Project Executive – Mechanical Construction; Data Centers

Sector: Mission Critical / Data Centers

Location: Traveling Projects – Eastern & Central United States

Employment Type: Full-Time, Permanent

Compensation: Competitive Base Salary + Performance Bonus + Per Diem + Travel Allowance

Our client is one of the nation's leading mechanical contractors, recognized for delivering complex, large-scale construction projects across the United States.

With a strong presence in the mission-critical sector, the company specializes in delivering sophisticated mechanical systems for hyperscale data centers, advanced manufacturing facilities, commercial developments, and other technically demanding environments.

Due to continued growth and a substantial pipeline of major data center projects, the company is seeking an experienced Project Executive to lead multiple mechanical construction projects across the Eastern and Central United States.

The Project Executive will provide senior-level leadership, operational oversight, and financial management across major mechanical construction projects.

This individual will oversee teams of Project Managers, Senior Project Managers, Project Engineers, and field operations personnel, ensuring projects are delivered safely, profitably, on schedule, and to the highest quality standards.

The ideal candidate will bring extensive experience managing large-scale mechanical construction projects, with particular expertise in HVAC, process piping, plumbing, sheet metal, and complex mechanical infrastructure.

• Provide executive oversight across multiple large-scale mechanical construction projects, primarily within the data center and mission-critical sectors.
• Lead projects from preconstruction and estimating through procurement, execution, commissioning, and final closeout.
• Oversee Project Managers and Senior Project Managers to ensure successful delivery against contractual requirements, financial targets, and project schedules.
• Establish project execution strategies, staffing plans, resource allocation, and operational objectives.
• Collaborate with field leadership, superintendents, engineering teams, and subcontractors to ensure effective project coordination.
• Drive consistency in project controls, reporting, scheduling, quality assurance, and overall operational performance.
• Maintain overall financial accountability for assigned projects and portfolios.
• Oversee project budgets, cost forecasting, profitability, labor productivity, cash flow, and financial reporting.
• Review project performance with management teams and implement corrective actions where necessary.
• Provide executive oversight of change orders, contract negotiations, claims, and commercial risk.
• Support procurement strategies, subcontractor negotiations, and major equipment purchasing.
• Ensure financial performance meets or exceeds established company targets.

• Oversee installation and delivery of complex HVAC, piping, plumbing, and sheet metal systems.
• Provide technical and operational leadership on large-scale data center mechanical infrastructure.
• Coordinate with engineering, BIM/VDC, prefabrication, procurement, and commissioning teams.
• Support constructability reviews, value engineering, and design-assist initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with project specifications, applicable codes, quality standards, and client requirements.
• Manage critical project milestones, equipment deliveries, testing, commissioning, and handover activities.
• Lead, mentor, and develop Project Managers, Senior Project Managers, and project delivery teams.
• Establish clear performance expectations and accountability across assigned…