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Location: New Jersey, various project sites
Job Type: Full-time
Schedule: Field-based; travel to project sites required; on-call and emergency response support may be required
About us
CARIAN is a purpose-driven, woman-owned consulting and advisory firm dedicated exclusively to the power sector. We partner with leading electric and gas utilities to provide strategic advisory and disciplined execution across program management, business intelligence, and field execution oversight. Guided by integrity, trust, excellence, and accountability, our team helps deliver complex capital programs and build the resilient energy infrastructure that communities depend on.
Position Overview
CARIAN is seeking an experienced Senior Construction Supervisor, Manhole & Conduit to support utility construction activities for one of our major utility clients in New Jersey. This role will provide field construction supervision for the installation of manholes, conduit, duct banks, excavation, restoration, and related underground construction work. The Senior Construction Supervisor will oversee and coordinate contractors, vendors, trades, and field personnel, while helping ensure projects are completed safely, within scope, on schedule, and within budget. The ideal candidate has strong construction field experience in electric distribution, utility construction, civil design, engineering, operations, maintenance, construction, or a related field environment. This role requires strong field judgment, communication skills, technical coordination, contractor oversight, documentation discipline, and the ability to manage multiple projects and assignments in a live utility construction environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide field construction supervision for manhole, conduit, and related underground construction work.
- Manage multiple projects and assignments simultaneously for utility construction programs.
- Oversee and coordinate the work of contractors, vendors, trades, and field personnel as required by project needs and client procedures.
- Support contract preparation, contract administration, and contract compliance in accordance with applicable company and client policies.
- Coordinate the construction process to support completion within approved scope, schedule, and budget expectations.
- Maintain responsibility for jobsite safety, quality control, environmental compliance, and field execution discipline.
- Provide technical support in the field and participate in project review meetings.
- Resolve field problems, contractor conflicts, schedule issues, access constraints, labor issues, and construction-related disputes.
- Interface with governmental agencies, municipalities, inspectors, and other external stakeholders regarding permitting, licensing, and regulatory compliance.
- Participate in design and engineering coordination to support constructability, field readiness, and project execution.
- Prepare or support bid packages and coordinate with Procurement in the selection of contractors and vendors.
- Oversee layout, excavation, installation of manholes, conduit, duct banks, backfill, restoration, and related field activities.
- Perform daily jobsite visits and inspections to confirm work is completed in accordance with approved designs, specifications, utility standards, industry codes, and applicable regulations.
- Complete construction reports, including contractor billing support, in-service reports, contractor and vendor evaluations, project closeout reports, and lessons learned reports.
- Support outage, clearance, access, traffic control, and work sequencing coordination as needed.
- Perform on-call duties and provide emergency response support if and when required.
- Maintain proficiency with client project delivery processes and procedures, company standards and policies, and applicable industry and regulatory codes and standards.
- Escalate issues quickly and communicate clearly with project leadership.
- Promote a strong safety culture and ensure work is executed in a professional, disciplined, and utility-compliant manner.
Qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalent required.
- Minimum of 8 years of construction field experience in electric distribution, utility construction, civil design, engineering, operations, maintenance, construction, or equivalent experience.
- Experience supervising, managing, or overseeing field construction activities.
- Experience coordinating contractors, vendors, trades, field personnel, and project stakeholders.
- Strong understanding of manhole, conduit, and underground construction means and methods.
- Familiarity with manholes, conduits, duct banks, excavation, trenching, backfill, restoration, traffic control, permits, and utility field coordination.
- Ability to read and interpret construction drawings, specifications, work packages, permits, and field documentation.
- Knowledge of computer-based business applications and ability to complete required construction reporting and documentation.
- Strong communication, documentation, coordination, and issue-resolution skills.
- Ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, and assignments simultaneously.
- Ability to work independently in the field and represent CARIAN professionally with clients, contractors, agencies, and project stakeholders.
- Ability to travel to project sites throughout New Jersey.
- Availability to support project-driven schedules, on-call duties, emergency response, off-hours work, or weekend work as project needs require.
Preferred Experience
- 10+ years of utility construction or underground infrastructure experience.
- Manhole and conduit installation experience.
- Electric distribution or underground utility infrastructure experience.
- Experience with major electric utility clients.
- Experience supporting contract administration, contractor billing, vendor evaluations, project closeout, and lessons learned reporting.
- Experience coordinating with municipalities, governmental agencies, inspectors, permitting authorities, and utility project stakeholders.
- Experience supporting bid packages, procurement coordination, contractor/vendor selection, and constructability reviews.
- Experience working in public rights-of-way, roadways, active utility environments, or regulated infrastructure construction settings.
- Prior experience as a senior construction supervisor, construction manager, field supervisor, civil foreman, general foreman, inspector, or owner’s representative.
- OSHA 30 preferred.
