Construction Project Lead Jobs in Virginia
Construction Project Lead jobs in Virginia are concentrated in the Northern Virginia, Richmond, and Hampton Roads metro areas, where infrastructure expansion, federal contracting, and commercial development keep demand strong across commercial build-out, civil infrastructure, and government facilities work. Large established employers such as Clark Construction, Whiting-Turner Contracting, and Turner Construction maintain active Virginia operations and consistently hire at the project lead level. Openings range from mid-level field supervisors stepping into their first lead role to senior leads overseeing multi-phase federal and municipal projects. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Description
PROJECT DIRECTOR
This is a site based role, supporting large projects across the USA.
Some of our current project sites include:
Ashburn, VA, Charleston, SC, Columbus, OH, CTP Lancaster CPE, PA, Danville, PA, Fargo, ND, Franklin Furnace, OH, Minneapolis, MN, New Florance, MO, Pittsburg (Shippingport), PA, Point Pleasant, WV, San Antonio, TX, San Antonio (Lytle), TX, South Bend, IN, and West Memphis, AR.
About ArchKey
ArchKey is one of the nation’s largest privately held specialty trade installation and integrated facility service companies. We are a leader in designing, building, and maintaining electrical, technologies and specialty systems. We’re the POWER behind making the improbable possible.
We’re electrifying the nation, energizing the future, and bringing communities to life like never before. What we do today shapes the vision of tomorrow. Our work impacts lives long after the building is done. This means we are committed to building in ways that are not just technologically advanced, but sustainable, scalable, and equitable by all. We’re not just energizing infrastructure, we’re energizing careers, communities, and the future.
Made up of the brightest minds in the industry, our team is our greatest asset bringing knowledge, skills, and experience to every project. This is more than a call to join us, it’s an invitation to be part of a visionary journey, to grow with us as we scale.
About the Position
The Project Director is responsible for providing overall strategies, leadership, and management of multiple, less complex regional or national projects from start to finish, including staffing, managing project budget, scheduling, quality control, problem resolution, job coordination and communication, job invoicing/payments and client satisfaction activities. This position has responsibility for business development, job solicitation and project negotiations, in alignment with all Company policies, procedures, key objectives and regulations.
Our Ideal Candidate
- Strong executive presence.
- Can flex and adapt to the growing needs of the business.
- Can work autonomously and creatively to solve problems.
- Has a growth mindset and is always looking to learn and grow continually.
Day in the Life
- Partners with senior leadership to create key functional strategies, critical objectives, and decisions affecting the business unit and functional work group. Conducts high-quality business development, creates key customer relationships, and performs job solicitation in the marketplace.
- Creates project execution strategies and directs all phases and activities of the project to achieve high quality and productivity in the work performed. Ensures all construction contracts are fulfilled to the customer’s satisfaction and the Company has earned a fair profit.
- Plans, implements, independently manages, and maintains project activities to optimize the efficiency of labor, materials, supplies, equipment, and tools. Ensures all plans and specifications identify project scope and milestones and share them with all appropriate parties.
- Provides frequent management oversight and problem resolution. Communicates directly with project team members, contractors, and designers concerning project costs, staffing, and scheduling. Manages timely and accurate project documents, estimates, projections, material release schedules, client information, purchase orders, monthly invoices, payments, closeout documents, warranties, drawings, specification logs, maintenance manuals, final billings, change orders, and other related documents related to construction projects.
- Builds strategic and effective relationships with clients and future clients, foremen, project teams, specialty contractors, vendors, suppliers, user groups, and others that reflect and support the Company’s core values and meet or exceed the customer’s expectations.
- Provides regular and high-quality hiring, communications, mentoring, coaching, problem-solving, and training to staff and other co-workers at all levels as needed. Advises and coaches employees and provides performance feedback regularly.
- Creates and manages an annual financial budget and maintains some level of responsibility for Companywide financials. Stays informed of new and changing Company procedures, policies, materials, technologies, techniques, and practices. Establishes, trains, and maintains policies and processes.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in project management, business administration, construction engineering/management, or a related field.
- 7-8 years of project management and project leadership experience with projects of all sizes. Extensive project management training and skills. Thorough understanding of the project life cycle. Minimum 5 years of experience directly managing people.
- 3-5 Years of experience with medium voltage with underground electrical installation.
- Previous field construction experience or equivalent (e.g., electrical, technologies, fire, etc.). Keen knowledge of the managed business unit and the overall departmental function. Knowledge of and proficiency with construction methods and materials, costing, power, lighting, systems design and general industry safety standards, procedures, and regulations. Must have extensive knowledge of the electrical code. Skills to read, interpret, and understand electrical contracts, plans, drawings, blueprints, and specifications.
