Executive Director, $1B+ Energy Infrastructure Program

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation; Town of Texas (WI); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangement

Annual bonus

Career growth opportunities

Competitive benefits package

Job summary

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation seeks a Project Director, FEP to lead a multi-billion-dollar capital program, directing strategy, governance, and delivery across engineering, construction, procurement, and operations. This executive role drives safety, regulatory, financial, and stakeholder outcomes throughout development, permitting, and commissioning.

The ideal candidate has 15+ years of experience in large-scale infrastructure projects, senior leadership, and a track record of coordinating

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Construction Management, Business, Project Management, or a related field required.
• Master’s degree in a related field preferred.
• 15+ years of progressively responsible experience leading large capital projects, programs, or portfolios.
• Demonstrated success managing complex capital projects or programs with significant budget, schedule, regulatory, and stakeholder requirements.
• Experience serving in a senior leadership role responsible for the delivery of large-scale infrastructure, energy, utility, transportation, or industrial projects.
• Proven experience leading large scale, multidisciplinary teams and external partners.
• Demonstrated experience engaging executive-level stakeholders and making decisions with significant impact.
• Valid State Driver’s license.
• Advanced knowledge of large-scale capital program management, including project development, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and operational readiness.
• Comprehensive knowledge of project governance, project controls, forecasting, risk management, contract administration, and capital investment practices.
• Strong understanding of utility, energy, pipeline, LNG, transmission, or other major infrastructure projects and regulatory requirements.
• Exceptional executive leadership, strategic planning, and decision-making skills.
• Advanced financial and business acumen for evaluating investment decisions and risks.
• Exceptional communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead large, multidisciplinary teams and external partners in a matrixed environment.
• Ability to assess and mitigate enterprise-level risks while balancing safety, scope, schedule, budget, quality, and commitments.
• Ability to drive organizational alignment and make sound decisions with significant operational and financial impact.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the executive leader and primary point of accountability for the FEP program, exceeding $1 billion in authorized value.
• Establish project vision, execution strategy, governance framework, and delivery model aligned with corporate objectives.
• Provide overall accountability for project safety, scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk, and performance.
• Lead integrated teams across engineering, construction, procurement, legal, regulatory, finance, and operations.
• Direct program-level planning, coordination, and execution across multiple workstreams.
• Develop and maintain executive relationships with regulators, customers, community leaders, and stakeholders.
• Lead executive steering committees, governance boards, and investment review forums.
• Provide strategic recommendations to executive leadership regarding investments, risk, regulatory strategy.
• Approve major project changes, contracting strategies, contingency utilization, and resource allocation decisions.
• Oversee project controls, forecasting, financial performance, contingency management, and reporting.
• Drive project recovery strategies and executive decision-making when performance deviates.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory, environmental, financial, safety, and governance requirements.
• Sponsor continuous improvement initiatives and advancement of enterprise project management capabilities.
• Represent the Company in executive, industry, regulatory, governmental, and public forums.

Skills

Executive leadership

Stakeholder management

Project governance

Risk management

Strategic planning

Communication

Decision making

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management

Bachelor’s degree in Business

Bachelor’s degree in Project Management

Master’s degree preferred

Job description

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation seeks a Project Director, FEP to lead a multi-billion-dollar capital program, directing strategy, governance, and delivery across engineering, construction, procurement, and operations. This executive role drives safety, regulatory, financial, and stakeholder outcomes throughout development, permitting, and commissioning.

The ideal candidate has 15+ years of experience in large-scale infrastructure projects, senior leadership, and a track record of coordinating