VP of Preconstruction - Electrical

Elcco • Kahului, HI

44d

About The Position

The Vice President of Preconstruction is accountable for how work enters ELCCO . This role exists to ensure early access, relationships, and opportunities are converted into disciplined, executable, negotiated work —aligned with ELCCO’s operational capacity, margin requirements, and long-term strategy. The VP of Preconstruction improves decision quality before commitments are made , so ELCCO consistently wins the right work, at the right terms, at the right time . This is not a sales role and not a production role. It is a governance and system-leadership role at the front end of the business.

Requirements

• We’re looking for a senior leader with experience in complex, project-based environments , such as: Project Executive Senior Project Manager Preconstruction or Front-End Leader
• Convert early conversations into clear, executable scope
• Say “no” to misaligned work—professionally and decisively
• Balance client relationships with company constraints and long-term health
• You’ve worked directly with owners, developers, general contractors, estimators, and operations leaders, and understand how front-end decisions ripple downstream.
• Strong working understanding of: Estimating workflows Constructability and sequencing Labor, execution, and delivery risk Margin, capacity, and tradeoff decisions
• Thinks in systems , not transactions
• Exercises judgment under pressure without relying on authority or heroics
• Earns trust through clarity, consistency, and fairness
• Comfortable making—and standing behind—difficult decisions
• Learns markets quickly and institutionalizes insight so others can execute

Nice To Haves

• Electrical or MEP trade experience is beneficial but not required

Responsibilities

• Front-End Conversion Governance Serve as the final decision authority on whether opportunities are pursued, paused, or exited. Ensure early access and conversations are shaped into clear, executable scope —or exited decisively. Protect ELCCO from absorbing indecision, ambiguity, or misaligned risk.
• Preconstruction System Leadership Lead the coordinated front-end system spanning Business Development, Project Development, and Estimating. Establish and maintain clear role boundaries —who owns what, and when. Ensure estimating resources are applied to qualified, well-defined opportunities .
• Relationship Stewardship Act as ELCCO’s senior front-end relationship owner during moments of tension, change, or escalation. Partner closely with Operations to protect preferred status and long-term relationship value .
• Capacity & Risk Protection Ensure front-end commitments align with labor availability and execution capacity . Protect Operations from overcommitment and downstream disruption. Maintain discipline when momentum, relationships, or urgency pressure decisions.
• Scale & Continuity Design a front-end system that scales without heroics or bottlenecks . Reduce dependence on any single individual—including the Visionary. Build durability so the system functions effectively during leadership absence.

Benefits

• ELCCO offers a highly competitive executive compensation and benefits package that reflects the level of accountability and impact of this role.
• This position is bonus eligible and includes comprehensive benefits designed to support long-term success, performance, and well-being.
• Relocation assistance available.

What This Job Offers

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