Senior Project Director – EPC

WCL Group; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 250,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

WCL Group in the United States seeks a Senior Project Director to lead large-scale EPC/EV projects from concept to turnover. You will oversee scope, schedule, budget, safety, and profitability, coordinating engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning teams across multiple disciplines.

The role requires extensive experience managing $500M–$1B+ ATF projects, with strong leadership and governance capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related technical field preferred.
• OSHA 10 required; OSHA 30 preferred.
• 10–15+ years of industrial EPC experience across engineering and construction leadership roles.
• 5+ years of senior-level Project Director, Construction Director, Design Management, or Executive Project Management experience.
• Demonstrated experience delivering ATF/advanced tech facilities including semiconductor fabs, pharma facilities, data centers, or similar.
• Previous experience as Senior Project Manager or Project Director on multiple projects $500M–$1B+.
• Strong understanding of the EPC lifecycle from engineering to turnover.

Responsibilities

• Lead the complete execution of EPC, EPCM, Design-Build, and Construction Management projects from proposal through commissioning and turnover.
• Provide executive leadership for scope, schedule, budget, quality, safety, staffing, profitability, and performance.
• Manage projects exceeding $1 billion while maintaining contractual commitments and financial objectives.
• Direct multidisciplinary engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, scheduling, project controls, quality, and safety teams.
• Coordinate engineering design, procurement strategy, construction execution, commissioning activities, and turnover.
• Collaborate with engineering leadership to ensure constructability, schedule objectives, and client expectations.
• Lead cross-functional project teams across multiple disciplines.
• Support proposals with innovative execution strategies and risk mitigation plans.
• Drive profitability through scope, schedule, cost control, and change management.
• Develop executive-level client and partner relationships and ensure governance and safety compliance.

Skills

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Construction Management

OSHA 10 required

OSHA 30 preferred

10–15+ years of industrial EPC

5+ years senior-level leadership

Senior Project Manager/Director on $0.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related technical field preferred

Job description

CLIENT HIGHLIGHT

Join a Global Leader in the design, engineering, and delivery of advanced technology facilities across the semiconductor, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, battery, data center, and mission-critical industries. This organization delivers some of the world’s most complex Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) projects, partnering with industry-leading clients to build the facilities that power the future of technology and innovation.This is an opportunity to lead multi-billion-dollar capital projects while working alongside world-class engineering and construction professionals in a collaborative, engineering-driven environment.

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Senior Project Director – EPC provides executive leadership for the successful delivery of large-scale Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC), EPCM, Design-Build, and Construction Management projects from concept through commissioning and final client handover. This role has full accountability for project scope, schedule, budget, safety, quality, profitability, risk management, and overall project execution while leading multidisciplinary engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and project controls teams. The ideal candidate possesses extensive experience managing $500M to $1B+ Advanced Technology Facility (ATF) projects and understands the complete EPC lifecycle—from engineering design and procurement strategy through construction, commissioning, startup, and turnover. This is not simply a construction leadership role. The successful candidate must have significant experience coordinating engineering teams and understanding engineering deliverables in addition to construction execution.

LOCATION

Albany, NY
Malta, NY
Dallas, TX (Relocation assistance available for exceptional candidates.)

COMPENSATION

• $250,000+ Base Salary (Flexible Based On Experience)
• 25% Annual Performance Bonus
• Comprehensive Executive Benefits Package

SCHEDULE

• Full-Time Monday – Friday
• Hybrid / On-site depending on project assignment

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES – Senior Project Director – EPC

• Lead the complete execution of Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC), EPCM, Design-Build, and Construction Management projects from proposal development through final commissioning and client turnover
• Provide executive leadership for project scope, schedule, budget, quality, safety, staffing, profitability, and overall project performance
• Manage reimbursable and fixed-price capital projects exceeding $1 billion while maintaining contractual commitments and financial objectives
• Direct multidisciplinary engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, scheduling, project controls, quality, and safety teams throughout the project lifecycle
• Coordinate engineering design, procurement strategy, construction execution, commissioning activities, and system turnover to ensure seamless project delivery
• Collaborate closely with engineering leadership to ensure design deliverables meet constructability requirements, schedule objectives, and client expectations
• Lead cross-functional project teams while managing complex engineering and construction interfaces across multiple disciplines
• Support proposal development by identifying innovative execution strategies, constructability improvements, risk mitigation plans, and schedule optimization opportunities
• Drive project profitability through effective scope management, schedule management, cost control, change management, cash management, forecasting, and recovery planning
• Develop and maintain executive-level relationships with clients, consultants, subcontractors, and internal leadership teams
• Ensure compliance with company governance standards, quality systems, contractual obligations, regulatory requirements, and safety expectations
• Lead projects through procurement, construction, commissioning, startup, punch list completion, and final client handover
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives while promoting collaboration, innovation, safety, and operational excellence across project teams

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related technical field preferred
• OSHA 10 required; OSHA 30 preferred
• 10–15+ years of industrial EPC experience across engineering and construction leadership roles
• 5+ years of senior-level Project Director, Construction Director, Design Management, or Executive Project Management experience
• Demonstrated experience successfully leading Advanced Technology Facility (ATF) projects including semiconductor fabs, pharmaceutical facilities, battery manufacturing plants, data centers, cleanrooms, or other advanced manufacturing facilities
• Previous experience serving as Senior Project Manager or Project Director on multiple successful projects valued between $500 million and $1+ billion
• Strong understanding of the complete EPC lifecycle including engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, startup, and client turnover
• Demonstrated experience managing multidisciplinary engineering design deliverables while coordinating engineering and construction teams throughout project execution
• Experience managing procurement strategy, bid evaluations, subcontractor coordination, construction packages, and contract execution preferred
• Experience managing engineering design packages, work packages, and cross-functional project teams throughout execution is highly preferred
• Strong understanding of constructability reviews, engineering coordination, procurement strategy, commissioning planning, and system handover
• Experience working within large matrix organizations utilizing global processes and governance structures
• Strong knowledge of project financial management including P&L accountability, forecasting, risk management, cost control, and change management
• Exceptional leadership, communication, organizational, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills

IDEAL BACKGROUND

The ideal candidate has successfully delivered $500M–$1B+ EPC projects within semiconductor, advanced manufacturing, pharmaceutical, battery, mission-critical, oil & gas, LNG, petrochemical, or data center industries. Candidates must possess a strong engineering foundation with demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary engineering and construction teams through the full EPC lifecycle—from engineering design and procurement through construction, commissioning, startup, and final client turnover. Project Engineering Managers who have advanced into executive Project Management leadership roles, as well as Construction Managers with extensive engineering coordination experience, are also encouraged to apply. Construction-only backgrounds without significant engineering coordination and EPC delivery experience are unlikely to be successful in this role.