This is a field leadership position requiring extensive hands-on pipeline experience, strong crew leadership, and the ability to take ownership of field operations from mobilization through project completion.

We are looking for an experienced pipeline professional who can independently lead field execution, plan work ahead, coordinate crews and resources, solve field issues, communicate effectively with clients and Project Management, and keep projects moving safely, efficiently, and according to project requirements.

This is not solely an administrative or supervisory position. The Pipeline Superintendent is expected to maintain a strong field presence, understand the work being performed, recognize potential issues before they affect the project, and provide practical leadership and direction to field personnel.

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Position Summary

Trilogy Resources is seeking an experienced Pipeline Superintendent to lead field operations for pipeline construction, maintenance, integrity, anomaly-dig, repair, and related projects.

The Pipeline Superintendent is responsible for the safe, efficient, and professional execution of field activities, including crew coordination, manpower planning, equipment utilization, material readiness, production, quality, schedule awareness, safety compliance, and day-to-day field coordination.

This position works closely with Project Management, client representatives, inspectors, subcontractors, Foremen, and field personnel. The Superintendent serves as a key connection between project planning and field execution and is expected to communicate field conditions, progress, delays, resource needs, scope concerns, and other issues to Project Management before they negatively impact the project whenever reasonably possible.

The right person will be safety-focused, organized, proactive, dependable, capable of making sound field decisions, and comfortable taking ownership in a fast-paced pipeline environment.

Travel and out-of-town assignments are required based on project location and operational needs.
 

Key Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day leadership and direction for pipeline construction, maintenance, integrity, anomaly-dig, repair, and related field operations.

• Take ownership of field execution from mobilization through project completion.

• Plan, coordinate, and execute daily field activities in accordance with project scope, schedule, drawings, specifications, procedures, work packages, and client requirements.

• Direct and coordinate Foremen, equipment operators, skilled laborers, laborers, welders, technicians, subcontractors, and other field personnel as applicable.

• Coordinate manpower, equipment, materials, tools, subcontractors, and other resources necessary to maintain safe and productive field operations.

• Plan work ahead and identify upcoming manpower, equipment, material, qualification, permitting, and logistical needs before they affect production.

• Lead or oversee daily pre-job meetings, JSAs/JHAs, safety discussions, toolbox talks, and work planning.

• Ensure field personnel understand the work to be performed, associated hazards, responsibilities, and expectations before work begins.

• Ensure all work is performed safely and in accordance with Trilogy Resources policies, project requirements, and client-specific safety standards.

• Exercise and support stop-work authority when unsafe or unclear conditions exist.

• Coordinate directly and professionally with client representatives, inspectors, Project Management, subcontractors, and other contractors in the field.

• Oversee pipeline excavation, anomaly digs, repairs, maintenance, recoating, replacements, tie-ins, hydrotesting, backfill, restoration, and other applicable pipeline construction activities.

• Ensure safe excavation practices are followed when working around active pipelines, exposed pipe, underground utilities, and other critical facilities.

• Ensure required spotters, excavation controls, utility markings, tolerance zones, and other applicable safe-digging practices are followed.

• Review drawings, alignment sheets, project specifications, procedures, work packages, and other project documentation with field personnel as applicable.

• Ensure field work is performed according to applicable drawings, specifications, procedures, and quality requirements.

• Monitor daily production and compare actual field progress to project schedules and planned activities.

• Proactively identify issues that could affect safety, schedule, cost, quality, productivity, or client expectations.

• Develop and recommend practical field solutions to keep projects moving while maintaining safety, quality, and project requirements.

• Communicate project progress, manpower, equipment utilization, production, delays, field conditions, and other significant issues to Project Management.

• Identify work that appears to be outside the original project scope or could result in additional cost or schedule impact.

• Communicate potential change-order conditions to Project Management before additional work is performed whenever reasonably possible.

• Do not commit Trilogy Resources to additional scope, cost, schedule changes, or contractual obligations without appropriate authorization.

• Maintain or ensure completion of accurate daily reports, manpower records, equipment records, production information, and other required field documentation.

• Ensure field documentation accurately reflects work performed, delays, client requests, equipment utilization, manpower, and significant field conditions.

• Coordinate material deliveries, equipment mobilization and demobilization, staging, and jobsite logistics.

• Ensure crews have the proper tools, equipment, PPE, permits, qualifications, documentation, and materials necessary to perform assigned work.

• Verify employees are trained, competent, and qualified for assigned tasks, including applicable Operator Qualification (OQ) requirements.

• Ensure employees do not perform work for which they are not properly trained, qualified, or authorized.

