Sr Director of Construction
Essentia, Inc. · Northern Virginia, VA · 1 mo ago
ManagementFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? Actually the posting includes sections: About Essentia (company description), Why Essentia | Where Field Rigor Meets Innovation, The Opportunity | Build What's Next, What You'll Build | Execution-Driven Leadership (with subparts), What You Bring | Skills That Match the Vision (Required Qualifications, Preferred Extras, What Sets You Apart | Traits We Value), Ready to Lead... (compensation mention). We need to use headings for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. However we must only include sections when posting has real specific content. The posting does not have explicit sections named like that; we need to map content to those headings. The instruction: "use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." So we should create those headings if content exists. We need to decide which sections have content.
- About the role: could be the description of the role (The Opportunity, What You'll Build). Could combine.
- Responsibilities: likely the duties: oversee execution, P&L, safety, etc. That's in What You'll Build sections.
- Requirements: maybe the Required Qualifications.
- Qualifications: maybe Preferred Extras? Or could combine.
- Skills: maybe What Sets You Apart traits.
- Benefits: not mentioned except "highly competitive compensation package, including a strong base salary and a short-term incentive opportunity." That's compensation, not benefits like health etc. No explicit benefits. So we should not create Benefits section unless posting actually states them. It does not list benefits like health, 401k, etc. So skip Benefits.
- Pay: posting mentions "highly competitive compensation package, including a strong base salary and a short-term incentive opportunity." That's pay info. So we can include Pay section with that statement.
- Schedule: not mentioned. Skip.
We must not repeat job title as heading. Not include Job ID etc.
We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Must not emit heading followed by filler/placeholder text. So each section must have real content.
We need to use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." So we should create those headings if content exists. We need to decide which sections have content.
- About the role: could be the description of the role (The Opportunity, What You'll Build). Could combine.
- Responsibilities: likely the duties: oversee execution, P&L, safety, etc. That's in What You'll Build sections.
- Requirements: maybe the Required Qualifications.
- Qualifications: maybe Preferred Extras? Or could combine.
- Skills: maybe What Sets You Apart traits.
- Benefits: not mentioned except "highly competitive compensation package, including a strong base salary and a short-term incentive opportunity." That's compensation, not benefits like health etc. No explicit benefits. So we should not create Benefits section unless posting actually states them. It does not list benefits like health, 401k, etc. So skip Benefits.
- Pay: posting mentions "highly competitive compensation package, including a strong base salary and a short-term incentive opportunity." That's pay info. So we can include Pay section with that statement.
- Schedule: not mentioned. Skip.
We must not repeat job title as heading. Not include Job ID etc.
We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Must not emit heading followed by filler/placeholder text. So each section must have real content.
We need to use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose.
We need to decide how to structure.
Potential sections:
About the role
- could contain prose summarizing the role: The Opportunity etc. But we must not summarize away detail; we need to preserve all substantive information. If we put prose, we risk losing details. Better to use lists for duties and responsibilities. For About the role maybe a short paragraph describing the role's purpose. But we must preserve all info; we can include the essence but not omit details. However we can't include everything in prose; we could include a brief overview and then details in Responsibilities etc. That might be okay as long as we don't omit details; we just move details to appropriate sections.
Thus:
About the role: a paragraph describing the role: Senior Director of Construction connecting national strategy to field execution, leading Directors of Construction, owning P&L, safety, quality across multiple markets, etc. That's a summary but we still have details elsewhere.
Responsibilities: list of duties from What You'll Build sections (Strategy & Regional Operations, Network Deployment & Field Execution Oversight, Team & Talent Development, Contractor & Vendor Management, Process Innovation & Tool Adoption). Use - .
Requirements: list of Required Qualifications (8-10+ years experience, 5+ years leadership, proven track record running two or more markets, etc.) Use
- .
Qualifications: maybe Preferred Extras (experience across multiple states, hyperscaler deployments, federal broadband programs, electric utility construction, GIS tools). Use
- .
