Electrical Project Executive – Austin, TX

Type: Permanent

Salary: $180,000 – $220,000 per Annum

Posted: 2026-10-20 Step into a pivotal leadership role where your electrical construction expertise and business acumen directly shape project outcomes across the Austin market. This is a long-term opportunity with a stable, growth-focused contractor that values professionals who have progressed through the trade and into senior office leadership. You'll be trusted to drive multiple projects and project managers while ensuring technical excellence, financial control, and on-time delivery.

About the Role: As an Electrical Project Executive, you will oversee a portfolio of electrical construction projects, providing strategic direction and leadership to multiple project managers. You will be accountable for overall project performance, including safety, quality, schedule, and financial results, while ensuring strict adherence to NFPA and NEC standards. Your decisions will directly impact client satisfaction, repeat business, and the company's reputation in the Austin market.

Key Responsibilities: Lead and mentor multiple electrical project managers, providing guidance on planning, execution, and problem-solving across concurrent projects. Oversee project budgeting, cost control, and financial reporting, ensuring margin protection and alignment with company targets. Direct the development and management of project schedules, monitoring milestones and driving timely completion of all phases. Provide executive-level oversight of vendor and subcontractor selection, negotiation, and performance management. Ensure all projects comply with NFPA, NEC, and company safety standards, resolving code-related issues and coordinating with inspectors. Champion quality assurance processes and commissioning activities, verifying systems performance and client handover requirements. Collaborate with estimating, preconstruction, and operations teams to review bids, scopes, and contracts for accuracy and risk mitigation. Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, design teams, and internal stakeholders, addressing escalated issues and ensuring project alignment with client expectations.

Key Requirements: Proven track record managing multiple project managers and large, complex electrical construction projects simultaneously. Progressive career history showing advancement from the electrical trade (field experience) into office-based project management and executive leadership. Extensive experience in electrical project management, including planning, execution, and closeout of commercial or industrial projects. Strong background in construction budgeting, cost control, change management, and financial oversight. Demonstrated expertise in scheduling and timeline management using construction scheduling tools. Hands-on experience coordinating vendors and subcontractors, including contracts, scopes, and performance monitoring. Deep working knowledge of NFPA and NEC requirements and their application in electrical construction projects. Ability to lead cross-functional teams, make data-driven decisions, and manage risk at the project and portfolio level. Desirable

Skills: Experience with large-scale or mission-critical projects (e.g., healthcare, data centers, industrial facilities).Familiarity with construction management software and project controls platforms. Background in design-build or design-assist delivery methods. Experience contributing to business development, client presentations, and strategic account management. Prior responsibility for regional or divisional operations within an electrical contracting environment.

Qualifications: Journeyman or Master Electrician license, or substantial equivalent field experience, strongly preferred. Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Electrical Engineering, or related field preferred; equivalent experience considered. Formal project management training or certification (e.g., PMP) advantageous. Documented progression from field electrician or foreman to project manager and into senior/executive project leadership roles. If you are a seasoned electrical construction leader ready to oversee multiple project managers and drive high-profile work in Austin, please submit your CV for confidential consideration.