Full-Time
Electrical Construction Manager
Walbridge
501-1,000 employees
Construction management, engineering, and real estate
No salary listed
United States
In Person
Based anywhere in the U.S.; must travel and live on-site at client projects long-term.
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- High school diploma or equivalent; with at least 20 years of experience working for electrical contractors and/or general construction management companies
- Large-Scale Site Leadership: Serve as the ultimate authority on-site, directly responsible for the safe, timely, and quality execution of all construction activities across vast, complex projects.
- Direct Supervisory Command: Directly manage, mentor, and lead the team of Senior Superintendents, Superintendents, and General Forepersons. Hold all field management accountable for project milestones and craft productivity.
- Safety Excellence: Enforce aggressive, zero-incident safety program that exceeds company standards and regulatory requirements. Conduct detailed safety audits and lead all corrective action documentation.
- Trade Coordination Mastery: Plan, schedule, and orchestrate the complex interfaces and workflow sequencing among all trade groups, managing high volumes of people and specialized equipment.
- Labor Relations: Maintain effective communication with local unions and resolve high-level labor and jurisdictional construction problems on-site to maintain project momentum.
- Quality and Compliance: Own the on-site Quality Control/Quality Assurance (QC/QA) program, ensuring all work is executed precisely to specifications, drawings, and regulatory codes before sign-off.
- Logistics & Resource Control: Oversee the procurement, delivery, and staging of all major materials and equipment. Ensure materials, equipment, and inspections are available precisely when needed to support aggressive project schedules.
- Physical Resource Management: Maximize the efficiency of all physical resources, including heavy equipment, specialized tooling, and bulk materials, ensuring logistics support the aggressive master schedule.
- Problem Resolution: Act as the final on-site decision-maker for resolving all immediate field issues, technical roadblocks, coordination conflicts, and material sequencing challenges to maintain flow.
- Risk Mitigation: Take the lead in identifying, assessing, and mitigating on-site project risks related to scheduling, resources, safety, and trade coordination.
- Documentation Support: Ensure the field team provides timely and accurate input for daily reports, progress photos, time tracking, and short-term look-ahead schedules to support the Project Manager and office staff.
- Innovation: Continuously seek ways to optimize field processes and improve project outcomes through innovative construction technologies or methodologies.
- Advanced understanding of union labor agreements and jurisdictional boundaries in construction.
- Proven success in supervising, motivating, and mentoring a large, diverse workforce.
- Professional safety certification (e.g., OSHA 30, OSHA 500/510).
- Demonstrated ability to drive a fast-paced, high-quality, result-oriented field environment.
Walbridge is a large privately held construction company based in Detroit that offers construction management, engineering, and real estate services. It serves manufacturing, hyperscale data centers, automotive, defense, higher education, health care, and government with a workforce of more than 1,500 professionals across North America. It plans, designs, builds, and manages facilities from concept to commissioning, coordinating project management, engineering, procurement, and construction for integrated delivery. Its private ownership and long history (founded in 1916) let it offer in-house capabilities across diverse sectors to deliver safe, on-time, on-budget facilities and to grow its North American market presence.
Company Size
501-1,000
Company Stage
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Total Funding
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Headquarters
Detroit, Michigan
Founded
1916
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Stargate Michigan creates $5B labor investment across 14 states.
- Safety Center trains apprentices for AI infrastructure pipeline.
- 40% materials savings in three months via Woodchuck scalability.
What critics are saying
- Ford EV delays erode margins on $5.6B BlueOval City by 2028.
- Union shortages delay $16B Saline data center past 2029.
- Rapid scaling from $2.2B to $6B triggers safety incidents in 2026.
What makes Walbridge unique
- Walbridge leads $16B Saline Township data center for Oracle and OpenAI.
- Woodchuck AI partnership diverts 8,000 tons wood waste on Ford projects.
- Kwant smart badges enhance safety on $5.6B Ford BlueOval City.