Skills: maybe What Sets You Apart traits (translate strategy, develop leaders, spot patterns, calm credible voice, build trust via five dimensions). Use
- .
Pay: paragraph about compensation package.
We must not include Benefits or Schedule.
We must not include any boilerplate like EEO etc. The posting didn't have that anyway.
Now produce HTML fragment.
Check for any repeated content: Ensure we don't duplicate.
Let's extract details.
About Essentia description: Could be part of About the role? Might be better to include in About the role? But About the role should focus on the role, not company. However we could include company description as part of About the role? The instruction says use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, etc. It didn't forbid including company description there. But better to keep About the role as role overview.
We could include a short paragraph: "As Senior Director of Construction at Essentia, you will serve as the connective leadership layer between the company's national construction strategy and the Directors of Construction who run it in the field, owning P&L, safety, and quality across a multi-market portfolio." That's derived.
Now Responsibilities list: Let's pull bullet points from What You'll Build.
Strategy & Regional Operations:
- Translate Essentia's national construction strategy into standardized regional operating plans across multiple markets and programs.
- Own the P&L, forecasting, and margin performance for your full portfolio of markets—not a single project.
- Standardize execution, playbooks, and reporting cadence across markets so quality and pace don't vary by geography.
- Serve as the primary link between the VP of Construction's national vision and Director-level field execution.
- Build cross-functional alignment with Engineering, Broadband Solutions, and Customer Operations at the regional level.
Network Deployment & Field Execution Oversight:
- Oversee execution of FTTH, Metro, and Long-Haul fiber construction across your portfolio, ensuring safety, quality, timeliness, and cost control in every market.
- Act as the escalation point for aerial and underground build issues, make-ready, permitting, and utility coordination challenges that exceed Director-level authority.
- Audit safety and QA/QC performance across markets, and drive corrective action the moment standards slip anywhere in the portfolio.
- Use dashboards and production data to benchmark markets against one another and spread what's working from one program to the rest.
Team & Talent Development:
- Directly manage and develop a bench of Directors of Construction, sharpening their leadership, financial, and operational acumen.
- Identify and coach high-potential Directors into future Senior Director- and VP-track leaders.
- Reinforce Essentia's five dimensions of trust across every market you own: Character, Competence, Communication, Concern, and Consistency.
- Standardize training, onboarding, and safety-certification programs so every market builds talent the same way.
Contractor & Vendor Management:
- Set regional contractor strategy—capacity planning, scorecards, and performance standards across every market in your portfolio.
- Hold escalation authority for underperforming contractors when Director-level corrective action isn't enough.
- Partner with procurement on regional vendor agreements, rate structures, and cost optimization.
Process Innovation & Tool Adoption:
- Champion consistent adoption of eSpeed™ and D8Acapture across every market in your region.
- Identify process improvements discovered in one market and scale them across the broader portfolio.
- Monitor KPIs across cost, cycle time, rework, and quality at the portfolio level—turning market-by-market data into a single, comparable view.
Now Requirements list from Required Qualifications:
- 8–10+ years of experience in telecom construction, fiber network deployment, or related infrastructure sectors.
- 5+ years of leadership experience managing Directors, Construction Managers, or other multi-market field leaders—not individual crews alone.
- Proven track record running two or more markets or major programs simultaneously, representing $30M–$75M+ in combined annual construction volume.
- Strong expertise in aerial and underground fiber construction, permitting coordination, and utility partnerships.
- Direct P&L ownership across a region or multi-market portfolio, with a track record of improving margin, not just hitting schedule.
- Demonstrated success developing Director-level leaders and building bench strength for future growth.
- Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
Preferred Extras list:
- Experience running construction across multiple states or regions simultaneously.
- Experience supporting hyperscaler deployments, data center connectivity, or mega-scale infrastructure projects.
- Familiarity with federal broadband programs (BEAD, RDOF, CAF II).
