Schaeffer Electric Names New President
Date Posted: April 18, 2023
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From St. Louis Business Journal: Schaeffer Electric Co., one of the St. Louis region’s largest electrical contractors, has named new leadership as part of a succession plan.
Justin Kohlman, previously the company’s executive vice president, recently was promoted to president. He takes the role from Timothy Chettle, who remains CEO of Schaeffer Electric.
Kohlman joined the company as a project manager/estimator in 2011 and was promoted to vice president of pre-construction in 2015 and to executive vice president in January 2021.
“Since joining Schaeffer in 2011, Justin has pushed the company to evolve in all areas of business,” Chettle said in a press release. “From accounting and technology to BIM (building information modeling) and estimating systems, he has been a part of each transformation. After taking over the estimating department in 2016, the company has grown 20% in overall revenue and continues to take on larger, more complex projects.”
Chettle, who joined the company in 1990 as an apprentice electrician, succeeded Dan Schaeffer as president in 2011, the first non-Schaeffer family member to run the company. Chettle assumed both the president and CEO roles in 2020, officials said.
Founded in 1935, Schaeffer now is an employee-owned company with 96 employees. Based in Green Park in south St. Louis County, it’s one of the St. Louis region’s largest electrical contractors, with 2022 local and total billings of $25.9 million.