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Woodchuck Partners with Walbridge to help advance customers' construction sustainability goals. Provided by PR Newswire Mar 24, 2026, 5:15:00 AM Woodchuck Partners with Walbridge to help advance customers' construction sustainability goals PR Newswire GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., March 24, 2026. Early results show major gains in tracking waste, reducing disposal, cutting costs and improving efficiency at Ford construction project in Marshall, Michigan GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., March 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - Woodchuck, the AI-powered climate-tech startup redefining how construction and manufacturing industries handle wood waste, today announced a joint sustainability initiative with Walbridge, one of the nation's top industrial and automotive constructors. The program supports Ford Motor Company's construction waste-reduction efforts at its new manufacturing facility in Marshall, Mich. In the first three months, the program has given teams a clearer view of the materials being discarded, diversion rates, cost reductions, and operational efficiency - already achieving 40% of the project's projected materials-related savings. This early progress offers Walbridge a powerful solution to address customers' waste management needs and lays the groundwork for a new standard operating procedure for future large-scale construction projects. A Legacy Builder Confronts a Modern Waste Challenge For more than a century, Walbridge has delivered some of the most complex automotive and industrial projects in North America. As Walbridge's customers expand their sustainability commitments, construction waste management is a growing priority - particularly on megaprojects where the volume and variability of materials can shift daily. On the Ford project, wood waste quickly emerged as one of the most unpredictable waste elements. Crating, dunnage, international shipping pallets, and custom rigging arrived in wide-ranging sizes and material types, creating a diverse and constantly changing waste stream. These complexities revealed opportunities for innovation. Walbridge saw the potential to elevate efficiency, reduce hauling expenses, and strengthen alignment with Ford's sustainability goals. The need for real-time visibility into container levels and the makeup of each load became a catalyst for adopting a smarter, data-driven solution - one that made waste handling more predictable, cost-effective and sustainable. "Our partnership with Woodchuck is built on collaboration. Transparent and real-time communication allows our team to adapt quickly to changing material waste streams on the ground. Detailed information about each load provides complete visibility not only into what is diverted from a landfill, but also into its end destination and intended use, delivering transparency and enabling measurable sustainability outcomes," said Sander Mathijs, Walbridge Sustainability Manager. "Another key program feature is its ability to scale, allowing us to calibrate capacity and scope to meet the waste-diversion needs of the project." Woodchuck's AI Platform Delivers Immediate, Scalable Impact Woodchuck.ai leverages its AI platform across the Ford project to track, report and validate the diversion of wood, cardboard, plastic, and metal; all with minimal onsite labor and seamless integration into Walbridge's existing workflows. Walbridge saw meaningful improvements within the first quarter diverting thousands of tons of wood, cardboard, plastic and metal; reducing waste, reducing landfill dependency, and reducing costs. Over the course of the project, Woodchuck will divert 8,000 tons of wood and 1,000 tons of cardboard, plastic, and metal from landfills. Woodchuck's detailed reporting also strengthens accountability, giving Walbridge clear data documenting recycling and reuse for both internal tracking and customer sustainability documentation. Because the Woodchuck platform is designed for large, multi-phase construction programs, the improvements seen at the Marshall project can be replicated at scale. Whether deployed on a single megaproject or rolled out across multiple sites, contractors gain the same visibility, control, and cost efficiencies, making the solution a powerful model for nationwide waste management and sustainability performance. "Our partnership with Woodchuck has been a game-changer," said Ross Linton, Group Vice President, Walbridge. "In just a few short months, they've helped us transform our waste process to one that's measurable, trackable, and easily managed. Our team is empowered to plan ahead, driving efficiency and sustainability. We're excited about the future possibilities this collaboration brings." Creating a New Standard for Future Walbridge Projects Based on early results, Walbridge expects the Woodchuck-enabled process to become a foundation for future large-scale builds across automotive, manufacturing, technology, and advanced industrial sectors. "Walbridge is demonstrating what it looks like when a contractor treats waste as a strategic input rather than an afterthought," said Todd Thomas, CEO of Woodchuck. "By embracing real-time data, AI-enabled insights, and a commitment to measurable sustainability