Instrumentation, Controls & Electrical (IC&E) Superintendent
Locations: Orangeville, UT
Salary: $125,000–$160,000 per year
Schedule: Variable based on project and operational needs; typically, 8–12-hour shifts with extended hours as needed

Travel: Frequent travel between California and Utah project locations, including extended project assignments as needed
We are seeking an experienced Instrumentation, Controls & Electrical (IC&E) Superintendent to provide overall leadership and direction for IC&E field operations across multiple projects and facilities.

This position will oversee frontline supervisors and technical craft personnel while managing workforce planning, staffing, resource allocation, safety, quality, technical execution, commissioning, startup activities, and personnel development.
The IC&E Superintendent will serve as a senior field leader and key liaison between IC&E, Engineering, Operations, Construction, and project leadership. The ideal candidate brings a strong hands-on instrumentation, controls, and electrical background along with demonstrated experience building and leading high-performing technical teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership and direction for IC&E field operations.
• Direct, mentor, and develop IC&E Front Line Supervisors, Technicians, and Apprentices.
• Establish field priorities and ensure supervisors have the manpower, resources, technical information, and organizational support required to execute work safely and effectively.
• Develop short- and long-term workforce plans based on project schedules, commissioning activities, operational requirements, and organizational growth.
• Lead staffing strategy, including workforce forecasting, recruiting, interviewing, hiring, onboarding, development, and retention.
• Establish clear expectations for safety, quality, productivity, accountability, and technical execution.
• Oversee major IC&E installation, calibration, testing, commissioning, startup, maintenance, and troubleshooting activities.
• Coordinate IC&E execution with Engineering, Operations, Construction, project management, and other disciplines.
• Identify manpower, material, equipment, technical, scheduling, and organizational risks and develop mitigation strategies.
• Support the development and implementation of IC&E standards, procedures, work practices, qualification requirements, and technical expectations.
• Oversee apprenticeship, training, and workforce development programs.
• Establish expectations for calibration programs, test equipment management, tooling, materials, storage, documentation, and field readiness.
• Ensure IC&E activities and documentation meet applicable engineering, quality, safety, company, and regulatory requirements.
• Support major system turnovers, commissioning milestones, outages, equipment startups, and other critical project activities.
• Provide technical and organizational escalation support for complex IC&E issues.
• Evaluate supervisory personnel and provide coaching, performance management, succession planning, and employee development.
• Coordinate manpower and resources across multiple projects, facilities, and changing priorities.
• Communicate staffing requirements, execution risks, technical concerns, project status, and resource needs to leadership.
• Drive continuous improvement in field execution, training, safety, quality, technical capability, and organizational effectiveness.

• High school diploma, GED, or equivalent.
• Extensive hands-on experience in instrumentation, controls, electrical systems, industrial maintenance, commissioning, construction, or a related technical field.
• Demonstrated experience supervising and developing technical craft personnel and frontline supervisors.
• Strong technical knowledge of instrumentation, controls, electrical systems, industrial equipment, and field execution.
• Experience with installation, calibration, testing, commissioning, startup, maintenance, and troubleshooting of IC&E systems.
• Strong understanding of P&IDs, electrical drawings and schematics, wiring diagrams, loop drawings, technical specifications, procedures, work packages, and engineering documentation.
• Ability to plan and coordinate manpower, resources, schedules, and technical work across multiple priorities.
• Strong understanding of industrial safety, work controls, quality requirements, and field risk management.
• Proven ability to build teams, develop employees, establish accountability, and manage performance.
• Strong leadership, communication, organizational, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively with Engineering, Operations, Construction, project management, executives, supervisors, and field personnel.
• Ability to make sound decisions in fast-paced commissioning, startup, construction, and operational environments.
• Willingness to work variable schedules and travel between project locations as required.

• Previous experience as an IC&E/I&E Superintendent, IC&E Manager, Electrical & Instrumentation Manager, General Foreman, Supervisor, or similar senior field leadership position.
• Leadership experience within nuclear, power generation, advanced energy, utilities, industrial/process facilities, chemical/petrochemical, oil & gas, manufacturing, EPC, or other technically complex environments.
• Experience building or significantly expanding an IC&E/I&E organization or technical craft workforce.
• Experience leading multiple supervisors and technical crews across concurrent projects or locations.
• Extensive experience with commissioning, startup, outages, construction, and system turnover.
• Experience developing workforce plans, apprenticeship programs, qualification programs, training programs, technical standards, or work processes.
• Experience managing calibration programs, test equipment, IC&E tooling, materials, and field resources.
• Advanced knowledge of instrumentation, control loops, industrial electrical systems, PLC/DCS systems, and process equipment.
• Experience with project planning, manpower forecasting, resource planning, and departmental budgeting.
• Trade school, apprenticeship, military, college, or university education related to instrumentation, controls, electrical, automation, engineering technology, construction management, or industrial technology.
• OSHA, NFPA 70E, electrical safety, supervisory/management, or other applicable industrial certifications and training.
  
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