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Director, Construction Planning and Solutions Services

**Date:** Jun 3, 2025

**Location:** Carrollton, GA, US, 30119

**Company:** Southwire Company LLC

A leader in technology and innovation, Southwire Company, LLC is one of North America’s largest wire and cable producers. Southwire and its subsidiaries manufacture building wire and cable, utility products, metal-clad cable, portable and electronic cord products, OEM wire products and engineered products. In addition, Southwire supplies assembled products, contractor equipment, electrical components, hand tools and jobsite power and lighting solutions. The company also offers digital solutions including contractor planning and utility grid resiliency as well as field services including cable testing, rejuvenation and replacement to support our customers as a value-add partner. We are proud to offer competitive compensation, employee benefits, tuition reimbursement and unlimited growth opportunities. Our more than seven decades of progressive growth can be attributed to our determination to developing innovative systems and solutions, exercising environmental stewardship and enhancing the well-being of the communities in which we work and live. How will you power what’s possible?

Southwire Job Description

Job Summary / Objectives:

The Director of Construction Planning and Solution Services team will grow Southwire’s industry leading electrical contractor construction offerings which provide solutions to address labor shortages and incomplete project designs in the electrical industry.

Key Responsibilities:

+ Working directly with electrical contractors to provide Southwire solutions and construction services.

+ Working closely with Southwire’s internal as well as external sales channel including agent representatives and electrical distributors.

+ Manage a team of BIM/VDC professionals dedicated to providing construction design and constructability solutions

+ Analyze construction projects and provide optimized solutions which drive Southwire products and create substantial savings for the electrical contractor

+ Manage prefabricated solutions including advanced cable bundling

+ Understanding the electrical contractor project-based workflows and sequencing along with the associated construction supply-chain stakeholders, their specific business drivers, and challenges, along with identifying pain points and de-bottlenecking processes throughout the construction lifecycle phases.

+ Work through specific project-based contractor opportunities and challenges (internally and externally) to achieve high value goals and outcomes.

+ Overseeing planning and layout of complex electrical systems including lighting, power, control, instrumentation.

+ Provide key preconstruction services for cable installation including low voltage and medium voltage systems

+ Drive solution systems standardization at the earliest stages project design and construction planning

Competencies:

Electrical business insights

Effective communication

Result driven

Extensive experience managing all aspects of large complex electrical construction projects, including financial P&L

Electrical estimating and project quoting experience

Competencies

Business Insights

Communicates Effectively

Drives Results

Manages Ambiguity

Manages Complexity

Values Differences

Benefits We Offer:

+ 401k with Matching

+ Family and Individual Insurance Packages (Health, Life, Dental, and Vision)

+ Paid Time Off & Paid Holidays

+ Long & Short-Term Disability

+ Supplemental Insurance Plans

+ Employee Assistance Program

+ Employee Referral Program

+ Tuition Reimbursement Programs

+ Advancement & Professional Growth opportunities

+ Parental Leave

+ & More

Southwire is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

**Nearest Major Market:** Atlanta