Project Director - Mission Critical

47G; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & Dental paid by employer

HSA with employer contribution

PTO & Holidays

401k with match

Life Insurance

Disability insurance

Supplemental Benefits

Job summary

Big-D Mission Critical is seeking a Project Director to lead the successful delivery of mission critical construction projects, providing strategic oversight and operational leadership across all phases of the project lifecycle.

This position can be based in Salt Lake City, UT or in a traveling role, with responsibilities spanning safety, schedule, budget, and quality objectives while maintaining strong client relationships and proactively managing risk.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, architecture, or engineering or related field.
• 10+ years in construction leadership.
• Mission Critical or data center projects preferred.

Responsibilities

• Leads commissioning strategy across multiple projects.
• Oversees commissioning managers and commissioning agents.
• Develops and implements commissioning plans, schedules, and procedures with stakeholders.
• Coordinate with design and construction teams to integrate commissioning into the master project schedule.
• Manage commissioning process for mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, building controls and other critical systems.
• Manage pre-functional and functional testing of equipment and systems.
• Document commissioning activities, test results, and equipment certifications.
• Collaborate with user groups to ensure smooth transition from construction to operation.
• Ensure safety and OSHA standards are enforced.
• Write and track RFI’s and manage change orders; oversee commissioning teams.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Team coordination

Client relations

Safety compliance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in construction management, architecture, or engineering

Job description

Big-D Mission Critical is looking for a Project Director who will lead the successful delivery mission critical construction projects by providing strategic oversight and operational leadership across all phases of the project lifecycle.

This is a great opportunity to continue your career with a company that is on a mission to be the most sought-after company in the business. We seek and employ exceptional, hard-working, lifetime learners; we give them the tools to succeed when we find them. We have a culture of growth and achievement powered by innovation, supported by purpose and joy.

This position can be based in Salt Lake City, UT or in a traveling role.

Position Summary:

This role ensures projects meet safety, financial, schedule, and quality objectives while maintaining strong client relationships and proactively managing risk. The Project Director serves as a key leader in advancing the organization’s mission critical market presence, guiding teams through complex technical and commercial challenges, and ensuring alignment with corporate strategy and industry best practices.

Experience/Training:

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, architecture, or engineering or other related field required.
• 10+ years in construction leadership
• Mission Critical or data center projects preferred

Essential Duties and Key Responsibilities (other duties may be assigned to meet business and project needs)

• Leads commissioning strategy across multiple projects
• Oversees commissioning managers and commissioning agents
• Develop and implement commissioning plans, schedules, and procedures for construction projects with commissioning agents, user groups, subcontractors, and construction team members
• Coordinate with design and construction teams to review project requirements and ensure that commissioning activities are integrated into the master project schedule
• Manage the commissioning process for mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, building controls and other critical systems
• Manage pre-functional and functional testing of equipment and systems to verify proper installation and functionality
• Manage documentation of commissioning activities, test results, and equipment certifications
• Collaborate with user groups to ensure a smooth transition from construction to operation
• Solution-oriented troubleshooting
• Schedule and review factory witness testing
• Help coordinate and verify site acceptance verifications
• Ensure all testing L1-L5 is properly performed and documented
• Work with various manufactures, subcontractors, vendors and customer for equipment energizations and start-up
• Prepare for and manage materials necessary for commissioning process
• Write and track RFI’s and document general best practices and procedures
• Submit and track change ordersManage commissioning teams for each scope including mechanical, electrical, controls and CxA
• Develop comprehensive commissioning schedule and prepare for recovery
• Hold prep meetings, safety briefings and commissioning coordination meetings
• Review and approve testing scripts with CxA/customer and ensure feasibility with subcontractors
• Participate in job closeout process
• Monitors and enforces, along with project team, safety and OSHA standards to maintain safe working environment for all employees and site visitors
• Understands and can build a commissioning schedule
• Works with project team and subcontractors to ensure detailed commissioning schedule is met
• Proactively mitigate foreseen constraints, and assist in implementing plans to maintain or recover schedule
• Communicate unresolved constraints and impacts in a timely manner as well as plans to mitigate impacts
• Help ensure most up to date project documents are supplied to subcontractors and CxA
• Assist with redlining and updating drawings as you progress through commissioning
• Full understanding of commissioning process and able to provide quality control review of plans/specifications and documentation
• Responsible to provide technical and procedural commissioning direction to internal and external shareholders
• Understands equipment issue priorities and their effect on process, drives issue resolution
• Strong understanding of LOTO and energy management throughout testing evolutions
• 100% Medical & Dental premiums paid for
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with Employer Contribution
• PTO & Holidays
• 401k with match
• Life Insurance & Disability paid for
• Supplemental Benefits available
• Company Vehicle

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