Senior Project Director, Energy Infrastructure Program

Airswift; Delaware; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Airswift is seeking a Project Director, FEP to lead a major energy infrastructure programme valued at over $1 billion. Based across DE, PA, VA, NC, SC, GA, FL, TX, you will shape strategy, governance, delivery and readiness, directing multidisciplinary teams to achieve program milestones and safety, quality, and value targets.

The role demands extensive senior leadership collaboration with regulators, customers and boards, with travel up to 50% and a hybrid work arrangement within the territory.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, Project Management, or a related field.
• 15+ years of progressively responsible experience leading large capital projects, programmes, or portfolios.
• Proven success managing complex capital projects with significant budget, schedule, regulatory, and stakeholder requirements.
• Proven experience in a senior leadership role delivering large-scale pipeline and midstream projects on the owner/operator side.
• Advanced knowledge of project development, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and operational readiness.
• Strong expertise in project governance, project controls, forecasting, risk management, contract administration, and capital investment practices.
• Demonstrated ability to lead large multidisciplinary teams and external partners within a complex matrix environment.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills, including engagement with executive leadership, boards, regulators, government agencies, customers, and community stakeholders.
• Valid State Driver’s license.

Responsibilities

• Lead the overall vision, execution strategy, governance framework, and delivery model for the Project Director, FEP programme.
• Hold accountability for safety, scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk, and commercial performance across the full project lifecycle.
• Direct integrated multidisciplinary teams across development, permitting, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and operational readiness.
• Provide strategic recommendations to executive leadership on investment decisions, risk mitigation, regulatory strategy, and business outcomes.
• Oversee project controls, financial forecasting, contingency management, executive reporting, and programme-level performance.
• Lead engagement with regulators, government bodies, customers, community stakeholders, and other strategic external parties.
• Drive recovery planning and executive decision-making where programme performance moves away from approved baselines.
• Support the successful handover of completed assets into operations while promoting continuous improvement in project governance and delivery practices.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

Stakeholder management

Contract governance

Regulatory knowledge

Budgeting & forecasting

Multidisciplinary team leadership

Executive communication

Driver's license

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, Project Management, or a related field

Master’s degree in a related field

Job description

Airswift is seeking a Project Director, FEP to lead a major energy infrastructure programme valued at over $1 billion. Based across DE, PA, VA, NC, SC, GA, FL, TX, you will shape strategy, governance, delivery and readiness, directing multidisciplinary teams to achieve program milestones and safety, quality, and value targets.

The role demands extensive senior leadership collaboration with regulators, customers and boards, with travel up to 50% and a hybrid work arrangement within the territory.