Project Director-Industrial Electrical Construction

Kimmel & Associates • Charlotte, NC

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About The Position

The Project Director provides senior-level leadership and oversight for electrical execution on complex heavy industrial and infrastructure projects throughout the Southeast. This is a corporate-based leadership role with limited travel to meet with clients and support project teams.

The role oversees electrical execution from estimating and preconstruction through installation, commissioning, and closeout. It leads Electrical Project Managers, Superintendents, General Foremen, and self-perform electrical teams, with accountability for project strategy, budgets, cost controls, forecasting, labor productivity, schedules, and profitability. The Project Director coordinates electrical work across project disciplines, helps resolve issues with owners and project partners, supports business development and estimating, and contributes to expanding the company's self-perform electrical capabilities.

The employer is described as an employee-owned general contractor with more than 80 years of experience, approximately $500 million in annual revenue, and a strong project backlog. Its Heavy Industrial division works in power generation, hydro, chemical, battery storage, water/wastewater, and renewable energy.

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, and plant power distribution.
• Experience coordinating electrical work in complex, multi-trade construction environments.

Nice To Haves

• EPC, design-build, power generation, heavy industrial, energy, manufacturing, water/wastewater, utility, or large-scale infrastructure experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Construction Management, Engineering, or a related discipline.

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 on electrical construction methods, sequencing, constructability, and field execution.
• Work with owners, engineers, subcontractors, vendors, and internal leadership to resolve issues and maintain strong relationships.
• Identify project risks and opportunities and develop mitigation strategies.
• Support estimating, proposals, change management, and business development activities as needed.
• Ensure projects meet company safety, quality, contractual, and operational standards.
• Participate in project reviews and provide senior leadership 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.

Benefits

• $175,000–$225,000 base salary.
• Opportunity for annual bonus.
• Lucrative ESOP / employee ownership opportunity.
• Corporate-based leadership position with limited 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed