Project Director

Jedson Engineering; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Jedson Engineering is seeking a Project Director with a proven track record in leading EPC power projects valued between $150MM and $500MM. You will be the primary interface with the client and coordinate the engineering team.

You will also participate in business development activities, proposal preparation, and mentoring of staff while ensuring project plans, scopes, schedules, budgets, and execution plans are developed and controlled to meet success criteria.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management or a related field.
• 15 to 25+ years of project leadership experience on EPC power projects.
• Experience managing projects >$150M lump-sum or >$500M reimbursable.
• Strong knowledge of Project Controls.
• Proven ability to build client relationships with internal stakeholders.
• Leadership skills to support cradle-to-grave projects.

Responsibilities

• Clarify project goals, deliverables, and outcomes.
• Lead Business Development from proposal to client relations.
• Lead risk reviews and mitigation planning.
• Develop FEED-level execution plans, budgets, and schedules.
• Oversee design, procurement, and construction with subcontracts.
• Manage commissioning, turnover, and close-out reports.
• Oversee Project Services functions (Document Control, Scheduling, Cost Management).
• Identify risks and develop contingency plans.
• Monitor risks through the project lifecycle.
• Ensure project cost and schedule align with contract.
• Deliver final project to the client.

Skills

Project leadership

Client relationship management

Budgeting & cost control

Risk management

MS Project/ Primavera

Contract management

Team mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

MS Project

Primavera

Job description

SUPERVISES Project Director - may supervise Project Managers, Engineering Managers, Procurement, Construction and/or Project Services employees

JOB SUMMARY

Project Directors should have a proven record of project leadership on EPC power projects, either lump sum or reimbursable projects, with a project value between $150MM - $500MM. The EPC Project Director possesses the knowledge and skills to develop project plans, scope of services, schedules, budgets, and execution plans, understands project success criteria, and is the primary interface with the client, and coordinates and leads the engineering team.

The Project Director will also be involved in various business development activities, including proposal preparation and presentation, partnering agreements, and will be expected to mentor and develop other employees within their organization.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Clarify the goals, deliverables, and outcomes of the project
• Participate in Business Development activities from conception, proposal, project success, and client relationship management
• Lead and/or contribute to risk reviews
• Involved in FEED phase or equivalent, producing detailed control-level execution plans, budgets, and schedules
• Oversee detailed design, procurement and construction, managing overall project scope, schedule, budget, and forecasts (including subcontracts).
• Oversee commissioning (field phase), including managing overall commissioning/turnover scope, schedule, budget, and forecasts
• Oversee project close-out turning over project close-out reports, including historical data for future reference.
• Responsible for the Project Services function, including Document Control, Scheduling, and Cost Management
• Identify potential project risks and develop contingency plans to minimize the impact of such risks
• Continually monitor risks throughout project lifecycle
• Responsible for the cost and schedule of the project to include tracking and reporting of budget vs actuals and implementing strategies to execute the project on plan.
• Accurately predict costs for various phases of project
• Ensure all project deliverables have been completed as per the contract
• Facilitate final delivery of project to the client.

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Strong commercial acumen to include understanding of key clients and their industry; market influences, financial cycles and product applications etc.
• Detailed understanding of different business frameworks including joint ventures and consortiums, and their respective risk, profit, loss and governance
• Experienced working within different contract agreements from lump sum, reimbursable, G-max etc.
• Demonstrated understanding of local conditions, environment, climate, labor posture and availability
• Demonstrated ability to work with local contractors and vendors and to maintain good community relations
• Good understanding of the impact of local laws, regulations, prices, exchange rates, taxation issues, import and export criteria, logistics, etc.
• Active engagement with external organizations to include professional associations, education institutes, community partners and industry trade associations
• Strong understanding of engineering principles, construction processes and project management methodologies.
• Excellent leadership, communication and negotiation skills.
• Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously.
• Proficiency in project management software tools such as MS Project, Primavera or similar.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Risk Management capabilities.
• Financial management and resource optimization.
• Maintain the firm’s reputation for excellence and delivering complex, multi-discipline projects on time, within budget and with quality.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• A bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university in Engineering, Construction Management or a related field.
• 15 to 25+ years of related project experience.
• Experience in a project leadership role for a lump sum EPC power project of more than $150MM or a Reimbursable project of more than $500MM
• Strong understanding and working knowledge of Project Controls
• Ability to foster and build strong relationships with clients, internal stakeholders and engineers
• Demonstrated leadership skills to support a project from cradle to grave

**The above information is intended to describe the most important aspects of the job. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and/or skills required to perform the work.