About this role
About the Company
Our client is an employee-owned general contractor with 80+ years of experience and approximately $500M in annual revenue , delivering complex heavy industrial and infrastructure projects throughout the Southeast.
Its Heavy Industrial division specializes in power generation, hydro, chemical, battery storage, water/wastewater, and renewable energy , with significant self-perform capabilities and a strong project backlog.
About the Position
We are seeking an experienced Project Director – Electrical Construction to provide senior-level leadership and oversight for the electrical execution of complex heavy industrial and infrastructure projects throughout the Southeast.
This is a corporate-based leadership role with limited travel to support clients and project teams. The Project Director will oversee electrical execution from estimating and preconstruction through installation, commissioning, and closeout , while providing leadership to Electrical Project Managers, Superintendents, General Foremen, and self-perform electrical teams.
The ideal candidate has progressed beyond individual project management into broader operational leadership , with a strong background in self-performed electrical construction, project financial management, field operations, and multi-project oversight.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide overall leadership and direction for the electrical scope of major industrial and infrastructure projects.
- Oversee electrical project execution from estimating and preconstruction through installation, commissioning, and closeout.
- Lead, mentor, and develop Electrical Project Managers, Superintendents, General Foremen, and field personnel.
- Establish project execution strategies, manpower plans, schedules, procurement plans, and productivity expectations.
- Maintain accountability for electrical project budgets, cost controls, forecasting, labor productivity, and profitability.
- Coordinate electrical activities with civil, mechanical, instrumentation, engineering, procurement, and other project disciplines.
- Review project schedules and ensure electrical activities remain aligned with overall project milestones.
- Provide technical and operational guidance regarding electrical construction methods, sequencing, constructability, and field execution.
- Work closely with owners, engineers, subcontractors, vendors, and internal leadership to resolve issues and maintain strong relationships.
- Identify project risks and opportunities and develop effective mitigation strategies.
- Support estimating, proposals, change management, and business development activities as needed.
- Ensure projects are executed in accordance with company safety, quality, contractual, and operational standards.
- Participate in project reviews and provide senior leadership with visibility into project performance, staffing, financial status, risks, and opportunities.
- Help build and maintain a strong pipeline of electrical construction talent.
- Support the continued expansion of the company's self-perform electrical capabilities.
Requirements
- 10+ years of progressive experience in heavy industrial electrical construction.
- Significant experience managing self-performed electrical work on large industrial, power, energy, manufacturing, utility, or infrastructure projects.
- Experience leading multiple electrical projects, project teams, or a significant electrical operation.
- Strong understanding of electrical construction means, methods, sequencing, and field execution.
- Demonstrated responsibility for project budgets, forecasting, scheduling, manpower, productivity, and profitability .
- Experience with electrical scopes such as:
- Medium- and high-voltage distribution
- Substations
- Switchgear
- Motor control
- Instrumentation and controls
- SCADA
- Process electrical systems
- Plant power distribution
- Experience coordinating electrical work within complex, multi-trade construction environments.
- EPC, design-build, power generation, heavy industrial, energy, manufacturing, water/wastewater, utility, or large-scale infrastructure experience is highly desirable.
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Construction Management, Engineering, or a related discipline is preferred.
Benefits
- $175,000–$225,000 base salary
- Opportunity for annual bonus
- Lucrative ESOP / employee ownership opportunity
- Corporate-based leadership position with limited travel
- Travel primarily to meet with clients and support project teams throughout the Southeast
- Opportunity to lead a growing electrical construction operation
- Employee-owned culture with significant long-term career potential
- Exposure to technically complex industrial, energy, infrastructure, and power projects
- Opportunity to influence electrical operations, talent development, project execution, and business growth
- Strong project pipeline throughout the Southeast