shortfalls and unproductive time.
- Hold-Point Inspections: Inspect and formally accept or reject subcontractor work at defined hold points; reject nonconforming work in writing before follow-on work proceeds.
- Change Control: Identify out-of-scope or changed work immediately stop that specific activity and notify the Construction Manager before work is performed no verbal authorizations or field-negotiated pricing.
- Issue Documentation: Document performance issues safety violations damage cleanup failures and backcharge-eligible events with photographs dates and named individuals.
- Vendor & Utility Coordination: Coordinate the customers own vendors utility crews inspectors and testing agencies working within the site footprint.
- Subcontractor Meetings: Lead weekly on-site subcontractor coordination meetings and publish the resulting action list.
Civil and Site Work
- Layout Verification: Lay out and verify building lines equipment locations elevations and offsets against approved civil and structural drawings before excavation or placement.
- Excavation & Trench Safety: Confirm utility locates are current and valid before excavation; enforce trench protection spoil placement sloping/benching shoring and competent-person inspection requirements.
- Subgrade & Compaction: Supervise excavation subgrade preparation aggregate placement and compaction; coordinate and witness density/compaction testing and reject failing lifts.
- Pre-Pour Inspection: Inspect formwork embeds anchor bolt templates conduit stub-ups sleeves rebar size spacing cover and tie-off prior to any concrete placement.
- Concrete Operations: Manage concrete pours for generator pads fuel tank foundations containment structures transformer/switchgear pads and equipment enclosures (pre-pour checklist mix verification slump/air testing cylinder sampling placement consolidation finishing curing and protection).
- As-Built Verification: Verify as-built dimensions anchor bolt locations and pad elevations against equipment shop drawings before setting generators or tanks.
- Restoration & Site Utilities: Supervise underground utilities drainage stormwater controls erosion protection bollards/barrier protection access roads fencing grading seeding and final site restoration.
Generator and Fuel Systems
- Equipment Rigging & Setting: Plan and supervise rigging setting alignment leveling shimming grouting and anchoring of diesel and natural gas generator sets sub-base tanks remote tanks day tanks and enclosures.
- Mechanical Clearances & Exhaust: Verify vibration isolation exhaust routing silencers thimbles flexible connections cooling/radiator clearances louvers combustion/ventilation air paths and remote radiator/pump installations.
- Fuel Piping & Containment: Supervise fuel piping installation supports pitch containment leak detection tank venting fill/spill containment overfill prevention tightness testing and fuel polishing/filtration system installation.
- Commissioning Support: Coordinate and witness initial fill fuel quality sampling priming pre-start checks factory start-up load bank testing and functional/integrated system commissioning; retain all test records.
- Code & Standards Compliance: Verify installations against manufacturer requirements and codes including NFPA 110 (Emergency and Standby Power Systems) NFPA 30 / 30A (Flammable and Combustible Liquids/Fuel Storage) and state/EPA spill rules.
- Turnover Readiness: Confirm operating manuals warranty registrations test data and fuel maintenance documentation are complete prior to turnover.
Electrical Scope Conduit Wire and Terminations
- Raceway Installation: Supervise and inspect raceway installation (EMT IMC rigid metal PVC concrete-encased duct bank) routing supports spacing bend radius total degrees of bend between pull points fittings expansion provisions sealing and identification.
- Sizing & Fill: Verify conduit fill sizing and derating against approved schedules before wire pulls.
- Cable Pulls & Routing: Supervise cable/wire installation pulling tension lubrication pulling eyes cable protection phase identification color coding vertical raceway supports and routing in gutters/panels.
- Terminations & Torque: Inspect terminations and connections: lug/conductor material prepared conductors torque applied to specification with calibrated tools (marked) insulation/taping and phase rotation.
- Grounding & Bonding: Verify grounding electrode conductors ground rods Ufer/rebar connections exothermic welds equipment grounding conductors bonding jumpers and neutral-to-ground separation on generator and downstream ATS prior to concealment.
