Project Director

Thor; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Thor is seeking a Project Director to lead a mission-critical data center delivery program, accountable for end-to-end outcomes from shell through commissioning.

This first-of-kind regional delivery requires strong sequencing discipline, rapid transition into MEP installation, and clear, decisive leadership across multiple trades.

You will own schedule and cost, risk ownership, commercial governance, interface with client and executives, and drive commissioning readiness and turnover.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering large-scale data center programs.
• Fast-track construction with aggressive sequencing constraints.
• Strong field organization and efficiency in multi-subcontractor environments.
• Clear, decisive leadership under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Own full schedule and cost delivery from active construction through commissioning and turnover.
• Establish and enforce critical path discipline across civil, structural, and MEP works.
• Lead site execution strategy across all trade packages.
• Risk ownership across sequencing, procurement timing, and field productivity constraints.
• Maintain commercial control including change governance and subcontractor alignment.
• Coordinate commissioning strategy and readiness progression.
• Interface with client and executive stakeholders with clear reporting cadence.

Skills

Data center delivery

Leadership

Sequencing discipline

Multi-trade coordination

Commercial governance

Job description

PROJECT DIRECTOR – MISSION CRITICAL DATA CENTER DELIVERY

Leadership role | Full lifecycle delivery authority

A national builder entering its first large-scale mission-critical facility is seeking a Project Director to take full accountability for delivery of a newly initiated data center program currently in early construction phase.

This is a first-of-kind regional delivery for the organization, with shell and core works underway and rapid transition into MEP installation, systems integration, and commissioning preparation.

The environment is not legacy-structured. Systems, sequencing discipline, and delivery controls are actively being built as the job progresses.

This role requires an operator who can impose structure, drive clarity, and maintain execution control in a fast-evolving, multi-trade environment where complexity is increasing daily.

You will own end-to-end project outcomes, including:

• Full schedule and cost delivery from active construction through commissioning and turnover
• Establishment and enforcement of critical path discipline across civil, structural, and MEP works
• Leadership of site execution strategy across all trade packages
• Risk ownership across sequencing, procurement timing, and field productivity constraints
• Commercial control including change governance and subcontractor alignment
• Coordination of commissioning strategy and readiness progression
• Interface with client and executive stakeholders with clear, structured reporting cadence

You are not managing individual trades—you are controlling the system of delivery.

What This Project Demands

This is a high-pressure transition environment:

• Structural works underway; MEP mobilization accelerating
• Trade stacking increasing rapidly across constrained work areas
• Commissioning requirements driving earlier-than-normal coordination discipline
• First-time regional execution model for the contractor

Success depends on your ability to bring order, sequencing logic, and decision velocity into an environment that is still forming its delivery rhythm.

Candidate Profile

We are looking for a delivery-focused Project Director who has operated in:

• Data centers, advanced industrial, healthcare, or similarly systems-dense environments
• Fast-track construction with aggressive sequencing constraints
• Multi-subcontractor environments requiring strong field organisation and efficiency

You will bring:

• Proven control of large-scale, MEP-heavy programs through completion
• Strong understanding of construction sequencing under spatial and schedule constraints
• Demonstrated ability to lead without reliance on established internal playbooks
• Strong commercial awareness and change discipline
• Experience driving projects through commissioning and structured turnover
• Clear, decisive leadership style under pressure

Why This Role Exists

This role is not maintenance—it is foundation setting.

You will be establishing the delivery standard for future regional programs and shaping how mission-critical projects are executed going forward.