- Experience with electric utility construction and joint-use agreements.
- Familiarity with GIS-based construction tools and real-time project reporting software.
Skills/Traits list (What Sets You Apart):
- You translate strategy into standardized execution—without flattening the local nuance each market needs.
- You develop leaders, not just projects; your Directors get better because you're the one leading them.
- You spot the pattern across markets that a single-market leader would miss.
- You're the calm, credible voice between corporate vision and field reality—trusted by executives and crews alike.
- You build trust through Character, Competence, Communication, Concern, and Consistency.
Pay section: "We're offering a highly competitive compensation package, including a strong base salary and a short-term incentive opportunity."
Now ensure we don't include any filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
Now produce HTML.
We need to wrap each section in
heading then content.
For lists, use - ...
.
For prose, use
.
Let's craft.
Potential HTML:
About the role
As Senior Director of Construction at Essentia, you will serve as the connective leadership layer between the company's national construction strategy and the Directors of Construction who run it in the field, owning P&L, safety, and quality across a multi‑market portfolio while developing the next generation of Director‑level leaders.
Responsibilities
- Translate Essentia's national construction strategy into standardized regional operating plans across multiple markets and programs.
- Own the P&L, forecasting, and margin performance for your full portfolio of markets—not a single project.
- Standardize execution, playbooks, and reporting cadence across markets so quality and pace don't vary by geography.
- Serve as the primary link between the VP of Construction's national vision and Director‑level field execution.
- Build cross‑functional alignment with Engineering, Broadband Solutions, and Customer Operations at the regional level.
- Oversee execution of FTTH, Metro, and Long‑Haul fiber construction across your portfolio, ensuring safety, quality, timeliness, and cost control in every market.
- Act as the escalation point for aerial and underground build issues, make‑ready, permitting, and utility coordination challenges that exceed Director‑level authority.
- Audit safety and QA/QC performance across markets, and drive corrective action the moment standards slip anywhere in the portfolio.
- Use dashboards and production data to benchmark markets against one another and spread what's working from one program to the rest.
- Directly manage and develop a bench of Directors of Construction, sharpening their leadership, financial, and operational acumen.
- Identify and coach high‑potential Directors into future Senior Director‑ and VP‑track leaders.
- Reinforce Essentia's five dimensions of trust across every market you own: Character, Competence, Communication, Concern, and Consistency.
- Standardize training, onboarding, and safety‑certification programs so every market builds talent the same way.
- Set regional contractor strategy—capacity planning, scorecards, and performance standards across every market in your portfolio.
- Hold escalation authority for underperforming contractors when Director‑level corrective action isn't enough.
- Partner with procurement on regional vendor agreements, rate structures, and cost optimization.
- Champion consistent adoption of eSpeed™ and D8Acapture across every market in your region.
- Identify process improvements discovered in one market and scale them across the broader portfolio.
- Monitor KPIs across cost,
for prose. We need to decide how to structure. Potential sections:
About the role
- could contain prose summarizing the role: The Opportunity etc. But we must not summarize away detail; we need to preserve all substantive information. If we put prose, we risk losing details. Better to use lists for duties and responsibilities. For About the role maybe a short paragraph describing the role's purpose. But we must preserve all info; we can include the essence but not omit details. However we can't include everything in prose; we could include a brief overview and then details in Responsibilities etc. That might be okay as long as we don't omit details; we just move details to appropriate sections. Thus: About the role: a paragraph describing the role: Senior Director of Construction connecting national strategy to field execution, leading Directors of Construction, owning P&L, safety, quality across multiple markets, etc. That's a summary but we still have details elsewhere. Responsibilities: list of duties from What You'll Build sections (Strategy & Regional Operations, Network Deployment & Field Execution Oversight, Team & Talent Development, Contractor & Vendor Management, Process Innovation & Tool Adoption). Use- .