- Equipment & Interconnects: Supervise installation and interconnection of ATS paralleling switchgear distribution panels feeders control/interlock wiring remote annunciators battery chargers block heaters and monitoring/communications circuits.
- Diagram Literacy & Redlines: Read and work from one-line diagrams panel schedules conduit/cable schedules control schematics and wiring diagrams; validate installed work against drawings and mark daily redlines.
- Electrical Safety & Codes: Enforce NFPA 70 (NEC) requirements and NFPA 70E safe work practices (approach boundaries arc flash risk assessment incident energy labeling PPE selection and electrically safe work condition establishment).
- Utility & Outage Management: Coordinate utility service metering outage windows temporary power switching/tagging plans and energization sequences with the customer utility and Construction Manager.
- Acceptance Testing: Witness or coordinate insulation resistance continuity phase rotation torque verification breaker/relay functional testing and transfer/retransfer sequence testing.
Safety and Compliance
- Competent Person Authority: Act as the companys on-site competent person; enforce safety programs and OSHA 29 CFR Part 1926 construction standards without exception.
- Safety Protocols: Enforce LOTO energized work permits arc-rated clothing/PPE fall protection ladder/scaffold safety confined space entry excavation protection crane/rigging plans hot work permits silica controls and temperature illness prevention.
- Stop-Work Authority: Exercise stop-work authority immediately for any unsafe act or condition regardless of employer schedule pressure or customer presence.
- Audits & Meetings: Conduct documented weekly site safety audits and toolbox talks; correct and close findings promptly.
- Incident Management: Secure investigate and document all incidents near misses property damage and utility strikes; notify the Construction Manager immediately and drive corrective action.
- Site Compliance Posting: Maintain permits record drawings SDS emergency action plans inspection records and equipment inspection logs on site.
Quality Documentation and Turnover
- Hold-Point Sign-offs: Maintain site inspection and test plans; personally verify and sign off each hold point before follow-on work begins.
- As-Built Redlines: Maintain daily redlines and deliver clean marked-up as-builts for electrical civil and fuel scopes at project completion.
- Material Tracking: Track deliveries shortages damage claims and long-lead items; report date adjustments to the Construction Manager immediately.
- Punch List Management: Build and drive punch lists prior to customer walks; close items before substantial completion.
- Closeout Package: Assemble closeout packages (test/commissioning records compaction/concrete reports torque logs inspection sign-offs as-builts O&M manuals warranties spare parts and keys).
- Turnover & Training: Walk completed systems with customer/Construction Manager and support operator training and turnover.
Authority and Decision Rights
Explicitly Granted Field Authority:
- Stop work on any activity by any employer for safety quality or code concerns without prior approval.
- Reject nonconforming work and mandate removal and replacement.
- Remove any individual from the site for safety violations impairment or non-compliance.
- Direct daily sequencing work area distribution and manpower deployment for all site subcontractors.
- Approve or reject subcontractor daily tickets installed quantities and labor time.
- Order minor site consumables and expedite materials up to the threshold established by the Construction Manager.
Reserved to the Construction Manager:
- Contract and subcontract execution or amendment.
- Scope change order pricing and financial approval.
- Customer commitments regarding baseline schedule or total price.
- Subcontractor selection bidding and award.
- Any financial commitment exceeding the Supervisors designated spending limit.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications:
- Experience: Minimum 5 years supervising commercial industrial or utility construction in the field including at least 2 years as lead on-site supervisor/superintendent directing subcontractors.
- Domain Expertise: Demonstrated hands-on supervision of generator and/or standby power installations from foundation through commissioning.
- Technical Skills: Strong working knowledge of electrical installation methods (conduit/raceway fill/bending wire pulls terminations torque grounding/bonding ATS control wiring) with the ability to inspect and reject work on technical grounds.
