Senior Project Director - Heavy Industrial Construction

Kimmel Associates; Chicago (IL); Vor Ort; USD 185.000 - 235.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Lucrative bonus program

Profit sharing

Travel opportunities (≈25% of time)

Zusammenfassung

Kimmel Associates in Chicago seeks an experienced Project Director to lead major heavy industrial construction projects from award to closeout. This hands-on leadership role has overall responsibility for execution, safety, schedule, budget, quality, client satisfaction, and team performance.

You will coordinate engineers, estimators, procurement, construction, subcontractors, vendors, and field teams; build client relationships; manage risks, costs, and changes; ensure turnover and closeout;

Qualifikationen

• Significant experience leading large-scale heavy industrial construction projects.
• Proven ability to manage projects involving multiple contractors, trades, vendors, and stakeholders.
• Strong knowledge of industrial construction methods, sequencing, scheduling, and project controls.
• Demonstrated experience managing budgets, costs, change orders, and financial performance.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to build accountability and team respect.
• Excellent communication and client relationship skills.
• Ability to make timely decisions and take ownership of project challenges.
• Experience in food & beverage, agriculture, industrial processing, or related heavy industrial construction is highly desirable.

Aufgaben

• Lead overall project execution from award through completion and closeout.
• Direct project teams and establish clear goals, schedules, budgets, and expectations.
• Build strong client relationships and proactively resolve issues.
• Lead planning for manpower, equipment, materials, subcontractors, logistics, and scheduling.
• Manage project costs, financial performance, and change orders.
• Coordinate engineering, procurement, fabrication, construction, commissioning, and turnover.
• Identify project risks and develop practical solutions.
• Lead Project Managers, Superintendents, Estimators, Engineers, and other project personnel.
• Monitor subcontractor and vendor performance.
• Manage RFIs, submittals, claims, changes, and other commercial matters.
• Maintain strong safety and quality standards.
• Communicate project performance, risks, financials, and major issues to company leadership.
• Support estimating and business development with constructability, execution, manpower, schedule, and risk input.
• Ensure project documentation, turnover, punch lists, and closeout are completed properly.

Kenntnisse

Project leadership

Budget management

Client relationships

Safety & quality

Jobbeschreibung

Kimmel Associates in Chicago seeks an experienced Project Director to lead major heavy industrial construction projects from award to closeout. This hands-on leadership role has overall responsibility for execution, safety, schedule, budget, quality, client satisfaction, and team performance.

You will coordinate engineers, estimators, procurement, construction, subcontractors, vendors, and field teams; build client relationships; manage risks, costs, and changes; ensure turnover and closeout;