Why CARIAN
- Purpose-driven work – Help deliver infrastructure that powers communities
- Industry reputation – Trusted by leading utilities for our reliability and results
- Career growth – Opportunities to lead major programs and mentor high-performing teams
- Collaborative culture – Join a team that values delivery excellence and long-term relationships
- Competitive total rewards – Strong compensation, full benefits, 401(k) match, and meaningful work
Equal Employment Opportunity
CARIAN is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire and develop talent based on qualifications, performance, and business needs. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. As a woman-owned firm dedicated to the power sector, we are committed to building a team that reflects professionalism, expertise, and integrity at every level.
Compensation
The hourly rate range for this role is $55 – $80 per hour. This range represents a good-faith estimate at the time of posting; actual compensation will depend on experience, qualifications, assignment requirements, schedule, and other factors permitted by law. In addition to base compensation, the role includes eligibility for applicable overtime, a comprehensive benefits package, and a company 401(k) match.
Senior Construction Supervisor, Manhole & Conduit
Location: New Jersey, various project sites
Job Type: Full-time
Schedule: Field-based; travel to project sites required; on-call and emergency response support may be required
About us
CARIAN is a purpose-driven, woman-owned consulting and advisory firm dedicated exclusively to the power sector. We partner with leading electric and gas utilities to provide strategic advisory and disciplined execution across program management, business intelligence, and field execution oversight. Guided by integrity, trust, excellence, and accountability, our team helps deliver complex capital programs and build the resilient energy infrastructure that communities depend on.
Position Overview
CARIAN is seeking an experienced Senior Construction Supervisor, Manhole & Conduit to support utility construction activities for one of our major utility clients in New Jersey. This role will provide field construction supervision for the installation of manholes, conduit, duct banks, excavation, restoration, and related underground construction work. The Senior Construction Supervisor will oversee and coordinate contractors, vendors, trades, and field personnel, while helping ensure projects are completed safely, within scope, on schedule, and within budget. The ideal candidate has strong construction field experience in electric distribution, utility construction, civil design, engineering, operations, maintenance, construction, or a related field environment. This role requires strong field judgment, communication skills, technical coordination, contractor oversight, documentation discipline, and the ability to manage multiple projects and assignments in a live utility construction environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide field construction supervision for manhole, conduit, and related underground construction work.
- Manage multiple projects and assignments simultaneously for utility construction programs.
- Oversee and coordinate the work of contractors, vendors, trades, and field personnel as required by project needs and client procedures.
- Support contract preparation, contract administration, and contract compliance in accordance with applicable company and client policies.
- Coordinate the construction process to support completion within approved scope, schedule, and budget expectations.
- Maintain responsibility for jobsite safety, quality control, environmental compliance, and field execution discipline.
- Provide technical support in the field and participate in project review meetings.
- Resolve field problems, contractor conflicts, schedule issues, access constraints, labor issues, and construction-related disputes.
- Interface with governmental agencies, municipalities, inspectors, and other external stakeholders regarding permitting, licensing, and regulatory compliance.
- Participate in design and engineering coordination to support constructability, field readiness, and project execution.
- Prepare or support bid packages and coordinate with Procurement in the selection of contractors and vendors.
- Oversee layout, excavation, installation of manholes, conduit, duct banks, backfill, restoration, and related field activities.
- Perform daily jobsite visits and inspections to confirm work is completed in accordance with approved designs, specifications, utility standards, industry codes, and applicable regulations.
- Complete construction reports, including contractor billing support, in-service reports, contractor and vendor evaluations, project closeout reports, and lessons learned reports.
- Support outage, clearance, access, traffic control, and work sequencing coordination as needed.
- Perform on-call duties and provide emergency response support if and when required.
- Maintain proficiency with client project delivery processes and procedures, company standards and policies, and applicable industry and regulatory codes and standards.
- Escalate issues quickly and communicate clearly with project leadership.
- Promote a strong safety culture and ensure work is executed in a professional, disciplined, and utility-compliant manner.
Qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalent required.
- Minimum of 8 years of construction field experience in electric distribution, utility construction, civil design, engineering, operations, maintenance, construction, or equivalent experience.
- Experience supervising, managing, or overseeing field construction activities.
- Experience coordinating contractors, vendors, trades, field personnel, and project stakeholders.
- Strong understanding of manhole, conduit, and underground construction means and methods.
- Familiarity with manholes, conduits, duct banks, excavation, trenching, backfill, restoration, traffic control, permits, and utility field coordination.
- Ability to read and interpret construction drawings, specifications, work packages, permits, and field documentation.
- Knowledge of computer-based business applications and ability to complete required construction reporting and documentation.
- Strong communication, documentation, coordination, and issue-resolution skills.
- Ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, and assignments simultaneously.
- Ability to work independently in the field and represent CARIAN professionally with clients, contractors, agencies, and project stakeholders.
- Ability to travel to project sites throughout New Jersey.
- Availability to support project-driven schedules, on-call duties, emergency response, off-hours work, or weekend work as project needs require.
Preferred Experience
- 10+ years of utility construction or underground infrastructure experience.
- Manhole and conduit installation experience.
- Electric distribution or underground utility infrastructure experience.
- Experience with major electric utility clients.
