A growing utility-scale renewable energy contractor has appointed Shelby Barbier as its chief operating officer, according to a news release.

Cinterra (formerly Directional Services Inc.) is headquartered in Hope Mills and Wilmington. Barbier will report directly to Jeff Bagshaw, CEO of Cinterra, and will lead all functional delivery teams to drive operational excellence across Cinterra's solar, renewable energy and infrastructure solution services, the release stated.

Barbier is a construction industry veteran with over 30 years of experience managing and guiding integrated project teams, according to the release. Most recently, he spent over five years in roles that included senior vice president and president at Black and Veatch, a global engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company based in Overland Park, Kansas. At Black and Veatch, Barbier was responsible for the worldwide management of over 1,300 staff professionals and 4,000 construction trade craft laborers in all phases of project delivery.

"We are fortunate to have a proven leader of Shelby's caliber join our executive team," Bagshaw stated in the release. "His diverse project experience with solar, hydroelectric, wind, as well as nuclear and petrochemical construction and maintenance, will prove to be invaluable as we continue to expand across the United States and establish ourselves as the nation's leading renewable energy contractor."

Barbier began his career as a field engineer and worked his way through various management and executive positions with leading engineering and construction companies such as The Shaw Group, Jacobs and Williams Industrial Services Group, in addition to Black & Veatch.