Superintendent Jobs in Mississippi
Superintendent jobs in Mississippi are consistently active, concentrated in K-12 public school districts, construction, and infrastructure development, with openings ranging from assistant-level roles to district-wide leadership positions. The largest clusters of hiring are in and around Jackson, Gulfport, and Southaven, where major employers such as the Jackson Public Schools district, the Harrison County School District, and Yates Construction maintain a long-standing presence. The most in-demand specialties are educational administration, commercial construction oversight, and public works management. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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Top employerIES Communications
Top cityJackson, MS
Cities hiring15
Work type83% On-site
Top industryConstruction
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IES Communications
General Superintendent
Meridian, Mississippi
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IES Communications
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Meridian, Mississippi
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Dixon Contracting Group, LLC
Commercial Construction Superintendent
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
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Project Superintendent
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Codaray Construction, LLC
Project Superintendent
Ridgeland, Mississippi
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Shipping Superintendent
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Wayne-Sanderson Farms
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Collins, Mississippi
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General Superintendent
IES Communications·Meridian, Mississippi
Job functions:
$38 - $50/hr
Military encouraged
51-200 employees
Job Description
IES is a national provider of industrial products and infrastructure services to a variety of end markets, including electrical, mechanical and communications contracting solutions for the commercial, industrial, residential and renewable energy markets. IES is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol IESC. As of the end of IES’s 2025 fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, IES produced over $3.3 billion in revenue and employed over 9,400 employees at over 174 domestic locations across the United States. IES is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer: Minorities, Females, Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation, Individuals with Disabilities, Protected Veterans Encouraged to Apply.
From office buildings to wind farms, industrial complexes to housing developments, our employees and design professionals design, build, and maintain the systems that empower lives.
Our commitment to our employees is reflected by our actions:
- Safety is Priority One – and our record shows it
- Competitive Pay
- Company 401K plan with Employer Contribution Match
- Company Paid Time Off
- Company Paid Life Insurance
- Choice of Medical Coverage including Prescription and Short Term Disability Plans
- Choice of Dental and Vision Coverage
- Optional Long-term Disability, Critical Illness, Accident, Legal and Pet Coverage
- Auto and Home Insurance Discount Programs
Some Traveling required.
Must be proficient in IESOS, daily planning, fiber/cabling standards, terminations, and bare fiber.
Job Summary:
The General Superintendent is the overall manager on a large and/or complex project. The General Superintendent ensures that all contracted work is developed, implemented, installed and managed in accordance with the Company’s requirements, including but not limited to: safety, quality, management and financial performance requirements. All aspects of the assigned project must be carried out as efficiently as possible with respect to staffing, materials management, financial management customer care and customer delivery goals.
Job Duties and Responsibilities:
- The General Superintendent will recruit, hire, train, manage, supervise, promote, discipline and discharge, if necessary, all project related staff. Effectively manage all human resource issues per Company policies and procedures. Complete recommendations for project related employees’ performance ratings, promotions and pay changes. Provide guidance and mentoring to meet all customer and Company goals and objectives.
- The General Superintendent acts as the senior Company liaison for operational interface with customer representative(s).
- The General Superintendent will plan for, manage, monitor and maintain project profitability to achieve Company goals.
- The General Superintendent will ensure that deadlines are met per customer requirements.
- The General Superintendent will manage overall workload distribution, staffing levels and monitor the customer delivery and job installation progress.
- The General Superintendent manages successful job completion; ensure productivity, job completion and compliance to project budget.
- The General Superintendent will review all job cost postings for accuracy and completeness, including but not limited to, the preparation of invoices, customer collections and periodic financial reporting to the customer and management.
- The General Superintendent will fully complete all IES and project paperwork accurately and on time (specifically timesheets, material transfers, work orders, change orders, tool transfers and others as required); ensure all Job Closing Packages meet customer and Company standards.
- The General Superintendent will perform quality checks; manage the prevention of outages; conduct day to day job walks to ensure quality; prepare red-lined as-built drawings.
