Director of Construction – National Accounts

Custom Mechanical Solutions delivers energy-efficient HVAC systems across the Pacific Northwest, with deep expertise in healthcare, education, data centers, and retrofit projects. We work with top manufacturers to meet performance and sustainability goals—always focused on quality, care, and progress.

If you're ready to grow your career, we’re glad you found us. At CMS, you’ll join a team that supports your development and gives you space to make an impact.  We review every application carefully and appreciate your interest in growing your career with our team.

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Director of Construction – National Accounts

The Opportunity

The Director of Construction – National Accounts provides executive leadership for a high-volume national HVAC construction program executed across numerous active sites.

This leader will oversee our national construction team — including Project Managers and Project Coordinators — and serve as the senior construction partner to a major national client. You will ensure projects are delivered safely, on schedule, within budget, and aligned with contractual and quality expectations.

Success in this role requires more than operational strength. It requires a stewardship-oriented leader who builds on what exists, earns trust quickly, listens first, and strengthens teams rather than reshaping them for personal recognition. We are looking for a leader who values collaboration over spotlight, accountability over ego, and long-term impact over short-term visibility.

Salary: $180,000+

This position is eligible for full benefits, including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and retirement options.

What You’ll Do

• Lead, mentor, and develop a geographically dispersed national construction team (Project Managers and Project Coordinators)
• Serve as senior escalation point and trusted advisor to national client stakeholders
• Provide executive oversight of a large multi-site HVAC construction portfolio
• Ensure performance across safety, schedule, budget, quality, and compliance standards
• Strengthen and scale a high-performing national subcontractor and supplier network
• Partner with teams on risk management, forecasting, change evaluation, and issue resolution
• Advance standardized project management processes while respecting institutional knowledge
• Foster a people-first culture grounded in accountability, transparency, and mutual respect
• Contribute to long-term strategic planning and sustainable portfolio growth

What You Bring

• 10+ years of construction management experience with strong HVAC exposure
• 5+ years leading multi-site or national construction teams
• Experience managing large, complex construction portfolios
• Strong financial and operational acumen
• High emotional intelligence and exceptional relationship-building skills
• A leadership style grounded in stewardship, humility, and accountability
• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)

PMP or related certifications and enterprise-level client experience are a plus.

Why This Role Matters

This is a high-impact leadership opportunity within a collaborative, experienced organization. The right leader will not only drive execution excellence — they will strengthen culture, deepen client trust, and help guide the next phase of responsible growth.

Other Skills & Abilities

Language Skills
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

Numerical & Analytical Skills
Comfortable working with numbers, including calculating rates, ratios, and percentages. Able to analyze data, interpret charts and graphs, and apply quantitative reasoning to everyday work tasks.

Reasoning Ability
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations. Mental stamina for problem solving and prioritizing multiple tasks.

Environmental Requirements

Will be required to work in a field environment, and multiple customer sites on a daily basis.

Behavior Skills

Ability to manage people and situations when conflicts arise.  Ability to seize opportunities with the drive to complete goals. 

Personal and Interpersonal Skills

Ability to establish and grow relationships with customers through effective verbal and written communication.  Dedicated to the needs of the customers, manufacturers and peers and has the patience to actively listen to all business partners. Able to solve problems and skillfully negotiate with a minimum of noise while managing stress.  Demonstrates integrity and trust through appropriate directness and truthfulness.  Ability to understand personal strengths and weaknesses, seek feedback and improve upon shortcomings. 

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to operate a computer keyboard and to reach with hands and arms. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, and sit. The employee is continually required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties as negotiated to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.

Custom Mechanical Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by an applicant’s or employee’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or any other legally protected status.  Reasonable accommodations will be made for qualified individuals with disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship.

Salary ranges listed are dependent upon a candidate’s qualifications, experience, internal equity, and the budgeted amount for the specific role and location.