outcomes, they're proving that smarter waste management isn't just good for the environment - it's good for productivity, cost efficiency, and project certainty. Their leadership on Ford's Marshall project shows what's possible when innovation becomes part of the construction workflow, and they're setting the pace for how the industry will operate going forward." About Woodchuck Woodchuck is a climate impact start-up dedicated to empowering contractors, manufacturers, and biomass energy producers by streamlining wood waste diversion and processing. We are committed to leveraging advanced AI technologies to transform waste into valuable resources, reduce landfill usage, and provide a steady, sustainable supply of biomass. Based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Woodchuck is funded by an investor syndicate led by Mason Fink, Beckett Industries, NorthStar Clean Energy and Alloy Partners. For more information, visit https://woodchuck.ai/. About Walbridge Walbridge is one of America's largest privately held construction companies founded in Detroit in 1916. The company offers construction management, engineering, and real estate services for customers in manufacturing, hyperscale data centers, automotive, defense, higher education, health care, and government. Walbridge employs more than 1,500 professionals in North America. Visit www.walbridge.com or connect with us on LinkedIn to learn more. View original content to download multimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/woodchuck-partners-with-walbridge-to-help-advance-customers-construction-sustainability-goals-302723015.html SOURCE Woodchuck The articles, information, and content displayed on this webpage may include materials prepared and provided by third parties. Such third-party content is offered for informational purposes only and is not endorsed, reviewed, or verified by Morningstar. Morningstar makes no representations or warranties regarding the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, or reliability of any third-party content displayed on this site. 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Walbridge leader calls data centers michigan's biggest economic chance in 150 years. Michigan has an "enormous" opportunity to capitalize on the data center boom and cannot allow naysayers to deny it from getting a piece of the best economic development opportunity since the automobile's invention, longtime business leader John Rakolta Jr. said Thursday. The chairman of construction giant Walbridge, which builds data centers, made the case for them and urged others to do the same in remarks at the Detroit Regional Chamber's Detroit Policy Conference.
DETROIT, May 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Walbridge is proud to announce it has been selected as a 2025 US Best Managed Company for a fifth consecutive year. Sponsored by Deloitte Private* and The Wall Street Journal, the program recognizes outstanding U.S. private companies. The 2025 designees are U.S. private companies that have demonstrated excellence in strategic planning and execution, a commitment to their people, as well as maintaining financial performance and governance. Designees drove their businesses forward while remaining dedicated to their people and focusing on their customers
DETROIT, Feb. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Walbridge, a leading full-service construction company, achieved an overall score of 60 for its 2024 EcoVadis sustainability assessment. This improved score places Walbridge in the top 35 percent of the 130,000 companies across the globe that have completed the assessment, and in the 90th percentile of large construction companies based in North America.EcoVadis is a third-party global platform that helps businesses assess their sustainability commitments and performance across their global value chain. The EcoVadis assessment evaluates 21 sustainability criteria across four core themes: Environment, Labor & Human Rights, Ethics and Sustainable Procurement."At Walbridge, sustainability is not just our responsibility, it's a core value that drives our innovation and growth," said Walbridge President John Rakolta III. "This assessment demonstrates our commitment to continuous improvement and our leadership in implementing sustainable building practices. It's a benchmark of our progress and a source of motivation to strive for higher standards, ensuring that our team contributes positively to the environment and to the communities where we live and work."The company's increased EcoVadis assessment is attributed to several initiatives, including having the proper internal framework to identify areas, and processes and procedures for improvement as well as a leadership team that prioritizes sustainability.EcoVadis' business sustainability ratings are based on international sustainability standards such as the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact, the International Labor Organization (ILO) conventions, the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards and the ISO 26000 standard
Kwant, one of the world's leading workforce management and safety solutions using IoT data, announces their continued partnership with Walbridge, the general contractor on Ford's new BlueOval City Project in Stanton, Tennessee.