Electrical Construction Project Director

ArchKey Solutions LLC; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

ArchKey Solutions LLC in San Jose, CA seeks an Electrical Construction Project Director to lead multiple regional projects from initiation to closeout. You will manage staffing, budgets, scheduling, quality, client satisfaction, and invoicing while guiding business development and project negotiations.

The ideal candidate has extensive project leadership experience, strong electrical trade knowledge, and a proven ability to build relationships with clients and teams, ensuring profitable outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in project management, business administration, construction engineering/management, or a related field.
• 7-8 years of project management and project leadership experience with projects of all sizes. Minimum 5 years of people management.
• 3-5 years of experience with medium voltage underground electrical installation.
• Previous field construction experience or equivalent (electrical, technologies, fire, etc.). Strong knowledge of electrical code and ability to read contracts, plans, blueprints.
• Experience and proficiency with Accubid, Revit, CAD, SKM, AGI, Navisworks and/or BIM systems may be required.

Responsibilities

• Partners with senior leadership to create key functional strategies and critical objectives affecting the business unit.
• Creates project execution strategies and directs all phases to achieve high quality and productivity.
• Plans and independently manages project activities to optimize labor, materials, and equipment.
• Provides regular oversight and problem resolution; communicates with project teams, contractors, and designers on costs, staffing, and scheduling.
• Builds strategic relationships with clients, foremen, teams, contractors, vendors, and stakeholders.
• Delivers hiring, mentoring, coaching, and performance feedback to staff at all levels.
• Creates and manages an annual budget and stays informed of policy changes and new technologies.

Skills

Executive leadership

Project management

Budgeting

Client relationship

Staff development

Strategic planning

Education

Bachelor level degree in related field

Tools

Accubid

Revit

CAD

SKM

Navisworks

BIM systems

Job description

Description

ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT DIRECTOR

This position is based out of our San Jose, CA office, reporting to local project sites.

About ArchKey

ArchKey is one of the nation’s largest privately held specialty trade installation and integrated facility service companies. We are a leader in designing, building, and maintaining electrical, technologies and specialty systems. We’re the POWER behind making the improbable possible.

We’re electrifying the nation, energizing the future, and bringing communities to life like never before. What we do today shapes the vision of tomorrow. Our work impacts lives long after the building is done. This means we are committed to building in ways that are not just technologically advanced, but sustainable, scalable, and equitable by all. We’re not just energizing infrastructure, we’re energizing careers, communities, and the future.

Made up of the brightest minds in the industry, our team is our greatest asset bringing knowledge, skills, and experience to every project. This is more than a call to join us, it’s an invitation to be part of a visionary journey, to grow with us as we scale.

About the Position

The Project Director is responsible for providing overall strategies, leadership, and management of multiple, less complex regional or national projects from start to finish, including staffing, managing project budget, scheduling, quality control, problem resolution, job coordination and communication, job invoicing/payments and client satisfaction activities. This position has responsibility for business development, job solicitation and project negotiations, in alignment with all Company policies, procedures, key objectives and regulations.

Our Ideal Candidate

• Strong executive presence.
• Can flex and adapt to the growing needs of the business.
• Can work autonomously and creatively to solve problems.
• Has a growth mindset and is always looking to learn and grow continually.

Day in the Life

• Partners with senior leadership to create key functional strategies, critical objectives, and decisions affecting the business unit and functional work group. Conducts high-quality business development, creates key customer relationships, and performs job solicitation in the marketplace.
• Creates project execution strategies and directs all phases and activities of the project to achieve high quality and productivity in the work performed. Ensures all construction contracts are fulfilled to the customer’s satisfaction and the Company has earned a fair profit.
• Plans, implements, independently manages, and maintains project activities to optimize the efficiency of labor, materials, supplies, equipment, and tools. Ensures all plans and specifications identify project scope and milestones and share them with all appropriate parties.
• Provides frequent management oversight and problem resolution. Communicates directly with project team members, contractors, and designers concerning project costs, staffing, and scheduling. Manages timely and accurate project documents, estimates, projections, material release schedules, client information, purchase orders, monthly invoices, payments, closeout documents, warranties, drawings, specification logs, maintenance manuals, final billings, change orders, and other related documents related to construction projects.
• Builds strategic and effective relationships with clients and future clients, foremen, project teams, specialty contractors, vendors, suppliers, user groups, and others that reflect and support the Company’s core values and meet or exceed the customer’s expectations.
• Provides regular and high-quality hiring, communications, mentoring, coaching, problem-solving, and training to staff and other co-workers at all levels as needed. Advises and coaches employees and provides performance feedback regularly.
• Creates and manages an annual financial budget and maintains some level of responsibility for Companywide financials. Stays informed of new and changing Company procedures, policies, materials, technologies, techniques, and practices. Establishes, trains, and maintains policies and processes.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in project management, business administration, construction engineering/management, or a related field.
• 7-8 years of project management and project leadership experience with projects of all sizes. Extensive project management training and skills. Thorough understanding of the project life cycle. Minimum 5 years of experience directly managing people.
• 3-5 Years of experience with medium voltage with underground electrical installation.
• Previous field construction experience or equivalent (e.g., electrical, technologies, fire, etc.). Keen knowledge of the managed business unit and the overall departmental function. Knowledge of and proficiency with construction methods and materials, costing, power, lighting, systems design and general industry safety standards, procedures, and regulations. Must have extensive knowledge of the electrical code. Skills to read, interpret, and understand electrical contracts, plans, drawings, blueprints, and specifications.
• Experience and proficiency using Accubid software, Revit, CAD, SKM, AGI, Navisworks and/or BIM systems may be required.
• Extensive experience with value analysis in all market segments and in-depth trade knowledge. Strong conceptual estimating and problem-solving skills, and experience in reviewing estimates for accuracy and completeness. Previous experience with field installation is helpful.
• Excellent business analysis, quality management and mathematical skills. Skills to read and interpret financial documents. Trained and proficient in negotiating, budgeting, costing, contracting, scheduling, pricing, and common code requirements.

Travel

• This position will travel daily to an assigned project site.

Equal Opportunity Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. We are an Affinction Action, Equal Opportunity Employer.

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