Executive Project Director, Major Capital Programs

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation; Dover (DE); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangement

Competitive base salary

Career growth

Annual bonus

Wellness initiatives

401k

Job summary

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation is seeking a Manager, Capital Projects to lead the FEP program governance and delivery for multi-billion-dollar capital initiatives. The role directs engineering, construction, procurement, finance, legal, regulatory, and operations teams, ensuring safety, schedule, and budget compliance while reporting to executive leadership.

The ideal candidate has 15+ years of experience managing large-scale infrastructure projects, PMP certification, and a proven track

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Construction Management, Business, Project Management, or a related field required.
• Preferred: Master's degree in a related field.
• 15+ years of progressively responsible experience leading large capital projects, programs, or portfolios.
• 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.

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 commercial performance.
• Lead integrated teams across engineering, construction, procurement, finance, legal, regulatory, and operations.
• Direct program-level planning, coordination, and execution across multiple interdependent project workstreams.
• Develop and maintain executive relationships with regulators, governmental agencies, customers, community leaders, and strategic stakeholders.
• Lead executive steering committees, governance boards, and investment review forums.
• Provide strategic recommendations to executive leadership regarding project investments, risk mitigation, regulatory strategy, and business outcomes.
• Approve major project changes, contracting strategies, contingency utilization, risk responses, and resource allocation decisions.
• Oversee project controls, forecasting, financial performance, contingency management, and executive reporting.
• Drive project recovery strategies and executive decision-making when project performance deviates from approved baselines.
• Provide executive leadership throughout project development, permitting, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and operational readiness phases.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory, environmental, financial, safety, and corporate governance requirements.
• Ensure successful transition of completed facilities and assets to operations.
• Sponsor continuous improvement initiatives and advancement of enterprise project management capabilities and governance practices.

Skills

Executive leadership

Stakeholder management

Project governance

Risk management

Contract administration

Budget management

Regulatory knowledge

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering/Construction Management/Business/Project Management/related field

Master's degree

Job description

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation is seeking a Manager, Capital Projects to lead the FEP program governance and delivery for multi-billion-dollar capital initiatives. The role directs engineering, construction, procurement, finance, legal, regulatory, and operations teams, ensuring safety, schedule, and budget compliance while reporting to executive leadership.

The ideal candidate has 15+ years of experience managing large-scale infrastructure projects, PMP certification, and a proven track