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Quanta Services

Builds and repairs power grids and utility networks

Director – Business Operations

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Full-timeHouston, TX, USANo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • At least 8 years of progressive experience in business operations, strategy, finance, or a related field, including experience supporting senior executives.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and drive results without direct authority over all stakeholders.
  • Strong financial modeling and analytical skills, including the ability to build a business case from scratch.
  • Executive communication and presentation skills, including experience preparing materials for senior leadership or the board.
  • Ability to manage multiple complex, concurrent initiatives in a fast-paced environment.
  • Comfort operating in a large, decentralized, multi-business-unit organization.

Responsibilities

  • Partner directly with executive leadership to translate strategic priorities into structured plans, workstreams, and measurable outcomes.
  • Lead cross-functional initiatives spanning multiple departments or operating companies, driving alignment, accountability, and progress against deadlines.
  • Build financial models, operational analyses, and business cases to support decisions involving investment, resourcing, and process changes.
  • Prepare executive-level reporting, presentations, and board materials communicating performance, risk, and recommendations.
  • Identify operational inefficiencies and process gaps, and lead the design and implementation of improvements.
  • Serve as a central point of coordination between executive leadership and operating company or functional leaders on priority initiatives.
  • Manage special projects assigned by executive leadership, from initial scoping through execution and results reporting.
  • Monitor key performance indicators and operational metrics, proactively flagging risks and opportunities to leadership.
  • Perform additional duties as assigned.

Desired Qualifications

  • An MBA or other advanced degree is preferred.
  • Prior experience in management consulting, investment banking, or corporate strategy is preferred.
  • Experience within construction, energy, infrastructure, or another operationally intensive industry is preferred.
  • Experience supporting M&A due diligence or integration is preferred.

About the Company

Quanta Services

Builds and repairs power grids and utility networks

Quanta Services builds, upgrades and repairs the power lines, substations, pipelines and communications networks that utilities, power producers and large energy users rely on. It runs its own training school, Northwest Lineman College, which prepares workers for electric line work at campuses in several states. Quanta works through regional operating companies that handle engineering, construction, storm restoration and routine upkeep for their customers. Clients pay under long-term master service agreements for ongoing work and under fixed-price or cost-based contracts for large projects. Quanta was founded in 1997 by combining four electrical contractors and is based in Houston, Texas.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Houston, TX
Founded
1997

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