Construction Project Manager

Seeking an experienced Program Manager with a strong industrial and electrical construction background to provide executive-level leadership and operational oversight for complex construction programs and multiple concurrent projects.

This position is accountable for overall program execution, including electrical construction, operations, project management, preconstruction, estimating, cost control, scheduling, procurement, safety, quality, client relationships, contract administration, and financial performance.

The Program Manager will lead projects from initial pursuit and preconstruction through engineering coordination, procurement, construction, electrical installation, testing, commissioning, startup, and final closeout.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience managing large-scale industrial, electrical, EPC, manufacturing, process, mining, power, heavy civil, or self-perform construction projects, with a demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and electrical construction operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership and strategic direction for multiple industrial and electrical construction projects.
• Manage projects from preconstruction, estimating, and planning through construction, electrical installation, commissioning, startup, and closeout.
• Oversee Project Managers, Electrical Project Managers, Superintendents, Electrical Superintendents, Project Engineers, and other project personnel.
• Coordinate electrical construction activities with civil, structural, mechanical, piping, instrumentation, controls, and other project disciplines.
• Provide oversight for installation of medium- and low-voltage electrical systems, switchgear, transformers, MCCs, power distribution, conduit, cable tray, power and control cabling, grounding, lighting, instrumentation, and controls.
• Review electrical drawings, one-line diagrams, specifications, equipment layouts, cable schedules, and construction documents.
• Ensure electrical installations comply with project specifications, client standards, NEC requirements, and applicable codes.
• Monitor project budgets, forecasts, schedules, productivity, labor performance, and profitability.
• Maintain accountability for project and program P&L, margins, cost-to-complete forecasts, cash flow, and financial performance.
• Review project financials, cost reports, earned-value performance, labor productivity, equipment utilization, and project forecasts.
• Identify construction, electrical, procurement, schedule, contractual, and financial risks and implement mitigation and recovery strategies.
• Oversee project controls, including CPM scheduling, cost control, forecasting, productivity tracking, and progress measurement.
• Manage electrical procurement and long-lead equipment requirements, including switchgear, transformers, MCCs, electrical distribution equipment, generators, VFDs, cable, and specialty electrical components.
• Coordinate engineering, procurement, fabrication, construction, electrical installation, testing, commissioning, and field operations.
• Oversee subcontractors and self-perform construction operations, including electrical craft labor and field supervision.
• Monitor electrical manpower, labor productivity, material usage, installed quantities, and schedule performance.
• Manage contracts, change orders, RFIs, claims, notices, scope changes, and commercial issues.
• Review electrical scope changes and support estimating, pricing, labor forecasting, and change-order development.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with owners, clients, engineers, electrical subcontractors, vendors, OEMs, and other stakeholders.
• Participate in executive-level client meetings, project reviews, contract negotiations, and commercial discussions.
• Support estimating, proposals, constructability reviews, project pursuits, and electrical scope development.
• Participate in project handoff from estimating to operations to ensure alignment on electrical scope, labor assumptions, equipment, schedule, budget, and execution strategy.
• Ensure compliance with company EHS, quality, electrical safety, contractual, and operational standards.
• Promote compliance with OSHA, NFPA 70E, NEC, lockout/tagout, energized-work, and project-specific electrical safety requirements.
• Develop recovery plans for projects experiencing cost, schedule, productivity, procurement, or electrical installation challenges.
• Provide executive leadership with accurate reporting regarding program status, financial performance, electrical progress, risks, opportunities, and corrective actions.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive construction/project management experience, including significant leadership responsibility.
• Strong industrial electrical construction background required.
• Demonstrated experience managing electrical scopes on large industrial construction projects.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects or large, complex construction programs.
• Strong background in industrial construction, electrical construction, EPC, manufacturing, mining, power, process facilities, heavy civil, or similar markets.
• Demonstrated experience managing multi-million-dollar construction projects.
• Experience leading Project Managers, Superintendents, Electrical Superintendents, Project Engineers, and multidisciplinary construction teams.
• Strong understanding of industrial electrical construction means and methods.
• Working knowledge of electrical power distribution, switchgear, transformers, MCCs, VFDs, conduit, cable tray, grounding, power/control wiring, instrumentation, and controls.
• Ability to understand and interpret electrical one-line diagrams, schematics, equipment layouts, cable schedules, drawings, and specifications.
• Working knowledge of NEC, NFPA 70E, OSHA electrical safety requirements, and applicable industrial electrical standards.
• Strong understanding of construction contracts, scheduling, project controls, estimating, procurement, forecasting, cost management, and change management.
• Demonstrated responsibility for project financial performance, including P&L, margin management, cost forecasting, cash flow, and profitability.
• Experience managing electrical subcontractors, vendors, equipment suppliers, and OEM representatives.
• Strong understanding of electrical testing, commissioning, energization, startup, and turnover processes.
• Excellent leadership, communication, negotiation, problem-solving, and client-management skills.
• Ability to operate effectively at both the executive and field levels.
• Proficiency with construction/project management systems, cost-control platforms, and scheduling software.
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Construction Management, Engineering, Business, or a related discipline preferred. Equivalent progressive industrial/electrical construction leadership experience may be considered.

Preferred Experience

• Industrial electrical construction
• Electrical estimating and cost management
• Medium- and low-voltage power distribution
• Switchgear, transformers, MCCs, VFDs, and electrical distribution equipment
• Conduit, cable tray, power/control cabling, and grounding systems
• Instrumentation and controls
• Electrical testing, commissioning, energization, and startup
• NEC and NFPA 70E compliance
• Self-perform electrical construction
• Self-perform industrial construction
• EPC/EPCM project delivery
• Structural steel and concrete
• Mechanical and process piping
• Heavy equipment installation
• Civil/site development
• Industrial facility expansions, shutdowns, retrofits, and upgrades
• Manufacturing, mining, process, and power facilities
• Primavera P6 scheduling
• Project controls and earned-value management
• Cost forecasting and productivity analysis
• Contract and change management
• Procurement and subcontractor management
• OSHA and industrial safety programs

Ideal Candidate

The successful Program Manager will be a hands-on industrial and electrical construction leader with strong operational, technical, commercial, and financial experience.

This individual should have experience managing substantial electrical scopes involving power distribution, switchgear, transformers, MCCs, conduit and cable systems, grounding, instrumentation/controls, testing, commissioning, and energization, while coordinating electrical activities with civil, structural, mechanical, and process disciplines.

The ideal candidate will be equally comfortable reviewing program financials and forecasts with executive leadership and working in the field with Project Managers, Electrical Superintendents, engineers, subcontractors, and craft leadership to resolve technical and construction challenges.

This position requires a leader who can manage multidisciplinary teams, understand complex electrical construction scopes, protect project margins, strengthen client relationships, and consistently drive large industrial projects toward safe, profitable, and successful completion.

Pay: $90,000.00 - $130,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Experience:

• Project management: 5 years (Required)
• Electrical: 5 years (Required)
• Industrial Construction: 5 years (Required)

Work Location: In person