- Experience and proficiency using Accubid software, Revit, CAD, SKM, AGI, Navisworks and/or BIM systems may be required.
- Extensive experience with value analysis in all market segments and in-depth trade knowledge. Strong conceptual estimating and problem-solving skills, and experience in reviewing estimates for accuracy and completeness. Previous experience with field installation is helpful.
- Excellent business analysis, quality management and mathematical skills. Skills to read and interpret financial documents. Trained and proficient in negotiating, budgeting, costing, contracting, scheduling, pricing, and common code requirements.
Travel
- This position will travel daily to an assigned project site.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. We are an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer. #CA30-1
Beware of fraudulent job postings. ArchKey Solutions only communicates through official channels. All official communication will come from an @archkey.com email address and we will never ask for financial information, payments, or personal details outside of the standard hiring process. To confirm the legitimacy of a job, visit our careers page or reach out to a member of our Talent Acquisition team.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
Description
PROJECT DIRECTOR
This is a site based role, supporting large projects across the USA.
Some of our current project sites include:
Ashburn, VA, Charleston, SC, Columbus, OH, CTP Lancaster CPE, PA, Danville, PA, Fargo, ND, Franklin Furnace, OH, Minneapolis, MN, New Florance, MO, Pittsburg (Shippingport), PA, Point Pleasant, WV, San Antonio, TX, San Antonio (Lytle), TX, South Bend, IN, and West Memphis, AR.
About ArchKey
ArchKey is one of the nation’s largest privately held specialty trade installation and integrated facility service companies. We are a leader in designing, building, and maintaining electrical, technologies and specialty systems. We’re the POWER behind making the improbable possible.
We’re electrifying the nation, energizing the future, and bringing communities to life like never before. What we do today shapes the vision of tomorrow. Our work impacts lives long after the building is done. This means we are committed to building in ways that are not just technologically advanced, but sustainable, scalable, and equitable by all. We’re not just energizing infrastructure, we’re energizing careers, communities, and the future.
Made up of the brightest minds in the industry, our team is our greatest asset bringing knowledge, skills, and experience to every project. This is more than a call to join us, it’s an invitation to be part of a visionary journey, to grow with us as we scale.
About the Position
The Project Director is responsible for providing overall strategies, leadership, and management of multiple, less complex regional or national projects from start to finish, including staffing, managing project budget, scheduling, quality control, problem resolution, job coordination and communication, job invoicing/payments and client satisfaction activities. This position has responsibility for business development, job solicitation and project negotiations, in alignment with all Company policies, procedures, key objectives and regulations.
Our Ideal Candidate
- Strong executive presence.
- Can flex and adapt to the growing needs of the business.
- Can work autonomously and creatively to solve problems.
- Has a growth mindset and is always looking to learn and grow continually.
Day in the Life
- Partners with senior leadership to create key functional strategies, critical objectives, and decisions affecting the business unit and functional work group. Conducts high-quality business development, creates key customer relationships, and performs job solicitation in the marketplace.
- Creates project execution strategies and directs all phases and activities of the project to achieve high quality and productivity in the work performed. Ensures all construction contracts are fulfilled to the customer’s satisfaction and the Company has earned a fair profit.
- Plans, implements, independently manages, and maintains project activities to optimize the efficiency of labor, materials, supplies, equipment, and tools. Ensures all plans and specifications identify project scope and milestones and share them with all appropriate parties.
- Provides frequent management oversight and problem resolution. Communicates directly with project team members, contractors, and designers concerning project costs, staffing, and scheduling. Manages timely and accurate project documents, estimates, projections, material release schedules, client information, purchase orders, monthly invoices, payments, closeout documents, warranties, drawings, specification logs, maintenance manuals, final billings, change orders, and other related documents related to construction projects.
- Builds strategic and effective relationships with clients and future clients, foremen, project teams, specialty contractors, vendors, suppliers, user groups, and others that reflect and support the Company’s core values and meet or exceed the customer’s expectations.
- Provides regular and high-quality hiring, communications, mentoring, coaching, problem-solving, and training to staff and other co-workers at all levels as needed. Advises and coaches employees and provides performance feedback regularly.
- Creates and manages an annual financial budget and maintains some level of responsibility for Companywide financials. Stays informed of new and changing Company procedures, policies, materials, technologies, techniques, and practices. Establishes, trains, and maintains policies and processes.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in project management, business administration, construction engineering/management, or a related field.
- 7-8 years of project management and project leadership experience with projects of all sizes. Extensive project management training and skills. Thorough understanding of the project life cycle. Minimum 5 years of experience directly managing people.
