Director of Federal Operations
Listed on 2026-02-06
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Management
Operations Manager, Program / Project Manager, Business Management
About Eastern Contractors Corporation
About Eastern Contractors Corporation
Eastern Contractors Corporation (ECC) is the industrial general contracting division of Eastern Companies, delivering precision-engineered solutions for complex, high-performance facilities across the U.S. Southeast and beyond. ECC specializes in building clean rooms, dry rooms, and industrial infrastructure, bringing unmatched safety, technical expertise, and craftsmanship to every project. With over 2,000 completed projects, a strong safety record (EMR 0.74), and a robust $700 million bonding capacity, ECC is known for reliability and excellence at scale.
About Eastern Contractors Corporation
Eastern Contractors Corporation (ECC) is the industrial general contracting division of Eastern Companies, delivering precision-engineered solutions for complex, high-performance facilities across the U.S. Southeast and beyond. ECC specializes in building clean rooms, dry rooms, and industrial infrastructure, bringing unmatched safety, technical expertise, and craftsmanship to every project. With over 2,000 completed projects, a strong safety record (EMR 0.74), and a robust $700 million bonding capacity, ECC is known for reliability and excellence at scale.
Since its founding in 1998, ECC has earned the trust of industrial clients through its commitment to collaboration and precision—from early pre-construction planning to final delivery.
The Role
About The Role
The Director of Federal Operations is a senior leadership role responsible for overseeing, coordinating, and optimizing the operational execution of federally funded programs, initiatives, and contracts, including the Company’s continued expansion into federal construction and infrastructure-related work. This role serves as a strategic and operational bridge between executive leadership, internal business units, and federal stakeholders, ensuring that all operational activities align with applicable federal regulations, contractual obligations, and organizational objectives.
The Director is accountable for establishing and implementing operational policies, procedures, and internal controls that support compliant, efficient, and high-quality delivery of services to federal clients.
The role collaborates closely with executive leadership, program management, compliance, finance, human resources, and business development teams to translate federal requirements into actionable operational strategies. This position exercises broad authority over operational planning, workforce management, performance oversight, and process improvement across federal programs, while identifying and mitigating operational and compliance risks, ensuring audit readiness, and promoting consistent application of standards across all federal contracts and operating units.
This role maintains a forward-looking focus on expanding construction-related federal operations.
- Provide strategic and operational leadership for the execution of federal contracts, programs, and initiatives, ensuring alignment with contractual requirements, federal regulations, and organizational objectives.
- Establish, implement, and maintain operational policies, procedures, and internal controls to support compliant, efficient, and high-quality service delivery to federal clients.
- Oversee operational planning, workforce management, performance oversight, and process improvement activities across the federal portfolio.
- Partner closely with executive leadership, program management, compliance, finance, human resources, and business development teams to translate federal requirements into actionable and scalable operational strategies.
- Ensure readiness for federal audits, reviews, and inspections by maintaining accurate documentation, reporting, and internal governance practices.
- Identify, assess, and mitigate operational and compliance risks across federal contracts; implement corrective and preventive actions as needed.
- Monitor program performance using data-driven metrics and key performance indicators; analyze trends and recommend improvements to enhance contract performance and operational maturity.
- Serve as a…
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