Director of Electrical Construction & Growth

Kearney-Electric,-Inc.; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Career development

Safety focus

Community involvement

Work-life balance

Inclusive culture

Job summary

Kearney Electric is seeking a Director of Electrical Construction to lead the Electrical Department, shaping strategy, safety standards, project schedules, and financial performance across multiple commercial initiatives.

You will mentor PMs, Superintendents, and Foremen, build leadership capacity, ensure compliance with NEC and codes, cultivate client relationships, and drive on-time, on-budget delivery with a strong focus on quality and teamwork.

Qualifications

• 10+ years electrical construction experience with 5+ years leading multiple commercial projects.
• Proven accountability for P&L outcomes, WIP and change orders.
• Expert knowledge of NEC and strong knowledge of state codes and regulatory compliance.
• Success developing leaders and building high performing teams within the department.
• Strong communication skills, strong verbal direction and professionalism with clients.

Responsibilities

• Establish the electrical operations and annual planning for budget and forecasting.
• Align resources for backlog and pipeline.
• Set standards for safety, quality, and productivity.
• Collaborate with finance on the WIP health, gross margin, and change order performance.
• Partner with the estimating team to hit targets from pre-construction to close-out.
• Set processes and procedures to ensure constructability, prefabrication opportunities, and realistic schedules.
• Implements project delivery excellence with start-up, submittals, RFI's, change management, QA/QC, commissioning and turnover.
• Oversight to ensure compliance with NEC, NFPA 70E and utility requirements.
• Drive look-ahead planning, prefabrication, and on time deliveries.
• Work to reduce rework; enforce performance management aligned with Core Values.
• Assist with recruiting top talent while mentoring PM's, Superintendents, and Foreman.
• Build succession planning and enforce performance management that aligns with Core Values.
• Partner with Safety to keep incidents and injuries below industry standards.
• Cultivate key accounts, resolve issues quickly, negotiate with Subcontractors and vendors in the best interest of the Company.
• Champion tools and systems to ensure reliable reporting.
• Continuously work to improve scorecard metrics and lead corrective actions that are needed for safety, scheduling, percent plan to complete and rework.

Skills

Leadership

P&L ownership

NEC knowledge

Regulatory compliance

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

BIM

Navisworks

McCormick's Estimating

Job description

Kearney Electric is seeking a Director of Electrical Construction to lead the Electrical Department, shaping strategy, safety standards, project schedules, and financial performance across multiple commercial initiatives.

You will mentor PMs, Superintendents, and Foremen, build leadership capacity, ensure compliance with NEC and codes, cultivate client relationships, and drive on-time, on-budget delivery with a strong focus on quality and teamwork.