Experience

Energy and infrastructure delivery grounded in operating leadership.

As a Senior Project Manager at ENFRA, Christopher J. Henke supports complex energy and infrastructure delivery while drawing on 14+ years of leadership and management experience, including approximately 12 years in industrial operations and project delivery. His background spans field execution, project controls, operating systems, safety, commercial decisions, client relationships, CEO responsibility, and North American general management.

A broad manufacturing floor with production equipment arranged across the facility.

Scale requires clarity.

Manufacturing context · operations · people · risk · delivery

Progression

A wider operating lens at every step

  1. 01

    Hands-on operations and project leadership

    Built a practical foundation in scope, planning, field coordination, customer communication, and project execution.

  2. 02

    Director of Operations and Administration

    Expanded responsibility across project delivery, operating systems, administration, people operations, safety, and commercial coordination.

  3. 03

    Chief Executive Officer

    Held company-wide responsibility for operations, project delivery, people leadership, safety, business development, financial controls, strategy, and customer relationships.

  4. 04

    General Manager, North America

    Led operating planning and cross-functional delivery for industrial opportunities, programs, and projects across the United States and Mexico.

  5. 05

    Senior Project Manager — ENFRA

    Supports complex energy and infrastructure project delivery by aligning clients, design and construction teams, project controls, trade partners, and operating stakeholders across scope, schedule, cost, risk, change, commissioning readiness, and handoff.

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Functional scope

Operations, people, risk, and delivery

His experience connects the commercial and operational sides of energy, infrastructure, and industrial delivery: developing scope, planning resources, coordinating stakeholders, managing change, reviewing cost and risk, supporting commissioning readiness, and closing out with customers.

Operating scale
Christopher helped grow employee headcount from 6 to 20; the broader operating organization exceeded 25 employees, contractors, and affiliated resources. Career context
Business growth
During Christopher’s operating-leadership period, company revenue tripled from 2021 through 2023 and reached just over $6 million at its peak. Business-growth context
Execution scale
His project record includes individual contract scopes above $8 million and cross-functional coordination involving more than 50 contributors. Delivery context

Industry experience

Industrial services and manufacturing support

Christopher’s industrial background spans complex moves, installations, shutdowns, and support work that demand tight coordination across people, equipment, customers, and production schedules.

Business experience

Business operations & administration

Beyond industry execution, Christopher has built and led the business systems that give leaders better visibility, teams clearer expectations, and customers more dependable delivery.

01

P&L, budgeting & forecasting

Held company-wide P&L responsibility as CEO, connecting budgets, forecasts, margin, cash flow, backlog, and capital decisions.

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02

Operating cadence & KPIs

Built executive dashboards, management reporting, and recurring review rhythms for project status, job costs, capacity, and risk.

03

Program & project governance

Directed work from qualification and estimating through scope, mobilization, change control, financial review, and closeout.

See operating-system development

04

Workforce planning

Aligned recruiting, hiring, onboarding, resource planning, and field capacity with the work ahead.

05

Leadership & talent development

Coached managers, set performance expectations, planned succession, and supported accountable promotion and personnel decisions.

06

Customer relationships

Managed strategic customer communication, service recovery, retention, and commercial decisions in time-sensitive operating environments.

07

Vendors, contracts & procurement

Coordinated vendors and subcontractors while supporting proposals, contract negotiation, procurement, insurance, bonding, and change orders.

08

Process systems & documentation

Established SOPs, CRM and Microsoft 365 workflows, digital document control, and repeatable administrative practices.

09

Risk, safety & compliance

Integrated EHS, OSHA-aligned programs, contractor qualification, insurance, compliance, training, and documentation standards.

See North American systems context

10

Executive communication

Turned operating, financial, workforce, customer, and project information into clear reporting and decision support for leaders and owners.

Education & training

A foundation in people and operations

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Honors Psychology

University of Cincinnati

Education

Associate of Arts in Liberal Arts

University of Cincinnati Clermont College

Completed training · 2023

OSHA 30-Hour General Industry Outreach Training

Completed August 2023.

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