VP of Construction - California

• Base Pay $ - $ / Year
• Job Category Vice President Construction, Vice President Project Management, Vice President Operations
• Industry Construction, Safety, Operations
• Employee Type Salaried-Exempt
• Required Degree 4 Year Degree
• Travel 30%
• Manage Others Yes

Since 1994, Diversified Fall Protection (DFP) has been a full-service fall protection provider and trusted partner, dedicated to making workplaces safer. Our core purpose is simple yet powerful:
Saving Lives. As safety-minded professionals, we deliver integrated fall protection solutions with a focus on reducing risk and keeping workers safe.

At DFP, we believe that being Easy to Work With isn’t just a pledge — it’s a principle we live by every day. Guided by our Core Values — Resolven, Do the right thing, Be versatile, and Take people to higher ground — we strive to build trust with our customers, industry partners, and each other.

Everything we do is driven by the belief that the worker is at the center of our brand. When faced with decisions, we ask:
Which choice ensures that a worker makes it home at the end of the day? Our culture, commitment, and creative expression all serve this core purpose, often reflected in the message we stand behind: #No

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The Vice President of Construction, California provides executive leadership for DFP's California construction and project delivery operations and is accountable for the safe, compliant, profitable, and scalable execution of work throughout the state. This role establishes regional construction strategy, operating standards, financial expectations, and workforce plans while maintaining active executive oversight of project execution. The Vice President leads Project Managers, Engineers, Superintendents, Installers, and other field resources;

partners closely with Safety, Sales, Estimating, Finance, Supply Chain, and executive leadership; and manages customer, subcontractor, and industry relationships. A critical requirement of this position is demonstrated proficiency in the California construction environment, including California-specific labor, public works, licensing, safety, permitting, and regulatory requirements. The role is expected to anticipate California construction risk, establish compliant operating practices, and build the people, processes, and infrastructure required for sustainable regional growth.

• Provide executive oversight of California construction operations across multiple concurrent projects, ensuring safety, quality, schedule, contractual, compliance, and budget objectives are achieved.
• Provide direct leadership, coaching, performance management, and succession development for Project Managers, Superintendents, and field leadership while building a high-performing California construction organization.
• Provide executive-level oversight of project planning, mobilization, execution, closeout, and issue resolution, stepping into critical projects when escalation or senior leadership intervention is required.
• Own regional construction performance by monitoring project financials, WIP, cost-to-complete, labor productivity, resource utilization, change management, cash flow, backlog, forecasting, and margin performance to drive profitable outcomes.
• Build executive-level relationships with owners, general contractors, construction managers, subcontractors, labor partners, and key customers; participate in critical project and owner meetings; and support business development, negotiated work, and repeat-client opportunities.
• Establish, standardize, and continuously improve California construction processes, project controls, documentation standards, subcontractor management practices, and operating procedures to support…