- The General Superintendent serves as main on-site customer contact for questions and/or concerns; attend facility and constructions meetings when required.
- The General Superintendent will perform work consistently demonstrating a detailed level of technical knowledge; troubleshoot and resolve technical issues as they arise.
- The General Superintendent will review and monitor operational processes for accuracy, completeness, and efficiency, including but not limited to estimating, purchasing, invoicing, warehousing, scheduling and reporting.
- The General Superintendent will develop, redesign and implement process improvements as required to bring processes up to effective levels.
- The General Superintendent will be in concert with the Training Department, monitor all quality and safety issues related to the operations department. Actively promote safety as our first priority.
- The General Superintendent will lead any assigned operations meetings and training sessions.
- The General Superintendent will also manage tools and truck inventory/maintenance.
- The General Superintendent will complete any other responsibilities as assigned.
Physical and Mental Requirements:
- Regular attendance is mandatory
- The General Superintendent must be self-motivated, positive in approach, and convey an appropriate professional image.
- The General Superintendent must promote the Company culture and mission to all employees, vendors, clients and business partners.
- The General Superintendent must possess proven problem-solving skills, critical thinking skills and the ability to effectively read, write and give oral presentation(s).
- The General Superintendent must also have excellent organizational skills and the ability to develop branch and job processes and best practices.
- The General Superintendent must have proven high skill level to interpret blueprints and other project documents, including but not limited to, specifications, reporting and quality requirements.
- The General Superintendent must be able to travel within the branch territory and/or regional territory as needed.
- The General Superintendent must possess the ability to learn and teach the Company and customer project management systems.
- The General Superintendent must be able to work at heights, off of a ladder and in confined spaces, lift up to 50 pounds and move up to 75 pounds.
- Must be able to stand and walk very large job sites regularly.
- The General Superintendent must be able to see and distinguish different colors, read small print and hear and recognize audible signals such as dial tones.
Education, Certification, License, and Skill Requirements:
- Prefer a minimum of five (5) years’ experience of supervisory or managerial experience.
- The General Superintendent must have a minimum of three (3) years’ experience as a Lead Communications Technician or similar position.
- The General Superintendent must also have a minimum of five (5) years’ experience in telecommunications or a related technical or construction field.
- Must be proficient with a computer and be skilled with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and MS Project).
- Must meet Company minimum driving standards.
- The General Superintendent Must have demonstrated verifiable ability to define a project, create a project scope of work, create an estimate, develop detailed associated tasks and manage these to final completion and customer turnover.
- Must be able to use the following trade Tools: punch tool with 110 block and 66 block blade, 6/8 position combo crimp tool, Krone/3M/BIX, butt set, volt-ohmmeter, 4-pair continuity tester and 5-gang punch tool.
IES Communications
General Superintendent
Meridian, Mississippi
Added 3d ago51-200 employees
Job functions:
$38 - $50/hr
Military encouraged
Job Description
IES is a national provider of industrial products and infrastructure services to a variety of end markets, including electrical, mechanical and communications contracting solutions for the commercial, industrial, residential and renewable energy markets. IES is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol IESC. As of the end of IES’s 2025 fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, IES produced over $3.3 billion in revenue and employed over 9,400 employees at over 174 domestic locations across the United States. IES is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer: Minorities, Females, Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation, Individuals with Disabilities, Protected Veterans Encouraged to Apply.
From office buildings to wind farms, industrial complexes to housing developments, our employees and design professionals design, build, and maintain the systems that empower lives.
Our commitment to our employees is reflected by our actions:
- Safety is Priority One – and our record shows it
- Competitive Pay
- Company 401K plan with Employer Contribution Match
- Company Paid Time Off
- Company Paid Life Insurance
- Choice of Medical Coverage including Prescription and Short Term Disability Plans
- Choice of Dental and Vision Coverage
- Optional Long-term Disability, Critical Illness, Accident, Legal and Pet Coverage
- Auto and Home Insurance Discount Programs
Some Traveling required.
