Project Director

Mechanical Dynamics and Analytics LLC

$135K — $175K *
Energy & Utilities
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or related field required; graduate degree preferred.
  • Minimum of 10 years of experience in Power Generation.
  • Experience in Steam Turbine design (thermodynamic and mechanical design).
  • Systems Integration experience is essential.
  • Demonstrated project management capabilities for large, complex cross-organizational projects.
  • Strong commercial background, particularly in contract negotiation.
  • Ability to travel domestically and internationally on short notice.

Responsibilities

  • Lead interdisciplinary project teams from inception to finalization.
  • Collaborate with sales to align hardware and service solutions with opportunities.
  • Provide technical marketing guidance for product development alongside Engineering.
  • Develop commercial strategies based on customer specifications.
  • Create comprehensive proposals in response to customer RFQs.
  • Negotiate all contract aspects including pricing and technical terms.
  • Serve as the primary customer contact to manage commercial and technical inquiries during project execution.

Benefits

  • Full-time commitment with diverse project exposure.
  • Opportunity to lead complex projects with multidisciplinary teams.
  • Involvement in high-level commercial negotiations and strategies.
  • Development of technical expertise in turbine systems and engineering.
  • Collaboration with a major parent organization, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
Full Job Description
Job Type

Full-time

Description

In this role you will lead interdisciplinary project teams throughout all project phases, from inception to finalization. Project teams may include members from Customers, MD&A divisions, sub-vendors and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) - MD&A's parent organization. Project management activities include setting marketing and commercial strategies, proposal generation, commercial negotiations, technical and commercial management of contracts during project execution, and final project closeout. This role requires a combination of commercial, technical and project management responsibilities. A project director is utilized when strong matrix-based leadership is required due to strategic, complexity, commercial and/or long-term considerations.

Job Responsibilities:
  • Work with sales personnel to match hardware and service solutions to potential opportunities.
  • Work with Engineering to provide technical marketing guidance on product development.
  • Develop the commercial strategy in response to customer specifications, optimizing MD&A's offering.
  • Create proposals in response to customer RFQ's. Lead MD&A/MHI teams to integrate pricing, commercial, technical and schedule content.
  • Present MD&A offering to customer representatives (commercial, technical and schedule).
  • Negotiate all aspects of the contract including pricing, general terms and conditions, technical exceptions, schedule and commercial terms.
  • Be the customer point of contact during execution to manage the flow of commercial and technical information on equipment including escalation/resolution of issues.
  • Lead/manage critical sub-vendor supply chain projects to ensure business objectives are met.
  • Integrate work scopes across MD&A Divisions and customer representatives for MD&A service content.
  • Lead/coordinate technical/commercial recovery plans for discovery on MHI turbines on a case basis.


Requirements

To succeed in this role, you should have the following skills and experience:
  • Customer Focus: work efficiently to meet customer commitments, manage difficult resolutions under constrained timelines.
  • Attention to Detail: deliver high quality work with a high volume of competing assignments.
  • Excellent Interpersonal Skills: be able to communicate effectively across a wide variety of stakeholders. Ability to work and integrate personnel ranging from turbine technicians to senior leadership within customer, MD&A and MHI organizations.
  • Technical Expertise: be credible, helpful, and resourceful in leading a talented group of professionals across design, installation, and maintenance engineering functions.
  • Motivated/Ambitious: be a self-starter, self-directed and be "all-in".
  • Collaborative: be a team player, with a flexible and open mindset.
  • Ability to travel domestically and internationally, occasionally on short notice.

Preferred Experience / Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or related field required. Graduate degree preferred.
  • Minimum of 10 years of experience in Power Generation.
  • Steam Turbine design experience, such as thermodynamic and mechanical design.
  • Systems Integration experience.
  • Project management experience, including large complex cross organizational projects.
  • Commercial experience, such as contract negotiation


Salary Description

$135,000 to $175,000

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