• Enforce company policies, attendance expectations, safety requirements, work standards, and jobsite expectations.

• Address field performance, attendance, safety, conduct, or accountability concerns and communicate significant issues to management.

• Provide coaching, direction, and field leadership to Foremen and other field personnel.

• Maintain professional communication and working relationships with clients, inspectors, employees, subcontractors, vendors, and Project Management.

• Ensure jobsites, equipment, trucks, trailers, tools, and work areas are maintained in a safe, organized, and professional condition.

• Support incident reporting, investigations, corrective actions, and other safety or operational follow-up when required.

• Assist with project closeout, demobilization, equipment and material reconciliation, and completion of outstanding field items.

• Perform additional field leadership and operational responsibilities as directed by management.
   

What Success Looks Like

The Pipeline Superintendent should independently maintain a clear understanding of:

• What work is scheduled and what needs to be accomplished each day.

• What work is coming next and what must be prepared in advance.

• Whether manpower, equipment, materials, tools, permits, documentation, and qualifications are in place before work begins.

• Whether Foremen and crews clearly understand the work plan, priorities, hazards, and expectations.

• Whether field activities are being completed safely and according to project requirements.

• Whether production is meeting expectations and what issues could cause delays.

• Whether equipment and manpower are being used effectively.

• What field conditions could affect cost, quality, safety, productivity, or schedule.

• What work may be outside the original project scope and require Project Management review or a potential change order.

• Whether required daily reports and field documentation are accurate, complete, and timely.

• What issues can appropriately be resolved in the field and what issues require Project Management, client, or management involvement.

• Whether required OQs, training, permits, and other qualifications are current and appropriate for the work being performed.

• Whether crews are meeting Trilogy Resources and client expectations for safety, quality, productivity, attendance, conduct, and professionalism.

• Whether upcoming work has been properly planned and resources are ready before they are needed.

• What outstanding items remain and who is responsible for completing them.

The expectation: Project Management should be able to rely on the Pipeline Superintendent to take ownership of field execution without continual day-to-day direction. The Superintendent should know what is happening in the field, what is coming next, what resources are needed, what problems exist, and what could potentially affect safety, quality, cost, or schedule. Issues should be communicated early, practical solutions should be recommended, and crews should remain organized, accountable, safe, and productive.
 

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of professional pipeline construction, maintenance, integrity, or closely related pipeline field experience.

• Previous pipeline Foreman, General Foreman, Superintendent, or comparable field leadership experience.

• Strong working knowledge of pipeline construction, maintenance, integrity, and field operations.

• Experience with pipeline excavation, anomaly digs, repairs, recoating, replacements, tie-ins, backfill, restoration, and related pipeline activities.

• Strong understanding of excavation safety and working around active pipelines, exposed pipe, underground utilities, and other critical facilities.

• Experience directing and coordinating field crews, equipment, manpower, materials, and daily work activities.

• Ability to effectively manage multiple crews, priorities, and changing field conditions.

• Ability to plan work ahead and anticipate manpower, equipment, material, qualification, and logistical needs.

• Ability to read and understand construction drawings, alignment sheets, specifications, procedures, work packages, and other project documentation.

• Working knowledge of project schedules, manpower planning, equipment utilization, field productivity, and production tracking.

• Understanding of project scope and ability to recognize work that may represent additional or changed scope.

• Ability to maintain and review accurate daily reports, manpower records, equipment records, and other field documentation.

• Strong leadership, communication, organization, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to professionally communicate with client representatives, inspectors, Project Management, subcontractors, Foremen, and field personnel.

• Ability to provide clear direction and hold field personnel accountable for safety, attendance, productivity, quality, and professional conduct.

• Proven ability to identify potential field issues, recommend practical solutions, and follow outstanding items through completion.

• Ability to make sound field decisions within assigned authority and recognize when an issue requires escalation.

• Must be dependable, safety-focused, and capable of maintaining professional leadership under changing or demanding field conditions.

• Valid driver's license.

• Ability and willingness to travel and work out of town for project assignments.

• Ability and willingness to stay overnight for extended project assignments when required.

• Ability to work extended shifts, overtime, weekends, early mornings, and changing schedules based on project requirements.

• Must successfully pass a pre-employment drug and alcohol screening and background check as a condition of employment.

• Must comply with applicable company and client drug and alcohol testing requirements throughout employment, including random testing when required by company policy, client requirements, or applicable regulations.

• Must be able to meet and maintain applicable company and client safety, training, Operator Qualification (OQ), and site-access requirements.
   