Must be proficient in IESOS, daily planning, fiber/cabling standards, terminations, and bare fiber.
Job Summary:
The General Superintendent is the overall manager on a large and/or complex project. The General Superintendent ensures that all contracted work is developed, implemented, installed and managed in accordance with the Company’s requirements, including but not limited to: safety, quality, management and financial performance requirements. All aspects of the assigned project must be carried out as efficiently as possible with respect to staffing, materials management, financial management customer care and customer delivery goals.
Job Duties and Responsibilities:
- The General Superintendent will recruit, hire, train, manage, supervise, promote, discipline and discharge, if necessary, all project related staff. Effectively manage all human resource issues per Company policies and procedures. Complete recommendations for project related employees’ performance ratings, promotions and pay changes. Provide guidance and mentoring to meet all customer and Company goals and objectives.
- The General Superintendent acts as the senior Company liaison for operational interface with customer representative(s).
- The General Superintendent will plan for, manage, monitor and maintain project profitability to achieve Company goals.
- The General Superintendent will ensure that deadlines are met per customer requirements.
- The General Superintendent will manage overall workload distribution, staffing levels and monitor the customer delivery and job installation progress.
- The General Superintendent manages successful job completion; ensure productivity, job completion and compliance to project budget.
- The General Superintendent will review all job cost postings for accuracy and completeness, including but not limited to, the preparation of invoices, customer collections and periodic financial reporting to the customer and management.
- The General Superintendent will fully complete all IES and project paperwork accurately and on time (specifically timesheets, material transfers, work orders, change orders, tool transfers and others as required); ensure all Job Closing Packages meet customer and Company standards.
- The General Superintendent will perform quality checks; manage the prevention of outages; conduct day to day job walks to ensure quality; prepare red-lined as-built drawings.
- The General Superintendent serves as main on-site customer contact for questions and/or concerns; attend facility and constructions meetings when required.
- The General Superintendent will perform work consistently demonstrating a detailed level of technical knowledge; troubleshoot and resolve technical issues as they arise.
- The General Superintendent will review and monitor operational processes for accuracy, completeness, and efficiency, including but not limited to estimating, purchasing, invoicing, warehousing, scheduling and reporting.
- The General Superintendent will develop, redesign and implement process improvements as required to bring processes up to effective levels.
- The General Superintendent will be in concert with the Training Department, monitor all quality and safety issues related to the operations department. Actively promote safety as our first priority.
- The General Superintendent will lead any assigned operations meetings and training sessions.
- The General Superintendent will also manage tools and truck inventory/maintenance.
- The General Superintendent will complete any other responsibilities as assigned.
Physical and Mental Requirements:
- Regular attendance is mandatory
- The General Superintendent must be self-motivated, positive in approach, and convey an appropriate professional image.
- The General Superintendent must promote the Company culture and mission to all employees, vendors, clients and business partners.
- The General Superintendent must possess proven problem-solving skills, critical thinking skills and the ability to effectively read, write and give oral presentation(s).
- The General Superintendent must also have excellent organizational skills and the ability to develop branch and job processes and best practices.
- The General Superintendent must have proven high skill level to interpret blueprints and other project documents, including but not limited to, specifications, reporting and quality requirements.
- The General Superintendent must be able to travel within the branch territory and/or regional territory as needed.
- The General Superintendent must possess the ability to learn and teach the Company and customer project management systems.
- The General Superintendent must be able to work at heights, off of a ladder and in confined spaces, lift up to 50 pounds and move up to 75 pounds.
- Must be able to stand and walk very large job sites regularly.
- The General Superintendent must be able to see and distinguish different colors, read small print and hear and recognize audible signals such as dial tones.
Education, Certification, License, and Skill Requirements:
- Prefer a minimum of five (5) years’ experience of supervisory or managerial experience.
- The General Superintendent must have a minimum of three (3) years’ experience as a Lead Communications Technician or similar position.
