Project Director - Design and Construction Management

Barry-Wehmiller Companies Inc.; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Barry-Wehmiller Design Group seeks a seasoned Project Director to lead major capital projects. You will drive project planning, execution, and client relationships, working with cross-disciplinary teams to deliver high-quality outcomes.

Expect travel to support installations, start-ups, and client engagements across the US. You bring 15+ years of PM experience, ABET-certified engineering, and a proven ability to grow local and regional business while guiding teams through complex design and

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years of Project Management experience with large scale engineering design and construction projects.
• Industry experience with Food & Beverage, Life Science, and/or Advanced Technology is preferred.
• Experience with the entire life cycle of projects from concept development through design, implementation, installation, commissioning, and startup is a plus.
• Candidates must be proficient with project documentation.
• Leadership skills and experience with a drive to grow and expand local and regional clients is also important.
• Willing and able to travel as necessary for project requirements to include but not be limited to: project installation and start-up activities, client meetings, company sponsored meetings, trainings, industry related seminars, forums, or conventions, etc.
• Bachelor of Science in Engineering from an ABET accredited university is required.
• Contractor Qualifier License(s) or a willingness to obtain licensure in numerous states.

Responsibilities

• Support capital projects and implement solutions for our clients.
• Develop project plans and strategies, manage project resources, budgets and forecasting, schedule management, project engineering, integration, installation, start-up, and project closure.
• Focus on scope, schedule, and budget, as well as client satisfaction and client development.
• Maintain and grow solid client relationships.
• Make an impact day-to-day with your skills and expertise, strengthening relationships with clients and team.

Skills

Project Management

Leadership

Client relationships

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering (ABET)

Job description

About Us

BW Design Group is a fully integrated architecture, engineering, construction, system integration, and consulting firm committed to helping our clients realize their most critical goals from Strategy to Commercialization. As the only firm born from a manufacturing technology company to become an independent and fully integrated firm, we combine deep domain expertise in the manufacturing environment with an approach that is built to serve the dynamic needs of our clients. Rooted in our distinct culture of Truly Human Leadership, we cultivate the leaders who will define tomorrow and partner with our clients in the food & beverage, life sciences, industrial, and advanced technology industries to build the future of manufacturing and technology. Barry-Wehmiller is a diversified global supplier of engineering consulting and manufacturing technology for the packaging, corrugating, sheeting and paper-converting industries. By blending people-centric leadership with disciplined operational strategies and purpose-driven growth, Barry-Wehmiller has become a $3 billion organization with nearly 12,000 team members united by a common belief: to use the power of business to build a better world.

Job Description

Who You’ll Work With You will join one of our 45 offices in the US, be part of a committed team of over 1500 professionals, and work in teams and directly with our clients doing work that is shaping the world around us. You will be welcomed into a rapidly growing business and team and empowered to make an impact. You will be valued, cared for, and challenged on your path to becoming a world-class professional consultant and surrounded by leaders who are committed to creating an environment that enables you to realize your own success and fulfillment. When you join Design Group as a Project Director, you are joining a team that will challenge you and position you for growth. In this role, you will work with a team of industry experts to help the world’s leading companies solve their most difficult problems. You will join our Architecture/Engineering Process Practice and partner with seasoned leaders, technical specialists, and subject matter experts to deliver the highest quality solutions to our clients with consistency and accuracy.

What You’ll Do

You’ll work individually and in teams to support capital projects and implement solutions for our clients. Together, you will help our clients make critical changes to improve their performance and realize their most important goals. All aspects of client relationship development and project development and execution including development of project plans and strategies, management of project resources, project budgets and forecasting, schedule management, project engineering, integration, installation, start-up, and project closure. Focus on overall project success and accomplishment of objectives related to scope, schedule, and budget, as well as critical elements of client satisfaction and client development. Maintaining and growing solid client relationships is a key responsibility. Make an impact day-to-day with your skills and expertise, strengthening that relationship with our clients and team.

What You’ll Bring

• Minimum 15 years of Project Management experience with large scale engineering design and construction projects.
• Industry experience with Food & Beverage, Life Science, and/or Advanced Technology is preferred.
• Experience with the entire life cycle of projects from concept development through design, implementation, installation, commissioning, and startup is a plus.
• Candidates must be proficient with project documentation.
• Successful Project Directors are flexible and adaptive and have strong initiative and accountability.
• Leadership skills and experience with a drive to grow and expand local and regional clients is also important.
• Willing and able to travel as necessary for project requirements to include but not be limited to: project installation and start-up activities, client meetings, company sponsored meetings, trainings, industry related seminars, forums, or conventions, etc.
• Bachelor of Science in Engineering from an ABET accredited university is required.
• Contractor Qualifier License(s) or a willingness to obtain licensure in numerous states.

Our culture and commitment to our people is what sets us apart. We foster an environment of mutual respect, integrity, and unconditional interest in the individual and collective success of our professionals. Our model and entrepreneurial mindset offer a rewarding, challenging, and highly flexible path. As a Project Director, you will build a meaningful and fulfilling career with the support of professional development resources and mentorships including our First Year Experience program, Individual Development Plans, and Career Path resources and tools. You will be surrounded by exceptional talent who will support your development as both a world-class engineer and a highly effective leader.

At Barry-Wehmiller we recognize that people come with a wealth of experience and talent beyond just the technical requirements of a job. We know that our differences often can bring about innovation, excellence and meaningful work—therefore, people from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply to our positions. Please let us know if you require reasonable accommodations during the interview process.

Barry-Wehmiller is an equal opportunity employer.

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Company: Design Group Throughout Barry-Wehmiller, we hold ourselves to a unique measure of success: by the way we touch the lives of people. It’s that vision that drives us in creating world-class experiences and solutions for our customers and unites us around our common goal—to use the power of our business to build a better world.