Executive Director of Mission Critical

Pittsburgh, PA
Full Time
PENNSYLVANIA
Executive
Sargent Electric Company (www.sargentelectric.com) - Consistently named one of the Top Fastest Growing Companies by the Pittsburgh Business Times. Established in 1907, Sargent Electric Company has since evolved into one of the largest electrical contracting companies in the area, providing comprehensive services to our clients.  

We are looking to hire an EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF MISSION CRITICAL reporting to our Pittsburgh, PA office.

POSITION OVERVIEW:
The Executive Director of Mission Critical provides executive leadership for mission critical electrical construction operations, with overall accountability for safety, quality, financial performance, schedule, and client satisfaction across a large, multi project portfolio. The position leads project delivery from preconstruction through closeout, ensures alignment with contractual and commercial requirements, and drives disciplined financial, risk, and resource management to meet organizational objectives.

As a senior leader, the Executive Director builds and develops high performing teams, enables effective cross functional coordination, and strengthens long term client relationships while supporting business development efforts. The role represents the organization in executive level reviews, commercial discussions, and negotiations, with a strong emphasis on safety leadership, operational excellence, continuous improvement, and innovation to advance performance and long term value.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Champion our Safety Culture. Be a model of uncompromising safety behaviors, ensuring alignment with federal, state, local, and company safety standards
  • Executive Oversight of Mission Critical Construction Operations. Ensure all projects meet safety, quality, schedule, financial, and client objectives.
  • Comprehensive Project and Program Delivery. Lead delivery across multiple medium, large, and hyper scale electrical initiatives in a multi-trade environment from planning through closeout.
  • Contract Administration. Ensure project strategies and performance are aligned with contractual terms and commercial requirements to mitigate risk and maximize project value.
  • Project Portfolio Management. Manage a mission critical portfolio valued between $50 and $150 million annually, delivering consistent financial and operational performance.
  • Be a Team Builder. Identify, recruit, develop, and retain top project management, field leadership, quality assurance, and planning management talent. Develop and implement strategies that promote accountability and professional growth.
  • Cross Functional Coordination. Ensure seamless coordination between operations, safety, procurement, fabrication, finance, planning, and controls functions to support coordinated execution.
  • Maintain and Strengthen Client Relationships. Serve as an executive point of contact, supporting sales efforts, presentations, and negotiations.
  • Drive Financial Stewardship. Partner with project controls to build budgets, forecasts, and financial reports, including participation in monthly cost reviews.
  • Implement Risk Management Strategies. Anticipate challenges, evaluate exposure, and lead resolution strategies to protect project outcomes.
  • Optimize Schedule and Resource Utilization. Leverage the schedule to deploy resources ensuring staffing, materials, and equipment align with both project and organizational objectives.
  • Support Preconstruction Efforts. Collaborate with the estimating, planning, and fabrication departments on competitive bids, pricing exercises, change orders, design-phase deliverables, coordinated outputs, and fabricated assemblies to support operational objectives.
  • Advance Operational Excellence and Innovation. Catalog lessons learned for application in continuous improvement activities, the adoption of digital tools, and modernization of construction technology.
  • Executive Level Representation. Lead progress reviews, commercial discussions, dispute resolutions, and executive reporting on performance, risk, and strategic direction.
  • Assume any additional duties and responsibilities as delegated by Sargent Executive Management.
QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Demonstrated executive-level leadership on hyperscale, mission-critical programs, including responsibility for strategic direction, operational execution, and cross-functional team performance.
  • Extensive portfolio management experience, including oversight of programs, projects, or business units valued at $100 million or greater, with accountability for financial performance, risk mitigation, and client outcomes.
  • Proficient in the use of Accubid Anywhere, Vista, JazzHR, Bluebeam, Project Site, Procore, Plangrid,
  • Building Connected, Trimble Materials, Navisworks, and other related construction applications
  • A minimum of ten (10) years of progressive leadership experience within the electrical construction industry, with a proven track record overseeing both project management and field operations.
  • Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business Administration, or related discipline; equivalent consideration will be given to candidates with ten (10) or more years of relevant industry experience in lieu of a degree.
Sargent Electric Company and all its affiliate companies are committed to providing equal employment opportunities in all aspects of employment to qualified individuals without regard to the following criteria: race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, mental or physical disability, age, familial or marital status, ancestry, military status, veteran status or genetic information as well as any other prohibited criteria under any local, state or federal law applicable to Sargent Electric Company.
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