Project Director

Position: Project Director of Power Combine Cycle Projects
Location: Birmingham, AL

Required to have management experience on direct hire power projects. ACC experience with Combined Cycle is preferred.

Job Summary:
Responsible for providing overall management for large projects, leading the project team, and ensuring successful customer relations. Will be able to interact with various staff at all levels in an ever-changing environment, remaining flexible, resourceful, proactive, and efficient with a high level of professionalism and confidentiality. This position will provide overall leadership for project performance, contract negotiations, client relations, budget, and schedule. The Project Director will also lead and maintain compliance with corporate safety and quality standards and will serve as the direct point of contact for clients.

Primary Duties:

• Developing and administering the safety program for the project and is tasked with achieving incremental improvements

• Provides oversight of projects from beginning to end, including budget, costs, unexpected events, general performance, and overall progress against the plan

• Performing and overseeing project-specific QA/QC practices to ensure the project delivered to project specifications and Yates’ standards of quality

• Completing walk-throughs of the site to ensure safety, cleanliness, and standards are maintained

• Identifying and resolving field and design issues

• Representing the site team in owners’ meetings

• Providing oversight of the development of the overall CPM schedule with the project team before construction and communicating updates to the schedule throughout the duration of the project

• Developing and maintaining the site logistics plan for the project

• Performing constructibility reviews

• Arranging and leading pre-construction meetings with all subcontractors before beginning each phase of work

• Scheduling and leading the project close-out process

• Participating in the development of strategic plans, including VDC

• Participating in preparations of bid packages and procurement

• Performing estimating take-offs

• Tracking field progress against the “plan,” developing recovery plans if necessary

• Managing the project schedule, including each task associated with project completion

• Monitoring each trade’s work progress concerning each project phase and tracking against prescribed milestones

• Assisting in the development of the overall CPM schedule with the project team before construction and communicating updates to schedule throughout the duration of the project

• Working with the construction management team to ensure accurate unit tracking for subcontractors/vendors as it applies

• Managing the payment application process and tracking receivables

• Compiling and validating project contract documents for senior management execution

• Reviewing drafts of standard subcontracts and purchase orders for accuracy and preparing them for executive management execution

• Overseeing the change management system, ensuring there are no discrepancies or missing information upon submission of owner and subcontractor change orders

• Ensuring the accuracy of RFIs, submittals, procurement, as-builts and changes

• Preparing the monthly owner project status reports, ensuring financials are accurate

• Updating EOJ and submitting profit calculation worksheet weekly

• Converting estimate from MC2 into EOJ setup

Qualifications:

• An undergraduate University degree or higher (preferably in Construction Management, Engineering, or a closely related field) is preferred from a US College or University.
• Other relevant education, training, or work experience may substitute for a bachelor’s degree

• Minimum of eight (8) years construction management experience

• Minimum of twelve (12) years of industry experience

• Experience in managing projects valued at $100MM

• Experience with large/complex safety plan implementation

• PMP certified preferred

Requirements:

• Strong working knowledge of programs such as Primavera, Excel, Word, MS Project, and Project Sight

• Experience with large/complex safety plan implementation

• A proven track record of organizing project teams to accomplish project goals

• Effective negotiation and contract management skills to represent the company with the Client

• Experience in managing a project using established methods of cost reporting, i.e. cash flow, safety, cost, schedule, VDC

• Extensive knowledge of all facets of construction

• A proven track record of organizing project teams to accomplish project goals

• Understand contract types and terms, i.e. General Conditions, Burn Rates, Fee Analysis,

• Understand various insurance programs, i.e., OCIP, CCIP

• Possess a basic understanding of construction law and generally accepted business practices

• Knowledge of estimating, construction costs, scheduling, purchasing, and engineering principles and techniques

• Ability to read and understand technical specifications, blueprints, technical manuals, product/material installation instructions, and engineering/architectural drawings

Competencies:

• Previewing proposals before submission and participating in the Request for Proposal process, which often involves participating in interviews with prospective clients

• Acting as primary client contact for all assigned projects

• Supporting business development initiatives in establishing and maintaining positive client relationships

• Reviewing work of Senior Project Manager(s) and Project Manager(s) assigned to projects

• Leading team members by example, offering effective coaching and feedback, and effectively managing performance

• Using the appropriate level of forethought and planning in decision-making to ensure project success

• Conducting key customer service visits throughout the project, from pre-construction client surveys to close-out, ensuring project commitments are met and issues are resolved

• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing

• Self-directed and able to function with ease as part of a team

• Strong leadership skills

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills

• Strong prioritization and organizational skills; detail-oriented

• Technically astute and strategic in thinking

Physical Demands:

• Physical requirements for this role may include but are not limited to, walking, standing, operating tools/equipment, and lifting items (up to 25 lbs.).
• Tasks may also be carried out in varying weather conditions and environments as applicable to the position.

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