- 3-5 Years of experience with medium voltage with underground electrical installation.
- Previous field construction experience or equivalent (e.g., electrical, technologies, fire, etc.). Keen knowledge of the managed business unit and the overall departmental function. Knowledge of and proficiency with construction methods and materials, costing, power, lighting, systems design and general industry safety standards, procedures, and regulations. Must have extensive knowledge of the electrical code. Skills to read, interpret, and understand electrical contracts, plans, drawings, blueprints, and specifications.
- Experience and proficiency using Accubid software, Revit, CAD, SKM, AGI, Navisworks and/or BIM systems may be required.
- Extensive experience with value analysis in all market segments and in-depth trade knowledge. Strong conceptual estimating and problem-solving skills, and experience in reviewing estimates for accuracy and completeness. Previous experience with field installation is helpful.
- Excellent business analysis, quality management and mathematical skills. Skills to read and interpret financial documents. Trained and proficient in negotiating, budgeting, costing, contracting, scheduling, pricing, and common code requirements.
Travel
- This position will travel daily to an assigned project site.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. We are an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer. #CA30-1
Beware of fraudulent job postings. ArchKey Solutions only communicates through official channels. All official communication will come from an @archkey.com email address and we will never ask for financial information, payments, or personal details outside of the standard hiring process. To confirm the legitimacy of a job, visit our careers page or reach out to a member of our Talent Acquisition team.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
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Where Virginia roles are concentrated, by current openings.
Construction Project Lead Job Market in Virginia
A snapshot from current Virginia openings, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
- HITT Contracting18
- Atlantic Constructors10
- ColonialWebb5
- ARCHKEY SOLUTIONS5
- Turner & Townsend Pty Limited5
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software
- Consulting & Professional Services
- Insurance
- Staffing & Recruiting
- Marketing & Advertising
What Virginia Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in construction project lead jobs across Virginia.
- Active OSHA 30-Hour Construction certification required or expected by most Virginia employers
- Bachelor's degree in construction management, civil engineering, or a related field preferred
- Five or more years of field construction experience with demonstrated supervisory responsibility
- PMP or CCM credential recognized as a strong differentiator in Virginia government and federal contracting work
- Proficiency with construction management software such as Procore, Primavera P6, or Bluebeam
- Proven ability to manage subcontractors, schedules, and budgets on projects valued at several million dollars
Construction Project Lead Jobs in Virginia: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a construction project lead in Virginia?
Most Virginia employers expect a combination of a construction management or civil engineering degree and several years of progressive field experience before promoting or hiring someone into a project lead role. Virginia does not issue a state-specific license for construction project leads, but holding an OSHA 30-Hour card and pursuing the Certified Construction Manager credential through the Construction Management Association of America strengthens any application. Large Virginia contractors and federal project firms also value familiarity with Virginia Department of Transportation standards for infrastructure work.
Which companies hire construction project leads in Virginia?
Virginia construction project lead roles are posted by HITT Contracting, Atlantic Constructors, and ColonialWebb and others right now, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Northern Virginia's dense federal contracting environment and Richmond's active commercial development sector mean openings appear across both private general contractors and public-sector project delivery firms.
Which Virginia cities have the most construction project lead jobs?
Richmond, Falls Church, and McLean have the most construction project lead openings in Virginia right now. Northern Virginia's volume is driven by federal agency construction and large-scale data center development, Richmond anchors state government and commercial build-out work, and Hampton Roads sustains steady demand through military installation projects and port infrastructure managed by large regional contractors.
Are there remote construction project lead jobs in Virginia?
Yes, but they are rare. Construction project lead work is fundamentally site-based, requiring physical presence for inspections, subcontractor coordination, and safety oversight. About 27% of construction project lead openings tied to Virginia are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, and those positions tend to cover pre-construction planning, estimating review, or owner-side program management rather than active field supervision.
How can I get hired as a construction project lead in Virginia with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is securing an assistant project manager or field engineer role with a mid-size Virginia general contractor and building toward a lead position from there. Firms like Clark Construction and Whiting-Turner run structured associate programs for recent construction management graduates in their Virginia offices. Completing an OSHA 30-Hour course, earning an internship through Virginia Tech's or George Mason's construction management programs, and building a portfolio of projects you coordinated, even in a support capacity, gives you a concrete edge when applying for your first lead opening.
Where can I find and apply to construction project lead jobs in Virginia?
You can find and apply to construction project lead jobs in Virginia on Migrate Mate, which lists current Virginia openings across contractors, developers, and public-sector project owners. Search the available roles, find the ones that match your experience and location, and apply directly to the employers posting them.
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