Preferred Qualifications

• Extensive experience with pipeline maintenance, integrity, and anomaly-dig projects.

• Experience managing multiple pipeline crews or complex field operations.

• Experience working directly with pipeline operators, client representatives, inspectors, and third-party contractors.

• Experience coordinating multiple Foremen or work groups simultaneously.

• Experience with project mobilization and demobilization.

• Experience with production tracking, manpower planning, equipment utilization, and field cost awareness.

• Experience identifying and documenting changed conditions and potential change-order work.

• Experience with pipeline hydrotesting, tie-ins, replacements, recoating, and integrity work.

• OSHA training.

• HASC/Basic Plus.

• Veriforce/EWN Operator Qualifications.

• Competent Person training.

• Excavation and trenching safety training.

• First Aid/CPR.

• Additional applicable pipeline industry safety certifications, qualifications, and training.
   

What We're Looking For

• Strong ownership and follow-through.

• Safety-focused leadership and the ability to lead by example.

• Strong field presence and practical pipeline knowledge.

• Ability to independently lead field execution without requiring continual direction from Project Management.

• Ability to lead Foremen and crews while maintaining clear expectations and accountability.

• Proactive communication with crews, clients, inspectors, subcontractors, and Project Management.

• Ability to plan several steps ahead rather than simply react to the current day's work.

• Ability to anticipate manpower, equipment, material, qualification, and scheduling needs.

• Strong schedule awareness and understanding of how field decisions affect project performance.

• Ability to prioritize competing demands and adapt to changing field conditions.

• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.

• Organized and process-driven work habits.

• Good judgment regarding what can be handled in the field and what should be escalated.

• Ability to identify scope concerns without making unauthorized commercial commitments.

• Ability to hold employees accountable while maintaining a professional and productive work environment.

• Ability to maintain composure and make sound decisions during challenging field conditions.

• Professional communication and client-facing behavior.

• Ability to work autonomously while remaining aligned with Project Management and company leadership.

• Flexibility regarding travel, extended project assignments, overtime, weekends, and changing schedules.

• Comfort working in a growing company where processes and systems continue to improve.
   

Physical Demands & Work Environment

This is a field-based leadership position supporting pipeline construction, maintenance, integrity, anomaly-dig, repair, replacement, and related projects.

This is not strictly a local or fixed-schedule position.

Travel and out-of-town assignments are required based on project location and operational needs. Extended overnight assignments may be required.

The Pipeline Superintendent is expected to maintain an active field presence and regularly access active construction areas, excavations, rights-of-way, equipment staging areas, and other project locations.

Work is performed primarily outdoors and may involve exposure to heat, cold, rain, mud, dust, noise, uneven terrain, moving vehicles, heavy equipment, excavations, underground utilities, active or exposed pipelines, construction traffic, and other conditions commonly associated with pipeline and industrial field work.

The position requires the ability to stand and walk for extended periods, navigate uneven terrain, climb in and out of vehicles and equipment as necessary, bend, stoop, and perform other physical activities necessary to safely access and oversee field operations.

Candidates must be willing and able to work extended shifts, overtime, early mornings, weekends, and changing schedules based on project requirements.
 

Benefits

• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance – Trilogy pays 50% of the employee-only premiums.

• Company-Paid Life & AD&D Insurance.

• 401(k) Retirement Plan.

• Paid Time Off.

• Paid Holidays.

• Telemedicine.

• Voluntary Short- & Long-Term Disability Insurance.

• Voluntary Life & AD&D Insurance.

• Accident, Critical Illness & Hospital Indemnity Coverage.

• Paid Training.

• Safety Equipment Provided.

• Stable full-time position with a fast-growing company.​
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About the Opportunity

Trilogy Resources is looking for an experienced field leader who wants to take ownership of project execution rather than simply oversee daily tasks.

The Pipeline Superintendent plays a critical role in connecting Project Management with field operations and ensuring projects are executed safely, efficiently, professionally, and according to project and client requirements from mobilization through completion.

We want someone who understands pipeline work, leads by example, plans ahead, communicates issues early, holds Foremen and crews accountable, protects the project scope, and continually looks for ways to improve safety, productivity, quality, and field execution.

The right person should be able to walk onto a project, understand what needs to happen, organize the people and resources necessary to accomplish it, identify potential problems before they become larger issues, and keep Project Management informed without requiring continual direction.

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Pay: $35.00 - $40.00 per hour; based on experience

Work Location: Sweeny, Tx - In-Person, Travel and Overnight Stays as required

Schedule: Full-Time, Monday - Friday, Extended Hours and Weekends as required

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