Operations Director, Mechanical Construction — Lead & Scale Projects

icon Mechanical; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 185,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Vision Insurance

401k with Discretionary Company Contri

Paid Time Off (Vacation; Sick Time)

Paid Company Holidays

Tuition Reimbursement Program

Employee Assistance Program

Employee Stock Ownership Program

Job summary

icon Mechanical seeks an experienced Operations Director to lead our Charlotte, NC-based Operations team. The role drives profitable execution, risk management, and standard project management practices across multiple project directors and managers.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years of mechanical construction leadership, strong financial controls, scheduling expertise, and excellent communication with executives, customers, and field teams. Travel may be required.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive experience in mechanical construction project management and operations.
• Experience leading large, complex construction projects and managing multiple project teams.
• Strong knowledge of project financial management, forecasting, cost control, change management, contracts, cash flow, risk management.
• Strong understanding of scheduling, procurement, engineering, VDC, fabrication, field operations, subcontractor management, commissioning, closeout.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, coach, and develop Project Directors, Project Managers, and other project management professionals.
• Strong communication, judgment, and problem-solving skills with executives, customers, project teams, and field leadership.
• Experience in industrial, mission critical, advanced manufacturing, healthcare, or similarly complex mechanical construction environments preferred.
• Experience working in a union construction environment preferred, with the ability to travel to projects and maintain direct engagement with project teams and customers.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, mentor, and develop assigned project management teams, including Project Directors, Senior Project Managers, Project Managers, Assistant Project Managers, and Project Coordinators.
• Maintain visibility into assigned projects' financial performance, schedules, staffing, risk, customer relationships, and major operational priorities.
• Hold assigned project teams accountable for accurate forecasting, cost control, margin performance, cash flow, billing, change management, and timely financial reporting.
• Review project forecasts, cost reports, labor performance, contingency, changes, and projected profitability, and develop corrective action plans as needed.
• Ensure assigned project teams establish and maintain effective execution plans covering schedule, procurement, engineering, VDC, fabrication, subcontractors, commissioning, turnover, and closeout.
• Partner with Field Operations to align project schedules and management plans with manpower, productivity, fabrication, and field execution needs.
• Serve as escalation point for significant commercial, contractual, customer, and project management issues, including major change orders and claims.
• Help establish consistent project management standards, processes, reporting expectations, and accountability across the division.
• Plan project management staffing for current and future work, coordinate with VP to balance resources and identify recruiting needs.
• Develop future leaders through coaching, performance management, training, and succession planning.
• Maintain key customer and business partner relationships and support executive-level decisions.
• Collaborate with Preconstruction and other Operations leaders to ensure successful handoff, risk identification, and alignment between estimating and operations.
• Drive continuous improvement through lessons learned, standardization, technology adoption, VDC, prefabrication, and other practices.

Skills

Leadership

Financial management

Project management

Scheduling

Communication

Travel

Job description

icon Mechanical seeks an experienced Operations Director to lead our Charlotte, NC-based Operations team. The role drives profitable execution, risk management, and standard project management practices across multiple project directors and managers.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years of mechanical construction leadership, strong financial controls, scheduling expertise, and excellent communication with executives, customers, and field teams. Travel may be required.