Director of Construction (aka Business Unit Leader)
Responsibilities: - Provide executive oversight for a portfolio of large, complex, and high-profile projects, ensuring consistent execution and performance.
- Support Project Executives throughout all phases of work from pursuit of support and project handoff through closeout and warranty.
- Ensure execution strategies, staffing plans, constructability reviews, and logistics plans are established early and executed consistently across projects.
- Lead executive-level project reviews and intervene when performance deviates from the plan.
- Maintain full P&L responsibility for all assigned projects.
- Oversee project forecasting, margin performance, contingency management, change strategy, and cash flow.
- Review financial performance and guide Project Executives in recovery planning when projects fall below expectations.
- Lead, mentor, and develop Project Executives.
- Ensure adherence to company policies, procedures, and operating standards.
- Set expectations for performance, accountability, and leadership behaviors.
- Support succession planning, leadership readiness, and long-term talent development.
- Participate in hiring, evaluation, and advancement of senior project leadership.
- Ensure effective utilization of Project Controls as an execution support function, including:
- Reinforce accountability, communication, and integration between PXs and Project Controls
- Escalate resource or performance gaps impacting project outcomes.
- Collaborate with Construction Resource Management to align staffing plans with backlog and project risk.
- Coordinate deployment, mobilization, demobilization, and recruiting priorities across the portfolio.
- Champion the company's safety culture across all assigned projects.
- Ensure consistent application of safety programs and quality standards.
- Partner with Safety and Quality leadership to monitor trends, mitigate risk, and drive continuous improvement.
- Serve as a senior escalation point for key customers.
- Support Project Executives in managing client relationships and resolving issues.
- Strengthen long-term partnerships and drive repeat business.
- Oversee subcontracting strategies across the project portfolio.
- Support PXs in scope of alignment, performance expectations, and risk management.
- Ensure subcontractor performance aligns with company standards.
- Lead portfolio-level risk identification and mitigation efforts.
- Review major change events, Notices of Delay, and claims strategies.
- Ensure contractual, financial, and schedule risks are actively managed.
- Model and reinforce company core values:
- Set the leadership tone across project teams and markets
- Additional responsibilities may be assigned as needed.
Qualifications: 15+ years of experience in industrial or large commercial construction.
- Proven leadership of large-scale projects, multi-project portfolios, and teams.
- Demonstrated success with full P&L accountability.
- Strong knowledge of project controls, contracts, and risk management.
- Proven ability to develop senior leaders and high-performing teams.
- Proficiency in construction management and financial reporting software.
- Exceptional communication, leadership, and decision-making skills.
- SPMP, PMP, CCM, or equivalent, OSHA 30, First Aid / CPR
- Projects delivered safely, on schedule, and at or above planned margins.
- Strong utilization of Project Controls as an execution support system.
- High-performing Project Executives and project teams.
- Strong customer satisfaction and repeat business.
- Predictable outcomes through disciplined execution.
- Vice President of Construction: Leads Directors of Construction.
- Director of Construction: Leads multiple Project Executives; owns portfolio outcomes.
- Project Executive: Leads project teams; executes individual projects with Project Controls support.