Requirements: list of Required Qualifications (8-10+ years experience, 5+ years leadership, proven track record running two or more markets, etc.) Use
- .
Qualifications: maybe Preferred Extras (experience across multiple states, hyperscaler deployments, federal broadband programs, electric utility construction, GIS tools). Use
- .
Skills: maybe What Sets You Apart traits (translate strategy, develop leaders, spot patterns, calm credible voice, build trust via five dimensions). Use
- .
Pay: paragraph about compensation package.
We must not include Benefits or Schedule.
We must not include any boilerplate like EEO etc. The posting didn't have that anyway.
Now produce HTML fragment.
Check for any repeated content: Ensure we don't duplicate.
Let's extract details.
About Essentia description: Could be part of About the role? Might be better to include in About the role? But About the role should focus on the role, not company. However we could include company description as part of About the role? The instruction says use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, etc. It didn't forbid including company description there. But better to keep About the role as role overview.
We could include a short paragraph: "As Senior Director of Construction at Essentia, you will serve as the connective leadership layer between the company's national construction strategy and the Directors of Construction who run it in the field, owning P&L, safety, and quality across a multi-market portfolio." That's derived.
Now Responsibilities list: Let's pull bullet points from What You'll Build.
Strategy & Regional Operations:
- Translate Essentia's national construction strategy into standardized regional operating plans across multiple markets and programs.
- Own the P&L, forecasting, and margin performance for your full portfolio of markets—not a single project.
- Standardize execution, playbooks, and reporting cadence across markets so quality and pace don't vary by geography.
- Serve as the primary link between the VP of Construction's national vision and Director-level field execution.
- Build cross-functional alignment with Engineering, Broadband Solutions, and Customer Operations at the regional level.
Network Deployment & Field Execution Oversight:
- Oversee execution of FTTH, Metro, and Long-Haul fiber construction across your portfolio, ensuring safety, quality, timeliness, and cost control in every market.
- Act as the escalation point for aerial and underground build issues, make-ready, permitting, and utility coordination challenges that exceed Director-level authority.
- Audit safety and QA/QC performance across markets, and drive corrective action the moment standards slip anywhere in the portfolio.
- Use dashboards and production data to benchmark markets against one another and spread what's working from one program to the rest.
Team & Talent Development:
- Directly manage and develop a bench of Directors of Construction, sharpening their leadership, financial, and operational acumen.
- Identify and coach high-potential Directors into future Senior Director- and VP-track leaders.
- Reinforce Essentia's five dimensions of trust across every market you own: Character, Competence, Communication, Concern, and Consistency.
- Standardize training, onboarding, and safety-certification programs so every market builds talent the same way.
Contractor & Vendor Management:
- Set regional contractor strategy—capacity planning, scorecards, and performance standards across every market in your portfolio.
- Hold escalation authority for underperforming contractors when Director-level corrective action isn't enough.
- Partner with procurement on regional vendor agreements, rate structures, and cost optimization.
Process Innovation & Tool Adoption:
- Champion consistent adoption of eSpeed™ and D8Acapture across every market in your region.
- Identify process improvements discovered in one market and scale them across the broader portfolio.
- Monitor KPIs across cost, cycle time, rework, and quality at the portfolio level—turning market-by-market data into a single, comparable view.
Now Requirements list from Required Qualifications:
- 8–10+ years of experience in telecom construction, fiber network deployment, or related infrastructure sectors.
- 5+ years of leadership experience managing Directors, Construction Managers, or other multi-market field leaders—not individual crews alone.
- Proven track record running two or more markets or major programs simultaneously, representing $30M–$75M+ in combined annual construction volume.
- Strong expertise in aerial and underground fiber construction, permitting coordination, and utility partnerships.
- Direct P&L ownership across a region or multi-market portfolio, with a track record of improving margin, not just hitting schedule.
- Demonstrated success developing Director-level leaders and building bench strength for future growth.
- Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
Preferred Extras list:
- Experience running construction across multiple states or regions simultaneously.
