Global Program Director, Capital Projects

Burns & McDonnell; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Burns & McDonnell seeks an experienced Program Manager for its Global Program Management Organization to lead the delivery of large, complex capital programs across facilities and infrastructure projects. The role requires advising clients and executives, guiding multidisciplinary teams through all project phases, and implementing processes, strategy, and reporting tools.

The position emphasizes budget control, risk management, and data-driven decision making, with extensive travel and

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in engineering, construction management, business or related degree from an accredited program and 10 years related consulting experience.
• Experience leading a multi-discipline team that has executed and managed major projects or programs greater than $250 million preferred.
• Strong experience in client and business development.
• Expert experience in managing projects, including proposal development, contract negotiations, project planning, controls, system integration, owner’s engineering, real estate acquisition, permitting, environmental compliance, construction management, design coordination & communication, budgeting, scheduling, and client coordination.
• Expert facilitation, collaboration, organization, and problem solving skills.
• Demonstrated success as to budget, savings and/or profit margins in completed projects.
• Ability to thoughtfully and positively influence, lead and manage.
• Excellent planning and analytical skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills; strong interpersonal skills; and the ability to present complex information to all levels.
• Expert knowledge of project management methodologies and tools including Microsoft Project or equivalent.
• Extensive travel and relocation to the project location will be required.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and execution of overall Program strategic business initiatives to achieve goals and objectives.
• Provide leadership to the Program team; direct and coordinate the work of a multi-disciplined team, ensuring cost-effective utilization of staff.
• Be client facing and work with senior client leadership on reporting, issues resolution, and relationship building.
• Drive data collection, data management, analytics and reporting tools to enable strategic decisions on budgets and schedule risks.
• Manage Program budget and expenditure of funds and achieve stated targets and standards for financial performance.
• Present monthly financial information to leadership including project revenue forecasts.
• Support strategies for cross-selling engineering services across the organization.
• Recruit, develop, train, and retain staff and conduct performance evaluations.

Skills

Program management

Leadership

Budgeting

Risk management

Client relations

Data analytics

Reporting

MS Project

Contract negotiations

Team coordination

Education

Bachelor Degree in engineering, construction management, business or related degree

Tools

Microsoft Project

Excel

Scheduling software

Job description

Burns & McDonnell seeks an experienced Program Manager for its Global Program Management Organization to lead the delivery of large, complex capital programs across facilities and infrastructure projects. The role requires advising clients and executives, guiding multidisciplinary teams through all project phases, and implementing processes, strategy, and reporting tools.

The position emphasizes budget control, risk management, and data-driven decision making, with extensive travel and