Director Major Projects-New Power Generation Construction

NiSource Corporate Services Co; Valparaíso; On-site; CLP 178,571,000 - 257,937,000; Full time

Job summary

NiSource Corporate Services Co seeks a Director, Major Projects-New Power Generation Construction to lead the safe development and execution of large-scale power projects, from early planning through commissioning and startup.

The role requires governing EPC relationships, coordinating engineering, procurement, and construction activities, and reporting to senior executives on risks, costs, and milestones.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, Project Management, or related discipline.
• Significant progressive experience leading major capital projects.
• Experience managing EPC firms and external partners.
• Ability to manage scope, schedule, cost, risk, quality, and contracts.
• Experience with large capital programs and budgets.
• Leadership of cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the safe, successful development and execution of large-scale power projects.
• Provide leadership across the full project lifecycle from development to commercial operation.
• Manage EPC firms, engineering consultants, OEMs, and contractors.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to meet objectives.
• Communicate project status, risks, and recommendations to executives.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Stakeholder management

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, Project Management, or related discipline

Job description

Job Title: Director, Major Projects-New Power Generation Construction

Location: Valparaiso, Indiana

Job Summary

The Director, Major Projects serves as the single accountable project executive for assigned major projects and is responsible for leading the safe, successful development and execution of large-scale power infrastructure and generation projects supporting large-load customers and strategic growth initiatives. This role provides leadership across the full project lifecycle, from early project development, scope definition, estimating, engineering, and contracting through construction, commissioning, turnover, and commercial operation.

The Director will have responsibility for l arge, complex capital construction programs and mega projects and will provide leadership and oversight to internal project leaders, engineering partners, contractors, and external stakeholders. The role requires demonstrated experience managing complex project organizations and leading leaders and multidisciplinary teams responsible for engineering, construction, project controls, commercial management, and project delivery.

A key focus of this position is the successful management of Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) firms, engineering consultants, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), contractors, and other major external partners. The Director will establish clear expectations for safety, schedule, cost, quality, risk, commercial performance, and project execution.

Experience delivering combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) generation projects or similar large-scale power generation, energy infrastructure, industrial, or utility construction projects is strongly preferred.

The Director will collaborate extensively with engineering, project controls, supply chain, environmental, regulatory, finance, operations, construction, legal, commercial, and customer-facing organizations to ensure projects meet business and customer objectives.

This position requires a highly experienced, proactive leader with strong construction, commercial, technical, and project execution capabilities who can operate effectively in a fast-paced environment with significant capital investment, executive visibility, customer commitments, and schedule requirements.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, Project Management, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Significant progressive experience leading major capital projects, power infrastructure, generation, utility, industrial, or large complex construction projects.
• Demonstrated experience managing large-scale, complex capital projects and/or mega projects through multiple phases of the project lifecycle.
• Demonstrated experience leading leaders, project managers, construction leaders, and/or multidisciplinary project organizations.
• Significant experience managing EPC firms, engineering firms, construction contractors, and other major external partners.
• Demonstrated ability to manage project scope, schedule, cost, risk, quality, contracts, change management, and project controls.
• Demonstrated experience leading major capital projects generally $500 million or greater.
• Experience managing significant capital budgets and communicating project status, risks, and recommendations to senior executives.
• Strong commercial and contractual capability, including experience managing contractor performance, contract changes, claims, and negotiations.
• Strong leadership, communication, business judgment, and stakeholder-management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) projects, including new-build generation, major expansions, or similarly complex power generation projects.
• Experience delivering power infrastructure supporting data centers, large-load customers, advanced manufacturing, or other energy-intensive customers.
• Experience with gas turbine, steam turbine, heat recovery steam generator (HRSG), balance-of-plant, electrical infrastructure, transmission/interconnection, commissioning, and startup.
• Experience managing projects delivered through EPC, EPCM, multi-prime, or other complex contracting models.
• Demonstrated successful leadership of one or more $1 billion+ power generation, utility, or heavy industrial capital projects.
• Utility or independent power producer experience.
• Experience working in a regulated utility environment and supporting major capital project regulatory proceedings.
• PMP certification or equivalent project/program management credential.

Leadership Expectations

The successful candidate will be an experienced major-project leader who can operate effectively at both the strategic and execution levels. This individual must be comfortable leading other leaders, challenging EPC partners, making high-value project decisions, managing competing priorities, and communicating complex project issues to executive leadership.

The Director will foster a cult