About Us

J McClees & Associates (JMA) is a professional services consulting firm assisting clients achieve their business goals, including key growth initiatives in the competitive and rapidly changing world of Architecture, Engineering and Construction (A/E/C) services. JMA is pleased to serve a diverse mix of clients ranging from small family owned firms, to large corporations, to private-equity-backed companies.

Our experience

Jorge McClees is an accomplished senior executive with a demonstrated blend of leadership, vision, cross-functional experience, personal drive, and a track record for delivering strong business growth and financial results. He offers more than 30 years of A/E/C professional services, operations, business development, and M&A experience combined with 24 years of executive-level experience assembling, leading, and motivating management teams to peak performance. From building and selling his own engineering firm to Fortune 500 corporate assignments, Jorge approaches organizations holistically; aligning individuals, teams, organizations, competencies, market potential, client relations, strategy, execution and performance metrics. Jorge partners with business associates, industry leaders and subject matter experts, to best serve his client’s needs.

Jorge has held senior positions with several leading global and regional companies including:

Pike Corporation | Power Contracting - President

Jorge led the rapid expansion of the union-labor division, Power Contracting, in the western U.S. Founded in 1945, Pike Corporation is a leading, integrated provider of construction, repair and engineering services for distribution and transmission powerlines, substations, renewable energy projects, and communication infrastructure. With over 10,000 employees and a $2.1 Billion annual portfolio, Pike works with hundreds of investor-owned, cooperative, and municipal utility clients across the country, along with a growing number of private sector clients. www.pike.com

WTC Inc - Chief Operating Officer

Jorge set the vision and developed the strategies and led the initiatives for transformational growth. WTC is a Texas-based regional provider of planning, surveying, engineering, construction management, program management and technical services. www.wtcinc.com

URS Corp | AECOM - Senior Vice President

As the top regional executive for the Pacific NW, Alaska and Western Canada, Jorge led extraordinary growth, including multiple major wins such as the renowned Alaska Gas Pipeline Project. URS (now AECOM) is one of the largest, global, fully integrated engineering, construction and technical services firms with the capabilities to support the full project life cycle. URS has 100,000 employees worldwide and an annual revenue of $17.4 billion. www.aecom.com

HDR Inc - Senior Vice President

As the top regional executive for the Pacific NW, Jorge led transformational growth, representing over 600% revenue growth. HDR is a leading fully integrated architecture, engineering and consulting firm with 10,000 employees worldwide and an annual revenue of $2.2 billion. www.hdrinc.com

Our Approach

Through an effective partnering process of understanding your business, we help you to quickly define and prioritize your business goals; ensuring they are strategic, measurable and actionable. Clearly defining what success looks like is paramount, followed by defining the actions and the important role each person in your organization plays in achieving each goal.

Success is then built by focusing and energizing your organization with a clear and actionable vision, winning key strategic projects, building your organization’s technical staff into confident marketing teams, structuring your organization and operations to successfully manage and execute projects, measuring performance and by leveraging projects and marketing initiatives into staff and organizational development opportunities.

We help you navigate each step of the way and offer a suite of custom services leading to your success.