VP of Preconstruction Electrical

Kahului, HI - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 175000 - 225000

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Role Purpose

The Vice President of Preconstruction is accountable for how work enters ELCCO.
This role exists to ensure early access relationships and opportunities are converted into disciplined executable negotiated workaligned with ELCCOs operational capacity margin requirements and long-term strategy.

The VP of Preconstruction improves decision quality before commitments are made so ELCCO consistently wins the right work at the right terms at the right time.
This is not a sales role and not a production role.
It is a governance and system-leadership role at the front end of the business.

What Youll Be Accountable For

Front-End Conversion Governance

Serve as the final decision authority on whether opportunities are pursued paused or exited.
Ensure early access and conversations are shaped into clear executable scopeor exited decisively.
Protect ELCCO from absorbing indecision ambiguity or misaligned risk.

Preconstruction System Leadership

Lead the coordinated front-end system spanning Business Development Project Development and Estimating.
Establish and maintain clear role boundarieswho owns what and when.
Ensure estimating resources are applied to qualified well-defined opportunities.

Relationship Stewardship

Act as ELCCOs senior front-end relationship owner during moments of tension change or escalation.
Partner closely with Operations to protect preferred status and long-term relationship value.

Capacity & Risk Protection

Ensure front-end commitments align with labor availability and execution capacity.
Protect Operations from overcommitment and downstream disruption.
Maintain discipline when momentum relationships or urgency pressure decisions.

Scale & Continuity

Design a front-end system that scales without heroics or bottlenecks.
Reduce dependence on any single individualincluding the Visionary.
Build durability so the system functions effectively during leadership absence.

What This Role Is Not

Not a quota-carrying sales role
Not a project management role
Not a day-to-day estimating role
Not a hero fixer or escalation sponge

This role exists to make fewer better decisions earliernot to push more work through the system.
Experience Profile
Were looking for a senior leader with experience in complex project-based environments such as:

Project Executive
Senior Project Manager
Preconstruction or Front-End Leader

You bring a proven ability to:

Convert early conversations into clear executable scope
Say no to misaligned workprofessionally and decisively
Balance client relationships with company constraints and long-term health

Youve worked directly with owners developers general contractors estimators and operations leaders and understand how front-end decisions ripple downstream.

Technical & Business Acumen

Strong working understanding of:
- Estimating workflows
- Constructability and sequencing
- Labor execution and delivery risk
- Margin capacity and tradeoff decisions
Electrical or MEP trade experience is beneficial but not required

Leadership Attributes That Matter Here

Thinks in systems not transactions
Exercises judgment under pressure without relying on authority or heroics
Earns trust through clarity consistency and fairness
Comfortable makingand standing behinddifficult decisions
Learns markets quickly and institutionalizes insight so others can execute

Why This Role Matters

ELCCOs growth and complexity demand stronger front-end discipline. This role ensures the company continues to grow intentionally protects Operations and builds a durable system that supports long-term success.
Ready to Step In
If you are a senior construction leader who:

Enjoys shaping decisions before commitments are made
Values discipline over volume
And wants to build a front-end system that protects people margin and relationships

Compensation & Benefits

ELCCO offers a highly competitive executive compensation and benefits package that reflects the level of accountability and impact of this role.

This position is bonus eligible and includes comprehensive benefits designed to support long-term success performance and well-being. Relocation assistance available.

Wed like to talk.

Apply with a resume and brief note explaining why this role aligns with how you lead.

ELCCO is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment based on race color religion national origin age gender sex ancestry citizenship status mental or physical disability genetic information sexual orientation veteran status or military status.

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Role PurposeThe Vice President of Preconstruction is accountable for how work enters ELCCO.This role exists to ensure early access relationships and opportunities are converted into disciplined executable negotiated workaligned with ELCCOs operational capacity margin requirements and long-term strat...