- Experience supporting hyperscaler deployments, data center connectivity, or mega-scale infrastructure projects.
- Familiarity with federal broadband programs (BEAD, RDOF, CAF II).
- Experience with electric utility construction and joint-use agreements.
- Familiarity with GIS-based construction tools and real-time project reporting software.
Skills/Traits list (What Sets You Apart):
- You translate strategy into standardized execution—without flattening the local nuance each market needs.
- You develop leaders, not just projects; your Directors get better because you're the one leading them.
- You spot the pattern across markets that a single-market leader would miss.
- You're the calm, credible voice between corporate vision and field reality—trusted by executives and crews alike.
- You build trust through Character, Competence, Communication, Concern, and Consistency.
Pay section: "We're offering a highly competitive compensation package, including a strong base salary and a short-term incentive opportunity."
Now ensure we don't include any filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
Now produce HTML.
We need to wrap each section in
heading then content. For lists, use
- ...
. Let's craft. Potential HTML:
About the role
As Senior Director of Construction at Essentia, you will serve as the connective leadership layer between the company's national construction strategy and the Directors of Construction who run it in the field, owning P&L, safety, and quality across a multi‑market portfolio while developing the next generation of Director‑level leaders.
Responsibilities
- Translate Essentia's national construction strategy into standardized regional operating plans across multiple markets and programs.
- Own the P&L, forecasting, and margin performance for your full portfolio of markets—not a single project.
- Standardize execution, playbooks, and reporting cadence across markets so quality and pace don't vary by geography.
- Serve as the primary link between the VP of Construction's national vision and Director‑level field execution.
- Build cross‑functional alignment with Engineering, Broadband Solutions, and Customer Operations at the regional level.
- Oversee execution of FTTH, Metro, and Long‑Haul fiber construction across your portfolio, ensuring safety, quality, timeliness, and cost control in every market.
- Act as the escalation point for aerial and underground build issues, make‑ready, permitting, and utility coordination challenges that exceed Director‑level authority.
- Audit safety and QA/QC performance across markets, and drive corrective action the moment standards slip anywhere in the portfolio.
- Use dashboards and production data to benchmark markets against one another and spread what's working from one program to the rest.
- Directly manage and develop a bench of Directors of Construction, sharpening their leadership, financial, and operational acumen.
- Identify and coach high‑potential Directors into future Senior Director‑ and VP‑track leaders.
- Reinforce Essentia's five dimensions of trust across every market you own: Character, Competence, Communication, Concern, and Consistency.
- Standardize training, onboarding, and safety‑certification programs so every market builds talent the same way.
- Set regional contractor strategy—capacity planning, scorecards, and performance standards across every market in your portfolio.
- Hold escalation authority for underperforming contractors when Director‑level corrective action isn't enough.
- Partner with procurement on regional vendor agreements, rate structures, and cost optimization.
- Champion consistent adoption of eSpeed™ and D8Acapture across every market in your region.
- Identify process improvements discovered in one market and scale them across the broader portfolio.
- Monitor KPIs across cost,
- .
Pay: paragraph about compensation package.
We must not include Benefits or Schedule.
We must not include any boilerplate like EEO etc. The posting didn't have that anyway.
Now produce HTML fragment.
Check for any repeated content: Ensure we don't duplicate.
Let's extract details.
About Essentia description: Could be part of About the role? Might be better to include in About the role? But About the role should focus on the role, not company. However we could include company description as part of About the role? The instruction says use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, etc. It didn't forbid including company description there. But better to keep About the role as role overview.
We could include a short paragraph: "As Senior Director of Construction at Essentia, you will serve as the connective leadership layer between the company's national construction strategy and the Directors of Construction who run it in the field, owning P&L, safety, and quality across a multi-market portfolio." That's derived.
Now Responsibilities list: Let's pull bullet points from What You'll Build.