- Experience supporting contract administration, contractor billing, vendor evaluations, project closeout, and lessons learned reporting.
- Experience coordinating with municipalities, governmental agencies, inspectors, permitting authorities, and utility project stakeholders.
- Experience supporting bid packages, procurement coordination, contractor/vendor selection, and constructability reviews.
- Experience working in public rights-of-way, roadways, active utility environments, or regulated infrastructure construction settings.
- Prior experience as a senior construction supervisor, construction manager, field supervisor, civil foreman, general foreman, inspector, or owner’s representative.
- OSHA 30 preferred.
Why CARIAN
- Purpose-driven work – Help deliver infrastructure that powers communities
- Industry reputation – Trusted by leading utilities for our reliability and results
- Career growth – Opportunities to lead major programs and mentor high-performing teams
- Collaborative culture – Join a team that values delivery excellence and long-term relationships
- Competitive total rewards – Strong compensation, full benefits, 401(k) match, and meaningful work
Equal Employment Opportunity
CARIAN is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire and develop talent based on qualifications, performance, and business needs. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. As a woman-owned firm dedicated to the power sector, we are committed to building a team that reflects professionalism, expertise, and integrity at every level.
Compensation
The hourly rate range for this role is $55 – $80 per hour. This range represents a good-faith estimate at the time of posting; actual compensation will depend on experience, qualifications, assignment requirements, schedule, and other factors permitted by law. In addition to base compensation, the role includes eligibility for applicable overtime, a comprehensive benefits package, and a company 401(k) match.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship in Construction Supervisor
Verify your degree meets specialty occupation
USCIS requires your degree field to directly correspond to Construction Supervisor duties. A construction management or civil engineering degree typically satisfies this. A general business degree often doesn't, so get a credential evaluation before applying.
Search LCA filings by occupation code
Use the OFLC Wage Search and filter by the SOC code for construction supervisors to see which employers have filed LCAs for this role. This tells you who has sponsored the position before, not just who claims to sponsor visas.
Target OSHA-regulated commercial contractors
Large commercial general contractors and infrastructure firms operate under federal compliance frameworks that make H-1B sponsorship procedurally familiar to their HR teams. Municipal and federal project contractors are especially consistent filers. Use Migrate Mate to filter for employers with verified LCA history in construction supervision.
Confirm the prevailing wage tier before accepting an offer
Your offered salary must meet the DOL prevailing wage for your specific level and metro area. Ask the employer which wage level they're filing at. Level I or II filings for supervisory roles can draw USCIS scrutiny if duties look more senior.
Ask employers about project-based work and LCA amendments
Construction Supervisors often move between job sites. Each new worksite in a different metropolitan statistical area may require a new LCA or amended posting. Confirm your employer understands this obligation before you sign, since non-compliance creates status risk for you.
File during cap season with premium processing
If you're outside the U.S. or changing status, your employer must file during the H-1B cap registration window each March. USCIS premium processing cuts adjudication to 15 business days, which matters when a project start date is fixed and you can't afford a delayed approval.
H-1B Visa Construction Supervisor: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Construction Supervisor role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
It depends on how the employer frames the position. If the role requires at minimum a bachelor's degree in construction management, civil engineering, or architecture and the job duties reflect that requirement, USCIS will typically recognize it as a specialty occupation. Generalist site supervisor roles without a degree requirement often don't qualify. The job description and degree requirement language in the LCA are what USCIS scrutinizes most closely.
Which employers sponsor H-1B visas for Construction Supervisor positions?
Commercial general contractors, engineering and construction firms on large-scale federal or infrastructure projects, and international construction companies with U.S. operations are the most consistent H-1B filers for this role. You can identify them by reviewing DOL LCA disclosure data filtered by occupation. Migrate Mate surfaces employers with verified LCA filing history for construction supervision roles, so you're not guessing based on company size alone.
Can I transfer my H-1B to a new construction employer mid-project?
Yes. Under H-1B portability rules, you can start working for a new employer as soon as the new I-129 petition is filed, without waiting for approval, as long as your previous H-1B was approved and you've maintained valid status. The new employer must file a new LCA and I-129 before your first day. If your role involves multiple worksites, the new employer also needs to handle site-specific LCA posting requirements from day one.
How does working across multiple job sites affect my H-1B status?
Each worksite in a different metropolitan statistical area requires its own LCA posting, and in some cases a new LCA filing with DOL. Short-term placements under 30 days at a location outside your primary worksite have lighter requirements, but anything longer triggers the standard LCA process. This is a compliance area many construction employers mishandle, so it's worth confirming your employer's process before accepting a role that involves regular site rotation.
Is a construction management bachelor's degree from outside the U.S. accepted for H-1B purposes?
Yes, foreign degrees are accepted, but they must be evaluated by a credential evaluation service to confirm equivalency to a U.S. bachelor's degree. A three-year degree may or may not be accepted as equivalent depending on the evaluator's assessment and the country of origin. USCIS relies on that evaluation when adjudicating the specialty occupation requirement, so using an accredited evaluator recognized in the industry is important before your employer files.