- Civil Experience: Demonstrated supervision of earthwork compaction testing formwork/rebar concrete placement drainage and underground utilities.
- Drawing Literacy: Ability to read and interpret civil structural electrical and mechanical drawings specifications submittals and manufacturer installation manuals.
- Documentation Discipline: Proven track record of daily reporting photo documentation redlining and inspection sign-offs.
- Software Proficiency: Experience with field software (Procore Autodesk Build Buildertrend or equivalent) digital photo management and MS Office (Word Excel Outlook) on laptop tablet and mobile platforms.
- Certifications: OSHA 30-Hour Construction (or ability to obtain within 90 days); First Aid/CPR (or ability to obtain within 90 days).
- Licensing & Travel: Valid drivers license with insurable driving record; willingness to travel and lodge near assigned sites for multi-week assignments.
- Screening: Ability to pass pre-employment background checks drug screenings and customer-specific security clearance protocols.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Journeyman or Master Electrician license or documented field experience at the electrical foreman level or above.
- Associate or Bachelors degree in Construction Management Civil/Electrical Engineering Technology or equivalent experience.
- NCCER certification Certified Construction Manager (CCM) or Project Management Professional (PMP).
- Mission-critical facility experience (data centers telecom hospitals utilities water/wastewater process manufacturing).
- Working familiarity with NFPA 110 NFPA 70 NFPA 70E NFPA 30/30A and local AHJ inspection processes.
- Experience with diesel fuel polishing tank cleaning and ASTM D975 fuel quality testing.
- OSHA 500/510 competent person training (excavation confined space fall protection) NFPA 70E qualified person training and rigging/signaling qualifications.
- Experience with prevailing wage Davis-Bacon requirements and certified payroll tracking.
Compensation & Perks:
- Competitive base salary annual performance bonuses tied to safety and margin.
- Company vehicle/allowance fuel card per diem and covered travel expenses.
- Expanded wellness and virtual care visits Medical dental ESOP paid time off and company-provided tech (laptop/phone).
Minimum Position Qualifications:
- Must pass the pre-employment screening process which includes a background check drug test and motor vehicle records pull.
- Have the ability and mentality to work outdoors in a physically demanding work environment and all-weather conditions lifting or moving up to 50lbs. and hiking over various terrain.
- Possess a current and valid drivers license and a clean driving record with no DUI / DWIs within the past 5 years.
- Be available to work nights and weekends as required by project demands.
- Willing to travel locally statewide or regionally as required
- Must be able to work independently.
- Possess excellent time-management skills and multitasking abilities.
- Proficient using a laptop and using Microsoft Office and Google Drive.
- Communicate effectively including proficiency in written and verbal communications with strong listening skills.
- Regular work on active construction sites: uneven terrain open excavations elevated work areas energized electrical environments and outdoor exposure to heat cold and precipitation.
- Ability to lift and carry up to 50 lbs climb ladders and access confined or restricted areas.
- Extended driving and periodic air travel between assigned sites.
- Required PPE: hard hat safety glasses high-visibility clothing steel/composite toe boots hearing protection and arc-rated clothing where applicable.
Travel Requirements:
- This position requires extensive travel.
- Lodging is provided while working and traveling for the Company.
Benefits:
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Life Insurance policy
- Pharmacy Benefits
- Expanded wellness and virtual care services
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Vacation time
- ESOP company Employee Stock Ownership Plan
- Lodging and transportation will be provided while traveling.
Work Authorization:
Alamon Inc. does not currently support the H1B VISA for this position.
EOE:
Alamon Inc. is an equal-opportunity employer. As an Equal Opportunity Employer Alamon Inc. does not discriminate in employment decisions based on race color religion gender sexual orientation gender identity national origin age disability genetic information marital status amnesty or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable state and local laws.
Required Experience:
Manager
About Company
Alamon is a technology solutions provider serving enterprise corporations, communication, energy and utility companies throughout the U.S.