Strategy & Regional Operations:
- Translate Essentia's national construction strategy into standardized regional operating plans across multiple markets and programs.
- Own the P&L, forecasting, and margin performance for your full portfolio of markets—not a single project.
- Standardize execution, playbooks, and reporting cadence across markets so quality and pace don't vary by geography.
- Serve as the primary link between the VP of Construction's national vision and Director-level field execution.
- Build cross-functional alignment with Engineering, Broadband Solutions, and Customer Operations at the regional level.
Network Deployment & Field Execution Oversight:
- Oversee execution of FTTH, Metro, and Long-Haul fiber construction across your portfolio, ensuring safety, quality, timeliness, and cost control in every market.
- Act as the escalation point for aerial and underground build issues, make-ready, permitting, and utility coordination challenges that exceed Director-level authority.
- Audit safety and QA/QC performance across markets, and drive corrective action the moment standards slip anywhere in the portfolio.
- Use dashboards and production data to benchmark markets against one another and spread what's working from one program to the rest.
Team & Talent Development:
- Directly manage and develop a bench of Directors of Construction, sharpening their leadership, financial, and operational acumen.
- Identify and coach high-potential Directors into future Senior Director- and VP-track leaders.
- Reinforce Essentia's five dimensions of trust across every market you own: Character, Competence, Communication, Concern, and Consistency.
- Standardize training, onboarding, and safety-certification programs so every market builds talent the same way.
Contractor & Vendor Management:
- Set regional contractor strategy—capacity planning, scorecards, and performance standards across every market in your portfolio.
- Hold escalation authority for underperforming contractors when Director-level corrective action isn't enough.
- Partner with procurement on regional vendor agreements, rate structures, and cost optimization.
Process Innovation & Tool Adoption:
- Champion consistent adoption of eSpeed™ and D8Acapture across every market in your region.
- Identify process improvements discovered in one market and scale them across the broader portfolio.
- Monitor KPIs across cost, cycle time, rework, and quality at the portfolio level—turning market-by-market data into a single, comparable view.
Now Requirements list from Required Qualifications:
- 8–10+ years of experience in telecom construction, fiber network deployment, or related infrastructure sectors.
- 5+ years of leadership experience managing Directors, Construction Managers, or other multi-market field leaders—not individual crews alone.
- Proven track record running two or more markets or major programs simultaneously, representing $30M–$75M+ in combined annual construction volume.
- Strong expertise in aerial and underground fiber construction, permitting coordination, and utility partnerships.
- Direct P&L ownership across a region or multi-market portfolio, with a track record of improving margin, not just hitting schedule.
- Demonstrated success developing Director-level leaders and building bench strength for future growth.
- Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
Preferred Extras list:
- Experience running construction across multiple states or regions simultaneously.
- Experience supporting hyperscaler deployments, data center connectivity, or mega-scale infrastructure projects.
- Familiarity with federal broadband programs (BEAD, RDOF, CAF II).
- Experience with electric utility construction and joint-use agreements.
- Familiarity with GIS-based construction tools and real-time project reporting software.
Skills/Traits list (What Sets You Apart):
- You translate strategy into standardized execution—without flattening the local nuance each market needs.
- You develop leaders, not just projects; your Directors get better because you're the one leading them.
- You spot the pattern across markets that a single-market leader would miss.
- You're the calm, credible voice between corporate vision and field reality—trusted by executives and crews alike.
- You build trust through Character, Competence, Communication, Concern, and Consistency.
Pay section: "We're offering a highly competitive compensation package, including a strong base salary and a short-term incentive opportunity."
Now ensure we don't include any filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
Now produce HTML.
We need to wrap each section in
- .
Skills: maybe What Sets You Apart traits (translate strategy, develop leaders, spot patterns, calm credible voice, build trust via five dimensions). Use
- .
Qualifications: maybe Preferred Extras (experience across multiple states, hyperscaler deployments, federal broadband programs, electric utility construction, GIS tools). Use