Job Title: General Superintendent (Soft Craft)
Company: Loenbro, LLC
Business Unit/Department: South
Location: Houston, TX / On-site
Reports to: Project Manager
Employment Type: Full-Time
FLSA Classification: Non-Exempt
About Loenbro
Loenbro is a trusted, long-term construction lifecycle partner to thousands of customers across the U.S. Our market spans all industries, and our service offerings include Critical Electrical, Mechanical & Structural, Soft Crafts, Inspection, Underground Maintenance and Installation, and Fabrication. Our expertise lies in simplifying the complex and establishing long-standing relationships with our partners. We have a national presence but a local approach—every customer benefits from our capabilities and our care.
At Loenbro, we don’t just offer jobs—we build careers grounded in integrity, teamwork, excellence, and purpose. Join a team where your expertise is valued, your growth is supported, and your work helps maintain and enhance the critical infrastructure that powers communities across the nation.
Job Summary
The General Superintendent, Soft Crafts (Coatings) is responsible for directing and overseeing large-scale industrial coatings and surface preparation projects while providing leadership to field management teams across multiple job sites.
Essential Job Responsibilities
- Provide leadership and oversight for large-scale coatings and soft craft projects, managing superintendents, foremen, and crews while ensuring projects are properly staffed, equipped, and executed across multiple locations.
- Manage project execution in accordance with contract requirements, coating specifications, and customer expectations, ensuring compliance with project scope, production schedules, quality standards, and budget objectives.
- Serve as the technical authority for coatings and surface preparation activities, interpreting coating specifications, inspection requirements, manufacturer recommendations, SSPC/AMPP standards, project drawings, and customer quality requirements.
- Lead project planning and controls, including manpower forecasting, production planning, equipment allocation, material procurement coordination, scheduling, budgeting, cost control, and weekly look-ahead planning.
- Champion safety, quality, and operational excellence by enforcing company safety programs, overseeing quality control processes, ensuring regulatory compliance, and promoting best practices for abrasive blasting, coating application, containment, and environmental controls.
- Collaborate with clients, project managers, inspectors, engineers, subcontractors, and trade partners to resolve project challenges, manage changing priorities, and ensure successful project delivery.
- Oversee coating inspection and quality assurance programs, ensuring surface preparation standards, environmental conditions, coating application procedures, dry film thickness requirements, and inspection documentation meet project specifications.
- Monitor project performance and productivity metrics, identifying opportunities to improve safety, quality, production efficiency, labor utilization, and overall project profitability.
- Demonstrate strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously while developing field leadership and maintaining positive customer relationships.
Skills
- Ability to review and interpret project specifications, coating data sheets, inspection reports, quality documentation, drawings, contract documents, and project schedules.
- Strong knowledge of industrial coating systems, abrasive blasting methods, protective coatings, fireproofing systems, coating inspection processes, and surface preparation requirements.
Qualifications
Required:
- Minimum 7+ years of industrial coatings, surface preparation, painting, fireproofing, insulation, or related soft craft experience, with at least 5 years in a superintendent or senior field leadership role.
- Proven experience managing large industrial maintenance, turnaround, new construction, infrastructure, energy, petrochemical, manufacturing, data center, or utility projects.
- Working knowledge of SSPC/AMPP standards, coating specifications, environmental controls, quality assurance requirements, and industry best practices.
- Demonstrated experience with manpower planning, budgeting, forecasting, scheduling, productivity tracking, and cost control.
Preferred:
- AMPP (formerly SSPC/NACE) certifications, such as Coatings Inspector Program (CIP), Protective Coatings Specialist (PCS), or related credentials.
- OSHA 30 certification or equivalent safety training.
- Experience supporting large-scale industrial facilities, power generation, oil and gas, renewable energy, manufacturing, or data center construction projects.
- Experience with project management and construction software including Procore, Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Bluebeam, HCSS, or similar platforms.
Physical Demands and Work Environment
The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Work Environment:
- Indoor office settings with controlled temperatures.
- Industrial and construction environments with exposure to heights, confined spaces, elevated work platforms, noise, dust, abrasive media, paint fumes, solvents, chemicals, and varying weather conditions.
- Frequent visits to active industrial facilities, shutdowns, outages, turnaround projects, and construction sites.
- Travel requirements: up to 25% of time.
This role requires compliance with all applicable safety regulations, personal protective equipment (PPE) requirements, and Loenbro's Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) policies.
Benefits
Loenbro offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits package, and rewards to those who join our team:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match
- Paid time off (PTO)
- Life and disability insurance
- Professional development and training opportunities
- Employee assistance program (EAP)
Benefits eligibility may vary based on employment classification and hours worked.
Guided by Core Values (LEAD), grounded in grit and a commitment to excellence, Loenbro betters our families, customers, and local communities. If you’re ready to be part of a company that LEADS by:
- Living with Integrity
- Exceeding Expectations
- Acting with Urgency
- Delivering Excellence
…we want to hear from you.
Loenbro is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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