Project Executive - Construction

The Efficiency Network, Inc. (TEN) is an independent energy-focused design/build contractor that provides building infrastructure upgrades and energy projects services to state, local, and federal government, K-12 education, higher education, healthcare, and large commercial and industrial customers. We help our clients address deferred maintenance, invest in infrastructure, improve the efficiency and sustainability of their buildings, and make their operations more resilient.

TEN applies state of the art technology, engineering, construction and project management concepts and practices, along with creative financing and ownership solutions, to deliver projects quickly and efficiently.

TEN is part of the Duquesne Light Holdings, Inc. family of companies.

Reporting to the Vice President of Construction & Plant Operations, the Project Executive – Construction plays a critical, hands-on leadership role in the direct planning, supporting design, and leading execution of facility and system improvement projects across major account sites.

The Project Executive is personally accountable for driving project outcomes — ensuring projects are delivered safely, on schedule, within budget, and in full compliance with all applicable Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJs).

Serving as the Company’s senior construction team leader on assigned major projects, this role is actively engaged from early design through final closeout. The Project Executive directly influences key project decisions, resolves complex construction challenges, leads senior stakeholder coordination, and ensures that design intent is translated into executable, constructible, and operationally sound outcomes.

The Project Executive partners closely with internal development, engineering, construction, and performance teams, as well as external architects, engineers, and subcontractors, providing decisive leadership to ensure projects meet technical standards, regulatory requirements, and customer objectives. This role sets the tone for project safety, financial control, and execution excellence across all active sites.

The successful candidate is situated in the western Pennsylvania region and will work from the company’s office and a home-based office with travel to customer sites as necessary.

• Lead a team of project managers and/or superintendents across multiple concurrent projects with full accountability for scope, schedule, budget, quality, and safety outcomes.
• Establish and enforce disciplined project delivery standards.
• Serve as the senior decision-maker for construction-related matters.
• Act as the primary escalation point-of-contact for risks, scope changes, schedule impacts, and cost variances.
• Personally intervene in high-impact issues to protect project performance and customer relationships.

• Produce engineering deliverables: one-line diagrams, equipment selection, specifications, load calculations, schematics, solution summaries, and design submittals.
• Ensure compliance with applicable codes/standards (e.g., NEC, NFPA, ASHRAE 90.1, IECC) and local utility interconnection requirements.
• Participate in QA/QC reviews, design risk assessments, and constructability checks.
• Engage directly in schematic design, design development, and construction document review.
• Influence technical and strategic decisions to ensure constructability and operational alignment.
• Assist the design team to ensure facility improvements meet customer operational requirements, maintenance needs, and long-term asset performance standards.
• Coordinate directly with architects, engineers, and design/build teams to ensure compliance with:
  • Customer technical standards
  • Commonwealth of Pennsylvania building requirements
  • All applicable AHJs
• Lead constructability reviews, value engineering efforts, and milestone approvals.
• Integrate logistics, phasing, procurement strategies, and site constraints into early design decisions.

• Provide visible, active leadership to assigned project managers across all project sites.
• Direct Site Supervisors and field…