- The General Superintendent must also have a minimum of five (5) years’ experience in telecommunications or a related technical or construction field.
- Must be proficient with a computer and be skilled with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and MS Project).
- Must meet Company minimum driving standards.
- The General Superintendent Must have demonstrated verifiable ability to define a project, create a project scope of work, create an estimate, develop detailed associated tasks and manage these to final completion and customer turnover.
- Must be able to use the following trade Tools: punch tool with 110 block and 66 block blade, 6/8 position combo crimp tool, Krone/3M/BIX, butt set, volt-ohmmeter, 4-pair continuity tester and 5-gang punch tool.
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Find Superintendent JobsSuperintendent Jobs by City in Mississippi
Where Mississippi roles are concentrated, by current openings.
Jackson
4 jobsMeridian
2 jobsPascagoula
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1 jobCanton
1 jobSummit
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1 jobRidgeland
1 jobSouthaven
1 jobVicksburg
1 jobHattiesburg
1 jobOlive Branch
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1 jobSuperintendent Job Market in Mississippi
A snapshot from current Mississippi openings, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Construction & Real Estate
- Consulting & Professional Services
What Mississippi Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in superintendent jobs across Mississippi.
- Active Mississippi Educator License with administrator endorsement for school district roles
- Bachelor's or master's degree in education, construction management, or a related field
- Demonstrated experience managing large teams, budgets, and multi-site operations
- Proficiency with project scheduling software or school district administrative platforms
- Strong knowledge of Mississippi state regulations, building codes, or education statutes
- Valid driver's license and ability to travel across assigned district or project sites
Superintendent Jobs in Mississippi: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a superintendent in Mississippi?
For school district roles, you must hold a valid Mississippi Educator License with a superintendent endorsement, issued through the Mississippi Department of Education. This requires a qualifying master's or doctoral degree in educational leadership or administration and supervised clinical experience. For construction or facilities superintendent positions, no state license is mandated, but employers typically require a construction management degree or equivalent field experience combined with relevant certifications such as OSHA training.
How much do superintendents make in Mississippi?
Superintendents in Mississippi earn a median of about $82,800 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $65,400 for the lowest 10% to over $106,450 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire superintendents in Mississippi?
Employers hiring superintendents in Mississippi right now include IES Communications, HII, and Loenbro, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Mississippi's mix of large public school districts, Gulf Coast construction projects, and infrastructure contractors keeps demand for both educational and construction superintendents relatively steady throughout the year.
Which Mississippi cities have the most superintendent jobs?
Jackson, Meridian, and Pascagoula have the most superintendent openings in Mississippi. Jackson drives demand as the state capital and largest urban center, home to major school districts and government contractors, while Gulfport and Southaven generate construction and facilities roles tied to Gulf Coast development and the Memphis-area industrial corridor respectively.
Are there remote superintendent jobs in Mississippi?
Yes, but they're rare. Superintendent work is fundamentally on-site, whether overseeing a school district or managing a construction project, which limits remote arrangements significantly. About 17% of superintendent openings tied to Mississippi are remote or hybrid as of September 2026, and those positions tend to concentrate in administrative, compliance, or multi-district coordination functions rather than day-to-day field or campus supervision.
How can I get hired as a superintendent in Mississippi with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is through an assistant superintendent or principal role within a Mississippi public school district, where candidates build the administrative record required for full superintendent consideration. Large districts such as those in Rankin County and DeSoto County regularly hire assistant administrators and building-level leaders as a pipeline. For construction roles, starting as a project engineer or field supervisor at a Mississippi-based general contractor and pursuing OSHA certification and a construction management credential builds a competitive foundation.
Where can I find and apply to superintendent jobs in Mississippi?
You can find and apply to superintendent jobs in Mississippi on Migrate Mate, which lists current Mississippi openings from school districts, construction firms, and public sector employers across the state. Search the listings to find roles that match your background and apply directly to the ones that fit your experience and location.
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