Project Executive

Melink Solar is a nationally recognized leader in commercial solar EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction) services and has been the Midwest’s #1 Commercial Solar EPC since 2023. We are seeking a highly experienced Project Executive (PJE) to provide executive leadership and operational oversight for all Commercial & Industrial (C&I) solar projects across the organization.

The Project Executive reports directly to the Director of Operations and serves as the senior operational authority responsible for the successful execution, financial performance, customer satisfaction, safety, quality, schedule performance, and risk management of the company’s C&I project portfolio. This role provides leadership across project management operations while ensuring alignment between field execution, customer expectations, financial objectives, estimating strategy, customer advocacy, and organizational goals.

The Project Executive will directly lead and manage all Associate Project Managers while providing oversight, mentorship, and operational guidance across the broader project delivery organization. This individual will work closely with executive leadership, construction operations, engineering, estimating, procurement, commissioning, finance, sales, marketing, business development, safety, and quality teams to drive consistent execution excellence and scalable operational performance.

The ideal candidate is a highly strategic and operationally disciplined leader with deep EPC project delivery experience, strong commercial acumen, and the ability to lead large project portfolios in a fast‑paced growth environment. This individual must be highly accountable, self‑motivated, competitive, conscientious, goal‑oriented, and capable of operating with a strong sense of urgency and ownership. The successful candidate must embrace the principles of extreme ownership by taking full responsibility for project outcomes, team performance, customer satisfaction, operational execution, and organizational success.

• Maintain executive ownership and accountability for the successful execution of all Commercial & Industrial (C&I) solar EPC projects.
• Oversee portfolio‑wide performance related to safety, quality, schedule, customer satisfaction, profitability, and operational execution.
• Provide executive leadership throughout all project phases including pre‑construction, engineering coordination, procurement, construction, commissioning, turnover, and warranty transition.
• Establish and maintain operational standards, project governance procedures, and execution expectations across the project organization.
• Serve as the executive escalation point for major project, customer, subcontractor, commercial, or operational issues.

• Maintain full P&L responsibility for the C&I project portfolio.
• Drive portfolio profitability through strong forecasting, cost management, subcontractor strategy, risk mitigation, and operational efficiency.
• Review and approve major project budgets, cost forecasts, contingency utilization, and cost‑to‑complete projections.
• Lead commercial strategy regarding change orders, claims management, schedule recovery, and contract risk mitigation.
• Maintain executive oversight and accountability for all project change order management activities including evaluation, acceptance, rejection, pricing validation, risk assessment, negotiation support, and execution alignment.
• Ensure change orders are appropriately and fairly assigned to the responsible party including customer‑driven scope changes, Melink Solar execution impacts, design or engineering changes, subcontractor‑driven impacts, schedule disruptions, or other project‑related causes.
• Support the development, negotiation, tracking, documentation, and resolution of customer and subcontractor change orders to ensure commercial protection and operational alignment.
• Ensure accurate revenue forecasting, margin protection, and financial reporting across all active projects.
• Ensure all project milestones, progress billings, schedule of value items, and contractual invoicing…