Position SummaryThe
National Construction Project Executive - Data Center Electrical is a senior executive leader responsible for the successful delivery, operational excellence, and strategic growth of electrical construction services for hyperscale, colocation, enterprise, and mission-critical data center customers nationwide. This role provides executive oversight for a portfolio of large-scale electrical construction projects ranging from greenfield hyperscale campuses to complex live-site expansions and upgrades. The Project Executive serves as the primary executive relationship manager for key data center clients, ensuring exceptional project execution, predictable delivery, operational scalability, and long-term customer partnerships. The ideal candidate combines deep expertise in electrical construction and mission-critical environments with proven experience leading large project portfolios, developing high-performing teams, and driving profitable growth within the data center market.
Key ResponsibilitiesStrategic Leadership & Market Growth- Develop and execute a national strategy for electrical construction services focused on hyperscale, colocation, cloud, AI, semiconductor, and mission-critical data center clients.
- Partner with executive leadership to identify growth opportunities, market expansion initiatives, and strategic customer pursuits.
- Establish and maintain national standards for data center project delivery, resource planning, quality assurance, and operational excellence.
- Serve as a thought leader within the organization on emerging technologies, power infrastructure trends, and mission-critical construction practices.
Customer Executive Leadership- Act as the executive sponsor for strategic data center customers and programs.
- Build trusted relationships with senior leaders at hyperscale and colocation providers, including construction, engineering, design, operations, and procurement executives.
- Participate in executive business reviews, customer strategy meetings, and national account planning sessions.
- Lead efforts to increase customer satisfaction, repeat business, and long-term strategic partnerships.
- Ensure alignment between customer expectations and project execution across all regions.
Project & Program Oversight- Provide executive oversight of large-scale electrical construction projects and national data center programs.
- Ensure projects are delivered safely, on schedule, within budget, and in accordance with customer quality standards.
- Review project performance metrics, schedules, productivity reports, financial forecasts, risk assessments, and resource plans.
- Support project teams in resolving complex operational, contractual, technical, and staffing challenges.
- Drive consistency in project controls, reporting, commissioning readiness, and turnover processes.
Financial Performance- Maintain accountability for portfolio revenue, profitability, cash flow, and operational performance.
- Review project forecasts, work-in-progress reports, labor productivity metrics, and margin performance.
- Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency and increase profitability while maintaining customer satisfaction.
- Participate in major contract negotiations, change order strategy, claims management, and dispute resolution.
- Support annual business planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes.
Operational Excellence- Standardize best practices for electrical construction execution across all data center projects.
- Promote innovation in prefabrication, modular construction, digital construction technologies, and commissioning processes.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on safety, quality, schedule reliability, and productivity.
- Ensure alignment between preconstruction, procurement, engineering, operations, commissioning, and customer teams.
Safety, Quality & Risk Management- Champion a zero-incident safety culture across all projects and operations.
- Ensure compliance with customer, company, and regulatory safety requirements.
- Lead executive-level safety reviews and operational risk assessments.
- Promote quality assurance programs designed to meet stringent mission-critical facility requirements.
- Ensure project teams maintain readiness for commissioning, energization, and customer turnover milestones.
Talent Development & Organizational Leadership- Build and mentor a high-performing national team of Project Executives, Operations Managers, Program Managers, and Project Managers.
- Support succession planning and leadership development initiatives.
- Recruit and retain top talent with mission-critical and data center construction experience.
- Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and customer focus.
Specific Qualifications
Education- Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Business Administration, or related field preferred.
- Advanced degree or executive leadership training is a plus.
Experience- 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in electrical construction.
- 10+ years managing large-scale mission-critical, data center, industrial, or complex infrastructure projects.
- Proven experience overseeing multi-site or national project portfolios.
- Demonstrated success managing relationships with hyperscale and colocation data center customers.
- Experience supporting projects exceeding $100M individually and managing portfolios exceeding $1B annually preferred.
Technical ExpertiseStrong understanding of:
- Medium- and low-voltage electrical systems
- Mission-critical power infrastructure
- Utility coordination and energization
- Generator systems
- UPS systems
- Switchgear and power distribution
- Busway systems
- Grounding and bonding
- Fiber and structured cabling infrastructure
- Commissioning and integrated systems testing
- Data center construction delivery methodologies
- BIM/VDC and prefabrication strategies
Additional Data
PLEASE NO AGENCY CALLS. NOTE TO ALL AGENCIES: Any unsolicited agency resumes or agency represented candidates that are presented to any IES employee without first having a signed contract between that agency and the IES Talent Acquisition organization will become the property of IES and no fees will be paid.
