Senior Director, Prefabrication Operations

DPR Construction; Smyrna (GA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

DPR Construction is seeking an experienced senior leader to provide overall leadership and accountability for prefabrication plant operations, production performance, and financial outcomes.

You will direct plant strategy, capacity planning, and execution across production, safety, quality, maintenance, warehouse, and logistics, partnering with regional and national leadership to align capabilities and investments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, manufacturing, or a related field, or equivalent experience required.
• 15–20 years of experience in construction, prefabrication, manufacturing, or operations management required.
• 7–10 years of experience leading plant, manufacturing, or multi-functional operational teams required.

Responsibilities

• Leads overall plant operations, including production, safety, quality, maintenance, warehouse, and logistics functions.
• Establishes and manages plant budgets, cost controls, and performance metrics to achieve operational and financial objectives.
• Directs plant leadership teams, including plant managers and functional leads, providing coaching, development, and performance oversight.
• Oversees short- and long-range capacity planning to align plant throughput with regional demand and project pipelines.
• Partners with regional and national prefabrication leaders to coordinate capacity, balance workload, and support cross-plant production needs.
• Guides implementation of new processes, technologies, automation, and capital improvements to improve efficiency and scalability.
• Collaborates with project teams, procurement, self-perform work, and field operations to ensure effective integration of prefabricated products.

Skills

Leadership

Budgeting

Operations management

Cross-functional

Education

Bachelor’s degree in construction management or related field

Job description

DPR Construction is seeking an experienced senior leader to provide overall leadership and accountability for prefabrication plant operations, production performance, and financial outcomes.

You will direct plant strategy, capacity planning, and execution across production, safety, quality, maintenance, warehouse, and logistics, partnering with regional and national leadership to align capabilities and investments.